The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, May 11, 1898, Image 4
MAKES WRONG RIGHT.
DR. -ALM GE SAYS CWRISTi:NIY IS
REVOi. U TiCNARY.
N. t a Bit1 a.1 Imbec11'y. b: t a Fobuat
Fo e - 1, r Eet e log il e Wo) 1-i- Eeitlion
is Not Pc-. bit - -ist W1v) be the Fnal
Resul,
This disXurs" o Dr. TShrage is
revoluioPary ic-r eZcd in fanailies
ard('nhrhets:rd tstiss ua.d (spec
ial!y fprtriate fr i-se iTnes; ltxt,
Acts xvii 6. Thzsr that have turned
the wcr'd up ide down, a.re come
hith-r aho."
Tiere is a waki, be i10R ir mob
arour.d tr', heuw ..f Je-sot in Thessa
lenic. W:t ,.sa ' tmnn dotLe so
greatly to (If rd '1 pec-t? Ec !as
bee n cn ri:air Pnt aT d his ccm
rades T1 e t ob suirrur d Ibe hcuse
arnd cry : -Brii L cut tr se turbulent
preache's. Thet a:e ioterferirg with
our busmess Tlnev are ruin g our
religior. Toy sr, act';ally turning
the world upsid- doxi "
The charge ",s true, for ide;e is
nothinz that so iz.ter'eres with sir,
there is Loh:n so ruincus to ever3
form of ssb:i:h- d iniquity, th- re is
rothiLtg t;a: hs such': tndency to
tun tre world u:-i.> doi. as cur
g&cricus Christiny. Cte Gc' is that
the wor'd rox is wrong s:de up, ard
it reEds to be tur:E " t'ie down in
order that it may te ipt sde up
The tine was then rf i -:rote books
eLtitlir g thi M -Apclcghr s for Christi
aiey." I hope that d iy las passed.
We want no :ore aprscp,.s for
Christiarity. Lzt the apel 1ies be en
the part of thcse who di not believe
in cur rel:.ios. We do not wean to
mrake any cc.D tririse P i natter.
We do nct Niba to hid the f ct that
Christiard ty is reve cu.ionary ar d that
its tencLcy is 'o tura the world Up
side doivn.
Our relijion has often bcen misrep
resented as a pri:.ciple of tears and
mildness and fastidiousner s. afraid of
crossing people's prejudices, afraid of
making somebody mad, with silken
gloves lifting the people up from the
church pew into glory, as though they
were Botemian glass, so very delicate
that with one touch it may be demol
ished forever. Men speak of religion
as though it were a refined imbecility,
as though it were a spiritual chloro
form, that the people were to take
until the sharp cutting of life were
over. The Bible, so far from this,
represents ihe religion of Christ as ro
bust and orawny-ransacking and up
setting 10,000 things that now seem
to be settled on firm foundations. I
hear some man iu the house say, "I
thought religion was peace." That is
the final result. A man's arm is out
of place. Two men come, and with
great effort put it back to the socket.
goes back with great pain. Then
it goes well. Oar world is horribly
disordered and out of joint. It must
come under an omnipotent surgery,
beneath which there will be pain and
anguish before there can come perfect
health and quiet. I proclaim, there
fore, in the name of my Lord Jesus
Christ-revolution.
The religion of the Bible will make
a revolution in the family. Those
things that are wrong in the family
circle will be overthrown by it, while
justice and harmony will take the
place. The hu~band will be the head
of the household only when he is fit
to be. I know aman who spends all
the money he makes in drink as well
as all the money that his wife makes,
and sometimes sells the children's
clothes for rum. Do ycu tell me that
he is to be the head cf that household.
If the wife have more nobility, more
courage, more consistency, more of
all that is right, she shall have the
supremacy. You say that the Bible
say s that the wife is to be subject to
the husband. I know it, but that is a
husbana, not a masculine caricature.
There is no human or divine law that
makes a woman subordinate to a man
unworthy of her. When Christianity
comes into a nomestic circle, it will
give the domninancy to that one who
is the most worthy of it.
As religion comes in at the front
door, mirth and laughter will not go
out cf the back door. It will not hop
ple the children's feet. John will
laugh just as loud and George will
jump higher than he ever did before.
It will steal from the little ones
neither ball nor bat nor hoop nor
kite. It will establish a family altar.
Angels will hovetr over it. Lidders of
lighat will reacai down to it. The glory
of heaven will steam upon it. The
books of remembrance 'will record it,
and tides of everlasting blessedness
'will pour from it. Not such a family
altar as you may have seen where the
prayer is long and a long chapter is
read, with tedious explanation, and
the exerciss keeps on until the chil
dren's knees are ~sore, and the~r backs
ache, and their patience is lost, and
for the seventh time they have count
ed all the rounds in the chair, but I
mean a family altar such as may have
been seen in your lather's h1ouse
You may have wandered far off in
the paths of sin and darkness, but
you have never forgotten that family
altar where father and mother knelt
impor tuning God for your soul. That
is a memory that a man never gets
over. There will be a hearty, joy ful
family altar in every domestic circle.
