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EBANQ VOL. I. LEBANON, OH EG ON, FRIDAY, MAY 27,-1887. NO. 13. rm N r f ! (ISV1 CVKRV FRinAV.) J. H. 8TINB St CO. . riubilshers TVKMS, OF subscription. One Year....; : M 08 Biz Month , 1 5 Three Mouttui ... 65 I Payable in xlvutoe.l . TEHMS. OF ADVERTISING. (Lttll On. equare. flint iiiterttiw . . Kmeh aditt.tonal ituertion (LOCAL.) ' Local Rotlcea, pet lin .. t 80 ..........15 tnta Regular advertlMinenta InwrUd upon liberal term. JOB PRINTING. Al! lfcrIptioDs of Jb JMn'ittf done on short nttc. I-egJ lflauka, tlrctilars. BuMhnw VaiUa, ' Bill HmmI. Letwr H rails. Poster, euu cuecuted In (oott st)'l ami at lowaru hviug ittlCBA. BOCIETY NOTICES. LEBAKOX IODOE. NO. 44, A F a A. St : Meeta at their new hall in Mauiic Block, on Saturdajr v vonlng, on or bet are the full moon. J WASipoX, W. M. LEBANON LODGE, NO. r. 1. O. O. F.: M?ta Sat nnUy arming of ea.:h week, at Odd Frll'( Hall, Main nnMj vMUnc brethren enidiallT invited to attend. J. t, CHARLTON, 9. O. HONOR LODGE NO. SR. A. -O. IT. W , Lahannn, Ore(: Mtteta every nrt and third Thnnular .ren ins, to the month. F. H KortlDK M. W. J. S. COURTNEY. M. D., PHYSICIAN Aft I) SURGEON, . LEBANON OREGON. tF(W In Dr. Powell a Reaidansa. . F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Nstary Public and General Insurance Agt. LEBANON, OREGON. Collection, and other bnauiaat promptly attended Wx Office oa Main (tree. DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL, DENTIST, Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. LEBANON, OREGON. Oftce In residence, on Main etreet. next door north of O. K. Mitntacue a new reaidenee. Ad wora warranted. Charree reaaunabte. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, LEBANON. OREGON. Sharinc, Hair Cnttlnc and Shampooinc in the kateat and BEST STYLES. ... ... i- ..... . ay Patronac reapeetfutly aollcitcd. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, LEBANON. OREGON, ' N. W. Corner Main and Sherman Street., two Block. Eaat of R R. Depot. J. NIXON. Propr. Table Supplied with the Best toe Market Affords. " - ' ' a ample Room, and th Beat 1 Aeoommodatlona for Commercial men. VX.Ueneral Stage OfH . J. O. ROLAND, Letnaaom, Orr(,a, . ; MAhrfACtTBCa XD DEAL BE IK Harness, " Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Spurs, -....ASD ALL ... Goods in the Saddlery Line. Harness and Saddle Repaired Promptly . and at - LOW PRICES. JLEBAON Heat Marlset BrHIi A KELLGSBERSER, " Pr.prlet.ra. ' Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork, MUTTON, PORK, SAlfSACE, BOLOCNA and ' ' ' HAtWti Bacon and Lard always on Hand. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. READ'S Harness Shop! - ' Mjuiofacturer ad DtvW la HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS. SPURS. And a full Una of.... Sclllei-y Goods. All mirk work wuranted Haxxl-fMd and Ciif urniik Leather. Asoata for STAVES a WAXKER Agricultural Implements And the Celebrated STUDEB A.K-E E WAGON. Main. Stretst, sos, C reoon. G. W. .SUIT Lebanon, DEALER StoTBs aui Tinware, Irou, PnniBs, &c. MANl'FACITRKR Of.. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, KVK HlOUT, Ktc. . All kinds of Repairing Also keep T. S. PILLSBURY, Brownsville, Oregon. Practical . Watchmaker. . DEALER Is Watches, Jewelry, Optical Goods. ... A COMCI.ETK ASSORTMENT OF . . Lafliss ana Gents' JEWELRY. ls, Bracelets, jit -.V!.., . n . - ROGERS & BROS.' SILVERWARE. All (da tWaaranteed. .411 Wark Warranted. first Hxr Horti of me Citj Hill. Mala str.:L iiitwiiviii, or. . MITCHELL & LEWIS CO., Limited. etsryt Raelae. tVla. Uraaeh: Prlla ltd. C MAXCFACTCRERS OF ' THE MITCHELL FARM AND SPRING WAGONS THE MITCHELL WAGON. LOST. Header and Trucks; Dump, Hand and Road Carts; Open and Top Buggies, Phaetons, Carriages, Buckboarda, and General A (fonts for Canton Clipper Plows. Harrows, Cultivator. Road