You will not have far to go to find
Hannah rearing her Samuel fcr the
temple or a,;,randmother Lois instruc
ting her young Timothy in the know]
edge of Christ, or a Mary and Martha
and Laza us gathered in fraternal and
sisterly affscuocn, or a table at which
Jesus sits, as at that of Z sccheus, or a
home in which Jesus dwells, as in the
house of Simon the tanner. The reli
gion of Jesus Christ, coming into the
domestic circle, will overthrow all
jealousness, all janglings, and peace
and order and holhness will take pos
session of the home.
Again, Christianity will produce a
revoiu ion in ccmmnercial c'rcles.
Find me 50 merchants. andl you find
that they have 50 standards of what
is right and wrong. You say to some
one about a merchant, "Is he honest?"
'Oh, yes," the man says, --he is hon
est, but he grinds the faces c i his
clerks I He is honest, but he exag
gerates the value of his goods. He
is honest, but he loans money on
bond and mortgage with the under
standing that the mortgage can lie
quiet for ten years, but; as soon as he
gets the mortgage he records it and
begins a foreclosure suit, and the
sheriff's writ comes down, and the
day of sale arrives, and away goes the
homestead, and tte creditor buvs it in
at half price." Honest? When he
loaned the money, he knew that he
would get the home~stead at half price.
Honest? But he goes to the insurance
of~ce to get a policy on his life and
tells the dccior that he is well when
he knows that for ten years he has
had but one lung. Honest? Though
he aels property by the -nap, forget
tit g to tell the purchaser that _the
ground is all under water, but it is
generous to him to do that, for he
throws the water into the bargain.
I sa w in some paper an account of
a church in Boston in which, it is
said, there were a great many plain
neople. The next week- the trustees of
that church came ou~t in the paper and
said it was not so at all, "they were
elegant people and highly conditioned
laughed outright. ard when I lauen I
laugh very loue ly. 'Tbcse rec ple,"
I said, "are afraid of the sickly srnti
mentality of the churches." Now,
my ambition is not to zreach t o y ou
so much. It seems to me that you
must be faring sumptuously every
day, and the rra!ks cf comfort are asl
about you. You do not need the gs
pel half as much as do some w1o
never ccme here. Rther then be
priding myself on a church in front
of w bich there shsll halt 50 splendid
equipages on the Sabbath day I wruld
have a church up to whose gates therie
should come a lorg procas;'n ci the
suffering, and t-e stri Lkn, and t,
dying, begginz for admittanco. \'u
do not ineed the g-spel so mucn cs
they. You have good tbirs is
life. Whatever may be your l: :re
destiny. 3ou had a plazssant la
bere. But those dyig rpout:aticns
of which I speak, b.' rerson of Lir
want and suffering, wha-ever my oe
their future destiny, are in perdain
now, and if there be ary comfort Jri
Christ's gospel for God's sake give it
to them!
Revolution! The -ride of the chu ch
must come down. The e xclusiventss
of the church must c'me down ! The
financial boastings of the church mu~t
come down! If monetary success
were the chief idea of the church, t-en
I say that the present node of cord u zt
ing finances is the best. If it is t.
se how many dollars you can pain,
then the present mcde is the best.
But if it is the saving of souls from
sin and death and b-irgirg the mighty
populations of our citits to the know!
edge of God, then I cry revolto- ! It
is comi3g fast. I feel it in the air. I
hear the rumbling of an earthcuake
that shall shake down in one terrifie
crash the arrogarce of our modern
Christianity.
The sea is co-ered with wrcks, ara
multitudes are drowning. We come
cut with the church liutboat, and the
people begin to clamber in, and we
shout: "Stop! stop! You must thinka
it costs nothing to keep a lifeboat.
Those seats at the prow $1 apice, t-cese
in the middle 50 ccnts and thcre sere
in stern 2 sthilints. Pease to ray up
else fiunder on a litile longer ill thx
mission boat whose wor k is to sa e
you penniless wretches shall ccme
along and pi-c you up. W' isavq
only first class sinners in this b at.'
The talk is whether Protestant
churches or Roman Catholic churchce
are coming out ahead. I tell you Pro
testants, this truth plainly-that until
your churches are as free Fs the R
man Catholic cathedrals they will
beat you. In their cathedrals tie
millionaire and the beggar kneel side
by sIde. And until that time ctomes
in our churches we cannot expect the
favor of God or permanent spiritual
prosperiy.
Revolution! It may .: at before
the church learns its duty to the mass
es God will scourge it ard come with
the whip of omnipotent indignatic'n
and drive cut the money chargers.
[t may be that there is to be a great
day of upsetting before that Lime shall
ome. If it must came, 0 Lord God
let it come now!
In that future day of the reconstruct
!d church of Christ the church build
ing will be the most cheerful of all
buildings. Instead of the 1ght of tbe
un strained through painted glass un
dl an intelligent auditoiy looks greea
mnd blue and yellow and copper co!r
d, we will have no such things. The
pure atmosphere of heaven will s weep
aut the fetid atmosphere that has been
kept in many of our churches boxed
ap from Sunday to Sunday.
The day of which I speak will be a
lay of great revivals. There will be
such a time as there was in tbe r arish
>f Shotts, where 5C0 souls were born
; God in one day-such tims as were
seen in this country when Edwards
rave the alarm, when Tennent preach
d, and Whitfield thundtered, and
E~iward Payson prayed ; such times as
some of you remember in 1857, when
he voice of prayer and praise was
seard in theater and warehouse an d
lack smith shop and factory and ea
ine house, and the auctioneer's cry
f "a half, and a half, and a balf,"
was drowned out by the adjoiuing
prayer meeting, in which the people
ried out, "Men and brethren, what
hall we dof'
In those days of which I am speak
ng the services of the church ot God
will be more spirited. The ministers
>f Christ, instead of being anxious
ibout whether they are going to lcse
heir place in their notes, witl get on
re with the theme and our the liv
ng truth of God upon an aroused
mdiory, crying out to the righteous,
"It shall be well with you," and to
he wicged: "Woe! It shall be ill
with you." In those days the singing
will be very different from what it is
row. The music will weep and wail
md chant and triumph. People then
will not be afraid to open their mouths
when they sing. The man with a
racked voice will risk it on "Wina
2am" and "Ortonville" and "Old
.undred." Grandfather will find the
lasc3 for his grandchild in the hymn
ook, or the litte child will be specta
les for the grandfather. Hosanna
will meet hosanna and together go
:imbing to the throne, and the angels
will hear, and God will listen, and the
ates of heaven will hoist, and it wi2
ye as when two seas meet-the wave
>f earthly song mingling with the
urging anthems of the free.
Oh, my God, let me live to see that
lay Let there be nio power in dise ase
yr accident or wave of the sea to dis
ppoint my expectations. Let all
yther sight fail my eyes rather than
hat I should miss that vision. Let
1l other sounds fail my ( a-s rather
than that I should fail to hear that
sound. I want to stand on the mas
ain top to catch the first ray of the
law ar~d with fiying feet bring the
news. And, oh, when we hear th'e
:iattering hoofs that bring on the
Eing's chariot may we all be ready,
with arches sprung and with hand o2
the rope of the bell that is to sound
the victory, and with wreaths all
twisted for the way, and when Juus
iismounts let it be amid the huzza:
huzzs! of a world redeemed.
Ah, my friends, there is but one
standard of the everlasting right a ad
of the everlasting wrong, and th.at is
the Bible and when that principle
shall get its upon our com-nerciai
houses I believe that one half of 11 emt
will go over! The ruin will brgin at
one end cf the street and it will be
crash ! crash ! crash all the way dos~
to the docks. "What is the mat 'er:
Has there been a fail in gold, 'nh.
no. "Has there been a new taritii'
"No." "Has there been a failure in
crops?" "No." "Has there been an
unaccountable panic ?" --No." Tnis
is the secret: The Lord God has set
up his throne of jadgment in the ex
change. He has summoned the righte
ous and the wicktd mo ecme befcre
him. What was 1637: A day o'
judgment: What was 1857? A da
of judgment! What was the xuse
depression of two years agc; A day
of judgment: Do you thins that God
is going to wait until he has burned
the world up before he rights these
wrongst I tell you, nay : E rery day
is a day of judgement.
The fraudulent mau niles up mis
gains, bond above hond, United States
security above United sates security,
emolunent above emolu-nent, until
his property has beeorme a great pyra
mid, anct as he stands looking at it he
thinks it can never be destr oyed, ba:
th ,, Lord Go c os andwth his nt e
Biner puhe - er: r
iYou -ai U, I : aVCu Lut into
it a "o'ten b e A E, mechanic stard
h .:" wil rever do to put
tht min. w 1uin y our whole
bid B yo u t i t irA. The
I rujce : e nm'. u :oon it be irs to
r -k i hanic ard ask:
at-riin this dcor?
Wh at st:th this wsll?
Enry hi: gS to he givin30g out.
C- s IT: s c- a r, e "You put a rotten
bem ::0 lnt Iucture. and the
Ol: , j0 1. - ' : to come down "
Here is -n tle 1~atl seems to be all
r ni : ow 1: b e - bulding a
Nr an:n rs B t6 15 vyears ag(o
:e-e xros s. di- t transaiction in
t:at c mnre~eni 1:a s That one diq
h) cs transaction w' kep on work
uin i. the wh'k e structure, until
dt 1:i, t state wil come in wreck
al1u1 ! b;u1 ib possessor's ears
ort (i'rOnt s d!!ar in the Estate de
noin.1 h s prs ssions. I have
se-n it gaain ar.d again. and so have
y cu
HE re Is yor monc v safe. The manu
-cSr a:d yc-urse f coniy know how
it c.n e ")pveu Y'ou have the key.
You ouchn the lcc. a.d the ponder
(4us door swirOs back. But let me
r ou th-at, ho.weter rmly barred
atid bolted ycur mraoEy safe may be,
y.2u carot kep God out. He will
o2 mesome dv into -our counirg
lr<:n. ar( lre id.mu:"Where
dtha; no* - e cf tand come from?
Ho-, do eu azur t for this sO!uritl
W hEre eld i that mer:gage
'-. \Wh_,t dcs im mEan?" If it
is l rg, Gald vil! say: "Well
, d srvant. Be
Spro.pred ;n 'i w . Be happy
in ,t", wc-.a to co-me."- It i, is all
rc:. , wi sv "Depart, ye
cur.;-d B misera l; for your ini
u :, :: s 1 .2. -d then pago down
A- haear p'A otogralh of the
sr" car:y al; changed wthn the
list I0 yarn? D-ee ...e passinz away
of a u t accont for it? On,
ser ser~ scou for tOi no.