k Hcrapers. Gale Chilled Plows, Ideal Feed Mills and Wind Mills, Knowl- )on Hay Rakes, Horse Powers, VosdSawa. Feed Cutters, etc. We carry tbe largest and best assorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest Coast. All our wor is built especially for this trade and fully warranted. r ' Bend for new 1887 catalogue. Mitcheil & Lewis Co., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. -Our goods are sold by F. H. HOSCOE & CO.. Hardware Dealers. Lebanon, Or. Gr. E. HARDY, . Watchmaker.", and .".Jeweler. ... .DF.ALKR iX..,. Watches, Clocks. Jswelry, Silyer . aoi:m ROCKIFORD o o. o o o o - Oulck-Train CPatAAAAlg in Specialty. tbe I Coast 8tir- wey. in u a Naval Ot v o a a h n a LoromuifiTtA rratory;by 1 nsrintBn Con dactorm and othr ulway wen. . Tory ak The New .Noble Sewi ig Machine and Machine Su pplies. LEBANON OREGON. ' Oregon, IS Done at Short Notice.. in stock ROYAL ALLOY THIMBLES, LADIES Cuff and Collar SETS, Chain, Pins, Etc. Plated Ware and Optical Goods. for o o o o o o o WATCHES EXACTING ! -J , sEtvicE iiii worK Guaranteed eotmteedi BEST. Sold n Drlnrtnal aa T H K ciUMtjttowoa Aient. flMHti.. ezdu.1T O A A t ft A A Jewt-leial. Titnai full Warranty. Afi int ros.. ar i THE QUESTION ANSWERED. Brightly wit the movi ttiolinlm , I) tr hxr hni'vaiii')lil tiixir; ftwnet w. n'Ktit ti ilwr -ihinltiff: Vet she yt-anied for aotiiei hlug more. Prrtitnn. were her sciwi'. atenptuy lii a rntnt -! MihUt tlitf: Frnprnnt liri'Uth of rose n'.ut'ptn lAft httr.ltll niiaaUtleiL 'Mfd the lllnra, n lnmenMix. Jrltv il tin- phtmtive nii'htlngalst Y' ntip ct!IH hHlf ri'Mciii-ug, IiU-tifU lintlr to hlKtula. Thoncti n nlaht siii-h m-nce tnwrSHlnf 8htultt nil t'-ijttim.m, flivirm. Vmt iti' fMiHit li'THelt ronlrts.ljiif !juiiirf nnliiw tatlHi tacliann. Dlil the tmmn sin!le down 1fn hriahtlyf live tiird wear' with htn nillr II n c!i 1 lie ilr to lli."htl,rJ - - Whitl iih'. nhut a, huliiiiu .llllt A he p''"h'rt'd th't in .iHnnaa, Stic hi-r lv r fr.un th il ir. Cluiwil hr to hN h'trt in Tla lma.. Tunn tbe nifrht 1 knl noibinit mm-! Ihjr. TOLEDO .IHjAW'X Tbelr Anolent History and of Manufacture. Mode "Yoti afpgiitiy to tin Spain! Ton niintl litnittsr me a real ToIimIh l.la.lc?" This fnun a yo-iii'j ifh-lt.r fileml, whole apartment in New York ttrw f full of hrir-ti-brnc tlt:tt 1 ilivntl visiting: him It-.ot mi ut)rtirwtli-l ntovfiuont in an itiisruititlwl nionietit sioull tHit me a f.-tlttilous stun to n-ohu-e a broken trinket. - 1 tinilortook the roniuiNsioit. tronl-r. Inr. a. I .liilso. n hi-rethe "trttly stfcl" tvonhl ftml a i liiiif-pl.te". Tin-t'eiiitta set iti.tl to p Hie ottlv nvitilaltlK w.t. lint a stvnl of Il.tiiuH-le ort-r one's litad! U-rli! Sunny Spa'ti! Land of Don Quixote ami Dlllrina lel ToImxo; of Maiilitlas ml Mttfillo: tif ilurkx-vcl senoritas ami hauahly hiilalos; of ohl Witiivhes ami McH.iirh nioipH-a; of bull fijrlil Stlil Ulftt: of fa-is ami i-iarttlf: f lo ttilas anil bri-jraml": f parli- ntnl gnt cini of mountain an l in ititno Spnin. j the pun-kis-l! Tin-re aiv but two flae of Irav.'h-rs t.i lie met within Spain luoiowho ro for t-lintate ami those who po for plettatire; th magnifi cent i-litnate tiftlie Eolith ami east coast tempt inx tht; one. the t'lznrre wins of faded iplenbir ami Old W.irld imlolenee tempting the other. Kverj- IkmIv pruni bha at Spanish tlisi-oinfort; bltt every Ivxly leaves Spain with i-erret and benr lnT souvenirs never to Ik- forgotten, Inli"ession never tn lie erasetl, rUrie nevir to he divined. The most quaint, the most tttmlb tlown. the most haughty, the most iu-t.