T s 'e Lord God has
an.ege s~ 1:-g hrugh the cam
m .' .u great citiez, and
:Ts eu things acccra
rc ls of eternal recti
Tse ittedi crce when, through
he ru'a~inny owerof this gos
S c ;.stad of being
c a l :: "'i : qiv cation or
eI .:sfon, d i .- ,.ded - lie, and
z gs tF:. soPetims co un
' pt h op :,tii es and ccm
isso~ ' a - bou will be put into
a e eat :: - of s'ate pric'n c ff:nses!
Sce, v. ib turr.ed ins;de out and
uud~o and ranisseked of God's
-t n~ b ess dishonesties shall
cn. to -.,n end all double deal
it, aid GO will overt.rn and over
turu L, z "rn. and commercial
me. in all cites vill throw up their
hai d;. crvm out, "These th at have
I urntd the w rld upside down are
coa-e hither.
The reigion cf Jesus Christ will
proacic a revolAtion in cur churches.
De ner'c~mm.i a9do nothing policy
of the church of Gkd will A ive way to
a i of bravest corquest. Piety
in tis ay ,e-rms tome to be salted
dowVn jast so as to kEe. It seems as
'1 the~ e' auch were chieily as xious to
:akei care ofe itsi lf, and if we hear of
want an~d squa'or and heatbenism
Cutside we tay, "What a pity !" and
we out ur handosin our pociets, and
we fee a-cuind for a 2 cent piece, and
wth a great flhurlsh we put it upon
the ilae a::d are amszed that the
world is rot converted :n six weeks.
Su ppose there were a creat war, and
ther re- .3)0 000 soldiers, ba. all of
those 30,00 sold iers, excepting ten
men, were in their tents or scou ring
their muskets or cooking rations. You
would say, *'O' course defeat must
come in that c ise." It is worse than
tbat in the church. Millions of the
professe d soldiers of Je sus OJbrist are
cooking rations or aslep in their tents,
while oniv one man here and there
oes cut to do hattle for the Lord.
"But." says some one, "we are
establishing ~a great many missions,
and think they will save the masses."
No; they wilil not. Five hundred
tousand of them will not do it They
are doing a magnificent work, but
every mission chapel is a confession
of the disease and weakness of tne
ciurch. IL is mnaking a dividing
line letwen t'e classf-s It is
sayi:g to tae :ien and to the well
conditioned. 'If you can pay your
p w rents, comne to the main audience
room." It is saying to the por man:
"Your coat is too bA and your shoes
are not good e: ough. If y u want to
get to heuven, you will have to go by
tne way of the mission chapel " The
mission chapel has become the kitchen,
where the church does its sloppy
work. Tuere are hundreis and
thousands churches in teis country
gorgousy bi:t and su prted-that
even on bright at~d sunshiny days e
not half iuli of worshipers, and yet
thev build misin c-'apels, because
by 'sm ex pressd or i-npiA rezula
tion the grea't mas-es of the people are
k pt out of the mainU a.i ience roomn.
hert and mine Sin m~ust go down,
our D::d mur. ao donu, our woridli
ness munt go don, n aat Christ may
come up. Revolui-n! "Except a
man be bor e ap: he esooisee the
kingdiom c Ga . Wa not now let
the revo.utio b ..' Nt next Sab
bahI. bxi. no . Nj :onorro w, when
you go out. u:0 cmme; cial circles,
but nom.
Archir, the inairget of Thebes,
"as siti wit ma.. rny :nigty men,
dries~ing wie A -.:serer camnein,
iijue' a lette inori:g himn of a
cri'sdrac'y to c*d his lifeand warcing
ut, :tad of openn it, put it into
hi ec- .ad t h messenger
wh ::..g it, "Bi t:n~rro.v."
TeexdAy edi i. B -ore he
niet ws cere . : -eead
pu: i~o tieo id o. ev-ry mm: anr
yw ii ne.ar -. 'o -> hardea ne-*t
sour :. vr.aD tm a ny ine
'esia.:.e a' di s -. Tns tasim~s to
O-roY'w." Ta'ei' igt ny sont may
A ' aring. n~t~f
o an. su i' i mys dsrint to coli et
me1 reJ'cTe3: a !eged Fermn
rs sere <>:*aition Conuany with
hae-qutis at Colubia, S C This
co~nanyi'. s eJd wa?s or-iginated
be ue CttonConenton represent
1: m - r:-- c.:-n a In e~nlid
ersi~ac: ae u d ue promise on
the p:tet cf th- farer to cut down
*is cot on ac-gteempany guar
antees 10 c ..s . r cot:.ofl in 1899 and
ir.drni"y to:eir . I nave made
an i~~tigi ad want to say to
the scro 1:s tosuc organ~zntion
ha -'n &m'ar"z' byu any Cotton
Covetin An e clin of that sort
is a implo nd ilthcut the ucs
mayv oc toin. eni .er distriets and
sttK I de- im nyduty to expose :t
J. M. S-rc'KEs.
CROP CONDITIONS.