-ivstinr, the mst eharmin. the most selilftive. the ntiwt Old-World eity in attntty Spain Is Toledo. Tltere nrw few it ie whtfh ran Utast ao ancient an oriti. or II n History of which have Ih-cii mailt' the protindworfc f so many nlsiird trafiitiotis. Some writers pre tend that; the Jew seitliil here nfjer the cnpt,i ily of 11 -ihyloit: otlicrs attrih nto its foundation to H T tihs. to Ju Iml. rr.tmlson of Cain, who established himself on its cite one hundred and forty-three years after the D'-lne. Tifitt which is most accurately known comsjrnitijr the rfntipiity of Tobslo Is, that it existed two liuiiilrcil years lie fore Christ, the Pro-eoitstd. Marcus II.viti. having besiejreil it in Iheyeur t'.nl II. C. taken it. itml plaeisl it under Koiiiau jurisdiction. Since then the city has had a varied history. Captured by the barbarian of the North, a residence of .the Kings of the Visigoths, the H yal City" .of trpain. then taken bv the Moors, it reached the summit of grenlues in the xtrcnth ccnturv, when it was as pol- i.Vtl and tilneatisl a citv as Seville or Sa I ! ea- Siuv ilio thirtiM'tith 'oontnry, Toleilo Iwast.s tVe reputation of speaking the purest tfanitilian a reputation which alio still Maintains. Hut. although To ledo ha. f.illetj Is) to the sere and yellow leaf, she is dill tttHcieutly rich in moni- ories, and in jnounajents of the past, to console her for having lost her position In the front rank. T Uere is not a cil v In the world tji :it responds so neour- itatelx lo a cttv of the Middle Aires. ;She if the picttiresqito ad roniantte cite exreltenrrt and she is proud. amorist her other titles to nobility, of beirng. Tike the Eternal City, built upon seven hills. But we have to bitv a Toledo blade. and must proceed to the grimy factory iV the side of the ellow, brawling Tvgu. Thu ftwonl ami .poinard of Sti.in have been renowned in autntuitr NuirntiHts historians miir'tt bo piotol who have test i tied their faith in them, even as hntg ago as the time of Cicero, who imikcs honorable mention of the little Snanish sword. It is robabl that thi manufacture of swm!s continiaiHl at Toledo till the ixK-li ai the Goth kins, and It 13 .(ci-taiii tiut it was in full vigor in the ninth century. These swords -.orved. without doubt, as a patter j r the weapons used by the Moors o. '.pain in the Mi. Idle Ages, which are seen repro- rvutcxl in the pictures at the Alhambra. Ttm manufacture of swords was not formerly confided to a single establish ment as o-dav, J hu esjxitlcros, or .word-maker., worked at their own lu.uies. alone, or with a certain number of irfpreutices. Like all commercial crafts; they wore bound together in a aremio. or guild. Many of lo kings of Castile nc corded 'to - the luicst sword-makers of Toledo certafv trivilo';es -such as ex emption from ilU'crse imposts and duties appertaining to the sale of swords, the purchase of iron ana eteei, anu ouier M.rinwrv material. These privileges ex tended to certain craftsmen attached to lie manufacture of blades, such as the attrrtladorts. or furbishers. and vmneros, .... rM.A n,,.l Milrta ft fsr.:.tn n or litiers. iiic ii" ."v. ... t ... were renowned in I rauce in the Mia dle.Ages. Ancient records m:il mention of the "fi r W Exii'i'in, ," ami Froissart speaks of it short Spanish blaib . Misliva re lates that Francis III., returning to Madrid, hchi-hl young unbearded youths, who carried swords by their sides, tvjHin which the king said: ) thrice happy Spain! wherein are born children mid men ready armed." The Toledo blades are highly esteemed iu Knirland, as .,wn by several passages in Hen Jonson, Butler and SliakesMiiit . It is scarcely necessary to say that the exHulns TolrtltiHttx were n t less iru.-il In Spain. The author of th "Vida il ?,aarillo de Torties," who wrote in t'fl't, thrt causi-s a Toled.tn sipiin. wh'i served his hero, to speak of it sword: "it. if thou only knewest. boy. what a we.ain I have here! Not for all the yellow gold in the world would I sell it; for in all the hladi-s thai Antonio hath .wrought, none oqualcth this one." The ttec used bv the- xi'froS of Madrid was obtained lit nn iron mine, situated about three miles from M.n dragon, in the Basque provinces. Victorious sword! Thv blade Is of Mandragon, and thon WHt teinp'rcl at Toledo." According to F.ilotneu, a Tolel.