THE WEEKL.Y BULLETIN CF THE
PRESENT SEASCN
what You! g r op- a e Doing-WI ajt the
Observers A I Ovnrthe .t atog In poi t to
Heizqiarters -Th- In'o mation conol.
dat-d.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the c3ndition cf the weather and
crops of the Stat, as issutd Tu sdsv
from the United S'ates weather 1u
reau here:
The week opened with sta-onable
warmth, but by the middle si the
week the temperature fell to almcst
fretz'ng over the centrai counties. Ice
was, indeed, reported, from varicus
points and as far southward ss Hamp
ton a.d Brnwelil counties, with heavy
white iost on the morning of April
28 h over the Stite generally, includ
ing the vicinity of Charleston. Oa
that morning the temperature was as
low, or lower, than the previous re
cords of the weather bureau, extend
ing over a period of 11 years, show
for the third decade of April.
The cold weather did not last lona
and the week ended with temperatures
conideratly above the normal,
The average of 48 places reporting
mean temperature was 58 for the week
while the normal for the same period
is approximately 68. The temperature
ranged between a minimum of 34 on
the 28th at 3a. tue and Little Moun
tain and a maximum of 90 on May 1st
at Batesburg.
The cold, heavy rain c f A ril 2,.
27th was general over the S'ate, and
in places accompanied by high wids,
sleet and hail. In the southeastern
portions of the State the rain was
needed, and in the vicinity of Char
leston more woula prove beneticial,
but generally this rain fell on an
already saturated soil, causing minorI
creeks and brarches to overflwv. and,
in Edgefield county damaging land,
washing them. Considering the area
and typographical diversity of the
State, tbe rainfall was re'arkable :or
even distribution. 7our places only, I
cut of 47, reported amounts of less,
than one inch; 12 o. from 1 to 2 ines
1.9 of from 2 to 3 in hes; and 12 with
3 irches or more. he following ex
cessive measurments were reported:
Mont Clare 4 0(', Oakland 5 25; Alcolu
5 50, Shiloh -.25ineaes. The average
for the State was '437 and the normal
for the Eame penlcd is approximately
0.78.
The sunshine averaged 74 per cent.
of the posible. The prevailing winds
were from northwest to northeast
generally cold and at times high and
were an important factor in making
the weather unfavorable on crops.
Al! correspondents, without excep
tion, characterize the past week as
having been unfavorable on the
growth of crops, by reason of too
much rain or too low temperatures or
both as the bad effects of nigh winds
in plsces.
Little progretss was made in planting
corn and 2ermination of recently
p!ar ted corn is slow. It is cominz up
to irregular stands, although some
sections report fair stands. Much re
planting is necessary and worms are
damaging corn badly in places. The
cool weather caused it to look yellow
and checked its growth. Eatly corn
is receiving its second cultivation.
Some bottom lands have been planted,
but the recent rains made them too'
wet, and stopped planting operations
on them. The recent frost did not ki 1
any corn.
Rice seeding is practically completed
for early planting, but the cool weath
er injured the stant and vitality of
the young plants which was made dur
ing the week.
Transplanting of tobacco is nearly
finished in the more southerly dis
tricts and is well under way in Marion
and Marlboro counties. The ground
is in good condition in regard to mois
ture, but too cool for the y oung plants.
Ir jury from cat worms is also report
e:1.
Melons were killed by the frost of
the 28th, in places, and badly se: back
everywhere. The reports indicate a
very poor stand of melons and point to
a late crop.
The fruit outlook is on the whole
very promising, a few localities only
report total destruction by the frost im
early April, while a few scattered re
ports indicate that peaches and pou?
are dropping badly. The frost of the
week did no injury to fruit First crop
f figs evidently destroyed. Heavy
shipments of strawberries from Fior
ence, Marion, Darlington and Marl
boro counties were made this week.
Oats continue to look promising, ex
ept in Jeffries Creek secetion, where
they are a failure Wheat is healing
and growing nicely, although some -
what yellowed by the cool weather.
Pastures have improved rapidly. Gar -
ens are later than usual, but are
yielding early vegetables enough to
supply local demands over the wrhole
State.- Farm work is well up to the
requirements of the various crops.
J. W. Bauer,
Station Director, Columbia, S. U.
what It COins.
The battleships of modern times are
a necessity to ang great nations which
intends to mraintain its rights and pro
tect its interests but their ccst heavy.
An outlay of something like $5 000,
00is required to construct and equip a
ship which would take high rana in
ay modern navy.
A fter such a ship is coamplete the ex
pense of main tainicg it is very beavy.
['is item for each of our big battle
ships is now about $1,500 a day even
when they do 'no firing. The daily
~xpenses of our navy are now over
$50,000 a day.
The total annual expenses or a first
eass battleship are es'.imated at $517,
C00, divided as follows:
Pay of oflicers,cree and marines... -.3 u00
Ratins....................- ... 45 0001
Euitment......................12 0000
N :vigation charges................. .. 000
rdnance........................S... 18 00
Construction and repair::............ 18 000~
Steam eng ineering............... 32 .
General supplies................... 14 00
Medicine, surgery, secretary's om ee
and incidental expenses............ 75 00C
The cist of ammnunition used during
an engagement is immerse but it is of
course impossible to estimate this in
calcul-sting the expense of a navy.
Repairs t> warships, cruisers a-sd
other craft even in time of peace is
large, but after every engagement it
is necessarily immense, even for the
victor.
War on a modern basis is a ter
rific absorber of mone-y an-d thsere
nese-r was a time when the importat~ce
of money as a factor in war was any
thing like as great as it is now.
A Mrarge oase.
Mary Powers, a youngt wonan of
Milton, Pa, was put under the infiu
ence of ether, about ten days ago to
have a tooth pulled out. Pnysicians
were able only to arouse her for a
time, and the next day she fell into a
trance that lasted for forty eight
ours. When she came cut of
it the predicted that a well known
man of that t >wn would die at 6 o'clcck
L' S :Di R - IN W, R.
Hew They kr- Clothed and 51:it They
Are Fed 0;.
It ill be it.ter-sir-g to mny to
k ow how' our :%ii r:: fLre while in
active servic,,
T- r of . cldir urder the
ar my eguations is as follows: Fresh
beef 2)c-uines, or u;rk or bacon, 12
c-nc4::b1r or soft read' 18 ounee,
or or bread, 16 nuict s, or beans or
peas 2 2 5 urnces. or rice cr nominy,
1 , C, Li ce - poiitr eS or orions (Ir
cI:flmd trrao. l6 cunes; c ifee,
gre-n. 13 5ou: e, nr c. ilee, roasted,
1 7 25 ruces. or :e. S 235 ourcs: su
gar, 2 2 5 curc-: vii exar, 8 25 pal
OLs5cap, 15 ou:ces; salt, 1025
our-ce-: ptpper. 25 eurc-eS, cardles,
t25 ouncts
To cook these rationsthere are camp
kettles and ME s pans carried by the
soldirs, andi eitr ie irons or Buz
zscat ovens. Jarie n etal ovens, easily
trarnsported, bu. carried cn wagons
The th e irons are to upright rod.,,
four feet ha with a six foot rod
across is a Lor z ntal position, fisten
td tc hooks at :h ends of the uor:ghts,
On ty e horizontal oar iron S hooks
are su panaed ar d fr( m these k tths
hang ov, r t"e tire.
Etc- soldier tas a meat can 6x5
inches in oval stape, ij inches tLick.
It is composed of two pirts clamped
togetber. They may be taken apart
and used as frying pans, in case the
soder gets se aaed from the larger
u'ensi:S. Li his haversack the sold:er
carries two daya' rations and a keife,
fcrk anid spoun, and strapped over
him he takes a b&ar ket. In his belt
he carries two hu-dred rounds of am
munition.
The uniorms also are a matter of
inrest, as they are entirely different
f-omi any hinheretofore in use in the
arnr. Br-own canvass has been
adpe d beczause Itis not se good a
aa t ue it wears cetter. turns
ra bet-i and ii light-r and cooler.
A L.Cil!AN.-. DESP RACO
ii -a -o V'e:. an iis F: y R-dld With
Corp r.)l Anthony CleaIry 7 as shot
and kied F y t Ne' 0:lians by
Deanis Birell. _ as Bravn, a negro.
Bur i flA a atr a long coase
took ref e m a -In a the corner of
Berra:.dtte ard 6 l)mon strets. The
.oc e a.d a crLwd of cit zns sur
-curce.1 *ie bu:'ing. Ttr negro
eoe of *he doocrs guarded by
Pitre11.a Trimp and snot him
hr t side of tte body,
csigamcs immediate deatb. Bur
ell was fi-ll corner1d by the po
lice an- cit'.z-: S ard Ls body riddled
Burrell was wantcd in the 1 .rish of
. Jahr, whe:e he stole a $1.0 bill
from ;te ihouse of a negro namea
Jor nas . Hs boarded a train on the
Missssippi Road and on the way
dowi to toe c- iy Le became involved
in a rowv with Conduntor Morris. He
shot the !atuer n the right hind and
jumped fromtnetrain. This morring
te was poirted out to the police.
Sergeant Jacobs and Corporal Cleary
attemottd to arrest him and he open
ed Breon them.
The first shit grazed Jacob's neck
and the ,ecnd entereu Cleary's head.
Jacobs dre.v a pistol and fired several
shots at B.Arrdi and the latter returned
the fire-. Burrell ian away but was
finaliy kailae~ d ____
FAMIN E IN N AV A::SA.
Snarr G nt 1sys Amierius Are Sni
Ost g to the war demonstration in
nearby tiers, the i:Ind of Navassa.
one of the smoll islands of Carribean
sea. < ti tim west coas~t of Hayti, is
threatened wsith a food famine. Re
ports of the distresssing condition of
affairs in the island have rsazhed
here, and senator Gorman, of Mary
land, today called the attention of the
pesient to the s:ate of affairs and tzae
necessity for relief of some sort.
In vietv of iPs proximity to Cuba,
Porto Rico an~d the islands in those
waters, and t~he fact that Spanish ves
s-s a-. any tirw m:- intercept and at
tack ve:ssels mi toere, commerce
with the island has been suspende i.
There are represented to be about
seventy Amen~cans on the island,
ost'y from Marylarnd. Senator Gor
man urged immrndiate action and the
Pe dent promnised to take the matter
up and determine what could be done.
It was tu gested :hat a maerchantman
.viUa suppi:s -r' isa ht be rent u df r es
nort f i waraip to carry suppies to
te i~nabitsots and cary oti those who
wah to Ceav. ____
i~'Co ln War.