-ui word-maker of ho last century, it is an error to suppose that the Tobilan pre served particular syrct for the temper ing of their arms. They were eom-m-11ih to it., the water of the Tagtls, as well as the line while sand that the river contain in il bed. The sand, to the e.TMM-ts, served f.r the operation ol what they tcrim-d rrf're.irtir l-t mfd t, to iv Mil the heat; for when the metal Ito canie red. and commenced to throw oil spark, t lie r' instantly sprinkhil it with this stud. The blade forifiiil, they pr M-cdt-d t temp'T it in the fol lowing m inner:. P.itl of the middle of the lire wa holiow.il oi,t. and in the hollow was placet I the blade, so that fotir-liflhs of it only was exposed to the fire, the tongue and hilt re tingoutside. The blade having liecoine .jhorry ret. iiey pltttlgtNl the v.iut tttt.t a WotHlen escrvoir, full of the water of the Tagtis; a td liavingoneeirtioleil it. they stratirht 'eucd it as 'much as . desirable. Thev hen snlijifteil such of the blade as had not hitherto lieen exjw.sotl to the fire; and when it commenced to retblen, thev look it bv the tirhfne with red-hot ilicher. and dnngeil it into slu-ep suet until it CMiled. an operation which im" tartinl teurer to it. The nt: Ml ancient Tohnlan espndern. ir sword-iuaker, ol whom mention n math1, is Julian, fiiruamed el Morn. Or the JVIoor. on acetiiint of his coming from (Jraiiada. wiere he worked toward the end of the liftwtith century for King B ialdil. Thev also stirnametl him Julian del Hiy, because unn bis con version to Christianity, had for a g'd f.ither no less illustrious a persona ' ban Ferdinand, the Catholic, ' Having hired aconrevatn-e drawn bv a pair of galy oapariontsl mules, tie- driver wearing a iwirk-pie-hat and a dixid-red sah. I was driven out to the FuJirii-n tie .lrt i, which is situates! he right bank tif the Tagil, alwmt a mile and a half outside of the city, waits. This sole manufactory otToleda:i blades s a vert" unpretentious building of rec tangular form, complett.il, as tho in scription over the entrance informed me, in 17-S;l. Charles III., who made so many efforts to encourage Spanish manufacture, resolved upon revivifving the ancient craft of the fj;ifrfT0, and const meted the factory. So low had the reputation of the Tobslan etpiforo fallen, that the king was compelled to send to Valencia for a maker of swor.ls. LuisCalisto, whom ho appointed di rector of the works. A very polite, inultoii-ehop whiskerttl ofllcial escorted me over the woVks for this manufactory is to-day used in th fabriivition of arms for the army and explained the process for sword- making In use at present. The ancient m-nle of manufacture has been aban- tlined. both as reganls forging al tempering, whilst the iron nowoniployed comes from (icrinauy. The sand of the Tagil i no longer used, and the sheep suet is replaced by sonp. However, the arm still turned ont are of excellent tjualKy, and In the saa de prwnlas, or roof-rooin. I h;ul the satisfaction o testing blades that rolled themselves several times upon themselves like ser pents, and that sprang into straightnesi. in a flash . But that which has been lost is the form and elegance. I invested in a blade, as in duty lound, paving, there for, about twentv-threa dollars, but it is no longer in -Toledo that the good blades are found; they are snapped up bv museums and by collectors, the rillo fetching tin to two hundred and fifty dollars. My bachelor friend is en chanted with his blade. He has.sas pended It from the ceiling, and I care fully avoid that portion of the room over which, like the sword of Damocles, it so threateningly hangs. XunciU Robin- ton, in Youth's Companion. ... , . -m v Gold leaf Is cut by phwing it on a flat clean leather pad, presing it very gently and sawing with a perfectly st might-edged clean knife or split cane. The best Diitch metal may replace the gold leaf if perfectly smooth. Tao Dutch metal may be cut between paper by elose-shearing scissors with such long blades that each cut is made with one motion. oh n Ilarrigan and his rope have become famous in San Francisco. With the same piece of rope John has pulled twenty-eight people out of the water in! the last three years. His best day s work in this line was done about a year ago, when he fished three children and a tramp out of the water. . e ' " , All modern high explosives are now almost universally exploded by th. agency of electricity. WITTY LABOUCHERE. T. Aneedotea Kerr.lin- the ftlploroatU Career of lit. Kama a. Editor. Henry Laltouuhere, M. P., editor of Loudon. Truth, was. for many yeart after the war, secretary of the Eaglish legation In Washington, lie is remem bered here as rery wild young man. He knew everybody and figured in so ciety of all grades. His Abounding humor frequently de veloped into practical jokes. One day a rut her Congress called at green member of I the legation and asked ff he could sen the Minister. "Yon can see me, lam his secretary," said Lattoitchcre. ' But want tt see the Minister," suit! the Omgressman. 'The Minister is tiot In." AH right. I II wait for him." 'Ortainly, sir; have a seat." " The Cngressinan bxik a chair and a newspajwi-, lighted a eigar and settled down for a coih fort able, time of it. He turned to L-ilK.:jchere. who sat reading novel-ami nske.1: "Iiyoukuow when he will be back? I do not.' was th curt reply. The Congressman lighted another cigar and strolled about the oflice until another hour was gone. "Do you think h will be back this evening?" " H"trdty." T'-mi.ATtw ?" . . "1 goes not." ,. - "Well, when will he probably be ben-? K ally. sir. I can nt tell yon. Tbe Minister s.-tibl for E igland ' yesterday ami ditl not indicate wuen be intended tti n'tu'rii." replied Lilouchere, with out lifting Irs eyes fresu his ixxik. was known as the liveliest Hritoa at the court, and many ar 'the tales that are told of his reckless es siprvdtM. Once, on his way to Loudon on leave of sbseiu-e.lie stoppedat Mihm-i and Utgi his last cnny at roub-tV. Hi did not blow his brains out. as the victims of that f:t-norn establishment so often do, but retired to his elegant rooTi j and entertained like a lord until h- could get a rm?ttanc- frvn sura' frieinl in Eigl.iuJ. At .:n a- is came u Drew itttowi o tan gamin;' table, doiibhil five or sl ti.ues, paid b bills and set out for home. Tolt' lll.i-lc. . a THE FRANCS TIREURS. Head, of O.erlllma Wh. KloartsLd Ior al.. lraiM-trai.. Wmr. Btween Laon ami Rheims. I passe 1 through Chalons and Epernay, at whit-k places I saw, for the first tune, tar Franca Tireurs. r f ree-shootcrs a cot - to which I must devote a few lines bv waj' of description. The eorjrs was, in the most comprehensible xrssib!e mean ing of the word, irregular. The nea w hocompostl it were not only irregular in every thing they did, but pjeared to glory in thcir.irrcgiilarily. They sccnied to have very few oftieers, and the 5-w they hail were seldom, if ever, to 1h seen on duty with the men. The latter had evidently souls alx.veolKtlience. for I lie v did very much what they liked, and in the manner they liked. They evidently halcd the regular itrhiv, and the tatter reftirned the compliiiient with intciest. W'nn at EjH'rnay I witnessed a skirmish Isdween a battalion of regular infantry ami a small party of German Uhlans. who w ere evidently feeling their way. and frying to find out what was the strength tf the trench troops there- Tho ofiicer commanding the French out post behaved with great judgment, try