Tne mnan:r in which merthint ves
sels and their cargces captured in war
are disposed f is not generally under
so d ou-.side of naval circles. A word
of e xplanation, which w e find in the
Atlanta .Journal, may be ieresting
to our readers When a vessel of a
hos-ie niation is captur:d the captur
ing vessel or part ot its cre wmust con
vey it to the nearest available part in
wich a pr~z ecurt sits. Tnis ccurt
condemns and seils ibe captured ves
el ar. d cargo. If ine s ip making the
cap'.ure is i: 1e te even equal ini
sirengrh to th "cap ureds~ip tne cap
turing er,.w is ested. to the entre
net prote:d.; o hs'e.If the cap
turig vessel *s stoni,- than its cap
tie uehaf h prteds go to the
crew~ of the forautr snd one half to the
governmen t it rep:ee:ts.
Te app Arinnment of the prize
mony is a more comrpheated matter.
To c mman ding ctlicer of a 11::et re
eives one t wentieth pait of the pro
css, wh--hr tPne cap:ure is made by
one ve-s-. or all tne vessels of his
ita1d T;e c nmading oilieer of the
qo 11.8 receves one-fiftieth
uanof theumui-y awv-rded. Thet1leet
captan is e- ttle to one hundredth
nart: : t're aw ry m -ade to anyV VeiSe
qresl f : ra adron wi;.6
stc he i- 'm" '. except m0 a case
where to e capture is made by the yes
sei in whic -ei servng, and mn
suacs-h h~e in proportio toL
hi py wi- ie *'b.r efli rsa d
m -ne o- a vsei gae eu
c e u .-d - - a mm Cning Giie:
-.i l -t, (1.1 -r a or divi-i>Y iand
t' r - .enLe* sf 0ciLg ince2penI
deutl At r the chie- iicers a-e
thus satistied th e remaining nemnbers
rn-th c-- or crem are given motjey
i properlion to their regular pay.
Ai maratime nations have the prize
policy in time of war. It is believed
to be urofia bl because it encourtages
naval1-.rs and seamen to enter
prise, ctiv-.y and boldness in preying
up-xu the enemy's commerce. Mans
nwn' have won m.oderate fiertunes in
ship ;.i ron~y This was espial
IV irie :n N isjaes great cr-ase,
ina sept own French commerce
and the French navy from the seas.
@ te a nuatber of our naval ctlcers
and men will probably come back
from the vwar with S 2ain a got d deal
better cif tinancially than itee were
before - ____ ___ ___
Twelvo Fisherman Drowned.
During the recent storm twelve men
mostly fr -m Nec. York and Brookly n.
were drowvned from schooners off
atteras, and in addition to this thel
shooner Mystery is reported missin
snd is supposed to have foundered
SCENE oF THE BATTLE.
SOME F/-C S ABCUr M N'* .l
TORY. PEOPE AND CONM RCF.
Strange ' oa hern City B th ) 1eitil .1
Spanish in Cbai acer- R:ch in Prcduct
and Exports. :iip% r Ei f ry Nattin Fill
Its Port7.
Cavite is a forilli -d ieaport to xn on
tho isiard cf Luzon, on which Marai
la, the capital of the Phiiupir e
lIlands, is situatt d Cavite is if the
B-v o' Msx.ila, &nd abuL ten, mx-le.
soutun est of the city of Mar ila. The
town of Cavite has a fopulation of
crer fiee thr'usand and the pcpula'irr,
of the po-t is lcs IihanT six ,:urdred
souls There is an arsenal at C vite.
which is the cipit-I of the- nrovince of
the same rame. The redd nte of the
goverror is situated there, and the
place is the chief Lavl depot of the
Spanish posscssions in that part of the
world.
BUILT ON SEA AND LAND
Manila, the cipital city of the islard
of Luzon ard of all the Pbilippire Is
lands, is also situated on Manila D ty,
at the mouth of the River Pasig. The
city forms the segment of a circle he
tw( en the river and the sea, and its su
burbs exterd over numerous is'ets,
fermed by the river and its brar cnes
The river PAsiz is prolongfd into the
t.s by two piers. At the erd of one
of them is a small fort. aLd a light
house is situated at tl e end of the
other pier. Ws-els of snill tornrge
can go up as far as the bridge whict
crosses the riv:r.
The town stards on the south side,
has a dilapidated look, but is said to
be strongly fortifd. Oa the nc.rh
side :s the Binondo sulu-b, which is
the residence of the foreign merchants
and the great centre of trade. It is
mcre pOPUlCUs than thp c-t; i'self.
SPANISH AND ORIENTAL.
Manila has both a Sparish and an
0:iental appearance. There are Icng
lines of heaveniy mounted batteries,
dak looking churches, stra-ige lcok
- umr- ard a. are huu si
ma:lry. These misge iC th l!ght
ii::le hozcs, cot aies, in grovis of
brpcal i-es, raiiEd frnm the ground
b posis. in order to permit the free
as a- cf the waters in the rairy sea
soi. Te .treets are straight, mosiy
uapaved and almost impassible d u i; g
the 'ainy season.
In the c:r the houses are t no sories
high, and ech has its central court
yard. There r sce tte heads c,' the
state, the churc nid the army, sut
all thse who clim to teloig to the
Rre tocracy
The bridge across the river leads
from the city proper into the Binondo
suburb, where a street, called the Ei
calta, runs to the right ard to the left.
It is lined witn innumerable shops,
stores and stalls,atd is usually crowd
ed with 1.eople of various races.