ing by retiring his men to draw on the Uhlans, yn.1 find out their numbers. He had almost succeeded in enticing the enemy to advance, ami had managed to hide the. strength of his detachment. when all at once a body of Franc Tirenrscame up, and without waiting, or even asking for order, they began at once to hi axe away at the Geniifins, causing the latter to retreat. The of ficer commanding was very angry, and sent orders to the irrcgnlars that thej were to cease firing forthwith; but they took no notice of what was said, many of them declaring in a lond voice that the regulars were playing tire game ol the enemy, and did not want any of the latter to be defeated or killed. When an attcnrit was ma le to find out who was in command of the Franc Tireut no such licrson could be fount!, and on an order being given th.-tt the command ing officer would cause an official in quiry to be m tde into lii'! conduct of the irregulars the whole corps, not less than lilioneliere was iirooiotH I from trie I ivtanshipof thelegatirtn in Wash- t1hau "TO,,, ? 1W thn.ngh tne Ington to a similar" iK.sition with the d""- roasting n.Mnim, water, its English leg ttion at Vienna. Tliere he U!UM?S of PV"'g r,k- five hundred strong, vanished and dis- I words spoken along the wire as dis persed, so that they could no more l tinctlyas the telephone now in use, and found. All (he Year Hound. Microcosm of a Lunatic Some lunntics seem to live in a world of their o.va. A:i ol.l l.i-ly once aston- ished and amused us by exclaiming. without aay warning or provocation. Twocata and the bird of paradise are waiting to convey you to your heavenly home, anil you are to sit for nine days lad ween the cats and the bird of para- disc." Thrtii she stopped and forgot that slut had said any thing. It was like an alarm cbck suddenly going off. startling every one going on,. and cas- ing just as quietly and surprisingly. A patient lived in the bath-room and made friends with the rats, for whom shs hail a great affection. They would actually do what they were told. Some one else thought she was the wife of President BnHiamtn. and had the hal lucination that her husband frequently. ran a lteomotive through Washington avenue, Philadelphia, with a big Iwmnet in front of it, to remind her .of the an noying fact that in her young days she had been a milliner. North American WAR UNDER WATER. Tbe laea to Whlrh Mattmsrtne lloats Mmf lie 1'ut In Future Mtrucelea. , Even when sit anchor a vessel will m likely to bu protected by a crinirlinekand eneindetl by small floating mines with which the submarine Ixmt might come iu contact, says E. L. Zaliiiski. writing of submarine vessels. Should the lont ' trust for its means of aggression to locomotive torpedoes, puch as the Whiteheiid, the pttdcctiug crinoline r ... ...:n .:,u .1 , at . i it. - r.. ........ ........... !" ' U MH inei.tsaiOH. nave snown mat wire netting snortis ciisiiieraijn protct;tion against attacks of this kind, unless the charges are much larger than are carried in such self-'iropelling iorjiedocs as are now in ns-, r the first torjedo is i-los-ly folbtwf by a setbud. The last may then be able to make its way through the rent made iu the netting by the first. Besides jirot?e"tMm by a crinoline ami outlying mines against surf:ree and submarine torjiedo ltoats, a vessel may be equipped, with rapid-firing pneumatic guns, whose shcfls earning from ten to twpDty pounds of dynamite or other high ex- plosive, can be fired so as to penetrate the water any. desired numlwr of fe-t l..fore exploding. In this way, if per ceived, the sulnnariiie boat may not have fully its own way in the attack. The Nordenfcldt experiments have shown that, miles tbe boat is rery deeply submerged, it is likely to be de scried from the mastheads, when it has approached sufliciently near to make an attack with such an appliance as the Whitehead torpedo. On the other hand, if the submarine lioat is armed with pneumatic guns ca pa bl c of t h ro w i n g 1 a rge orped o sh el 1 s through the air much frreatcr distance mg distance unobserved are Tery ninch increased. It has also a far wider range of choice of pttsition from whence to make an attack. In fact. its chances are increased Terr much more than the square of the distance from which it attack. For not alone is the area in which it can choose its point of approach increased directly as the square of the distance or effective ranks of its armament, but its chance, of escape from the counter operation of the enemy are also fully equal to that ratio. As submarine boats become more generally used, men-of-war will doubt less be provided with small ones for submarine picket duty, and for remov ing the submarine mining uefenses of a harbor about to be attacked. It does not require the. imagination of Jules Verne to see. 'in tbe future, submarine' conflicts between the boata-of antagon ists who are also fighting on the sur face. Ordinary surface-going torpedo hosts must approach to within three or four hundred yards to enable theru to launch their self-nroiieUing torpedoes with any chance af success. In coming within striking distance they will lie subject to a Very severe fire from the large number of machine and rapid- firing shell guns with which modern war vessels are . equipped.. Their chances of Tunning the gauntlet "of such fire with success are comparative ly small.' It would seem, theiefore. to lie certain that submarine boats will be used for this purpose. They will al so lie employed by an attacking force to remove the mines of the defense. "' hJ the defense in replacing mines which have been exploded in theeonrse of an action or removed by the enemy. Forum. A SILENT TELEPHONE. The Wonderfully In-enfca Invention ot a I'Htsharsh fienlBS. A few favored gentlemen who were gathered in the private office of Mr. George Wcstingbonei the other after noon witnessed a test of a new tele phonic appliance which is far more wonderful than the telephone now in use. It was being exhibited by Mr. Lowth, the inventor. One of those who were present gave a description of it without going into technicalities. Jt is a very simple contrivance and may not inappropriately be termed a dumb telephone, as it has no transmit ter, proierly speaking, the conversa tion being carried on by means of a receiver alone. Attached to the receiv ing tube, which is shaped somewhat different from those now in use. is a single wire to the end of which is a sen sitive little appliance which presses against the larynx and glands of the nccE. ana as ine laws -are ninred in conversation the motion "sends the it is claimed even more distinctly. There is no necessity for yelling at the man at the other end of the line, and. no nse for it, as there is no receiver to I shout into, jtnd, as will be seen by the I above description of the contrivance. 1 the sound and words are conveyed by the gentlest motion of the jaws. I The operation of the new telephone js, wonderful in the extreme,"and all 1 who saw it express their astonishment. To on t of these, the inventor turned and said that it was far less wonderf ul than the mode of conversation he had witnessed in a New England town sev eral years since. This conversation, he stated, had given htm the idea which led to the invention, and it took place between a man who was - deaf, dumb and blind and one of his rela tives. These two conversed he said, by placing the'fips of their lingers on each other's neck in the prese locality where the little instrument in use on his telephone touches," and by this means the two would converse as intel ligbly, so far as they were concerned, as persons in ordinary conversation. Pittsburgh VottiMtrcial-Gaztlti.