Beyond the Eicalta is a colony o'
Chinese, Indians and half cstes. who
do busiuess a3 goldsmiths atnd j -m l
ers, painters and enameilers, on and
soap merchants confectioners ,nd
keepers of gambling houses and cock
shops. The other suburbs have each
a special character. For instance,
San Ferando is the seat of the great
cigar manufaccries, and Santo Mesa
is the centre of t. e cordage manufac
tor5. At the Alcicerfa suburb the
Cinese sampans discharge their car
ges; the fishermen and weavers in:
niabit the subab of Tondo, and its
gardens supply the markets pith fru~t
for its embroderies. Poco is where
the artisans and arti:ts live, and
health seekers flock to Santa Ana at d
San Pedro Macati.
S031E FINE BUILDIN(GS
The priaicipal tuudinigs in Manil~a
are the Cathedral, the palace ci i~e
governor, the palace of the archbish
op, the town hall, a beautiful build
ins: ten churches, belonging to the
different religious riers;.several mo
nasteries, a number of conventc. the
arsenal, three colleges for y oung men,
two colleges for young women, the
supreme court building, the prison,
the civil hospital, the university, the
marine school, the commercial school,
the theatre, a large building, the cus
tom house and the barracks.
There are several large squares in
Manila, the largest of whico is the
Prado, in which is situated a bronze
statute of Charles IV.
FOUNDED IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Maniia's municipality da:.es from
the year 1571, when the city was foua
ded oy Irgpaspi. It 5s a splendid nat
arat trade entre, anjd rarLaS pi'
Cacu ta and Batavia. B::ing tne chief
prt is the Pniiippine Llan~ds, all
teir produ::tions ilaw there and its
arbor is visited by a very great numn
er of vessels of all sorts and siz s. Its
SxJarts cornsist of sugar, tob cen, in
uoo, Msnila hem-p and cordage, gold
dust, birds .nests, ccoffee, sapanwood,
oats, hats, hides, trepiaug, tortois:
shel, cigars, cotton, rice, etc.
Its mai ue acturers are chiefly cigars
nci cheruo~s, a government monotpo
ay ; o -dage from the filaments of the
doaca; beautiful faortcs. kniown as
pins nvoven from the iiors of the
pieapp e hat and a'ter ward exg ais
Lely em broidered ; y a-icus other cloths
made of the abaca filamen:, pure a: d
m:xed, cotton fabrics, mats and cigar
eases.
SUBJECT To EARTHQUAKES
In 1645 Manila was nearly destroy
ed by eart~iquakes, which have sinc-e
frequently a- d severely visited the
piece A British fleet captured M~ani
ii in 1762. and held it for t:een
months, when it was by treaty restor
d to Spain. The population of Ma
nila, with its suburbs, is acout 160,
The Philippine Islands bclong to;
the Malay Ar. hipelago. Next to Cuba
they are the most valuable colonial
posession of Spain. In all there are
about 1 2)t0 idlands in the Philipian
group, the principal cf whica. are1
Luzm, Mintdanoa and Palawan, wit;
itador o. Panay, Negros, Z ehu, Bohol,
Ley te, Samar asa Masbate and many
ther smaller islands. Their total area
are s.ima:ed a; akcut 115.528 iare
'a:12, and the tot<-1 papula:ion is eati
ma:ei to be about 8 (00,000 persaa.
Tne islandis arv of voicanic forma
tion, and are trave rsed by a chain O
:n un ains from north to auth ris ng
in some cf tunm to 6,000 feeL. The
coasts of most of the ;s ands are deep
i indested by the sea, and the large
isds are we:1 warered by iarge
streams, with estuaries whmch f~rm
excellent harbors
The high temperature and aband-&
ance o' moisturv cause luxuriaat v.
-tation so that the islands a-e capable
,f y i. di g almost all kinds of c>Ioniai
and Eirepean produce. itce, mailet
mez- sugar, ind g>. hemp, tobaccx
x e and e .tton are raised, and the
oradcs include sagn, ccanuts, b-a
at as, cinnamon, b tel, many file
e-ts, timber for snip~uiling and
.jyewods.
ISLANDS FCLL (IF ANIAL LIFE.
Butfhloes and most cf the domestic
animals common in the United 8-a'es
ire reared, and the horse, initrc duced
y the Spaniards, runs wild amiir
:he mountains- The antelope, .
wild cat and monkey are amnorg the
wiid animals found in the PhT psi e
slands. The cayman is to be fu
n the rivers and lar-s, tortotes
abound on the shores, tish are very
lentiful and serpints are Lu-nerous.
Among the birds of the .island are the
-a,. e ce f phacant pigon9
an- watpr fowls.
Te mineral products are gold, cop
per. irov, lead, mercury, sulphur and
coal The exports amount to about
$1t(0 000 annually, and the imports
consistir g mainly of cottons, machin
Ery, ceal, iron, umbrEllas, earthen
wbre. hard .7are, woolens, apparel etc.
amrouns to about $15,000,000 annual
ly The islands were discovered by
Magellan in 1521, and were settled by
the Spaniards in the reign of Pailio If
after whom they are named --New
Y\i Tcjiuune.
A Fearful Eecord.
T e rt pcrt strLt to congress recently
bv 1' e ijtt restate commerce commis
sicn on the subject of carety appliances
oi raiir. ad engines and cars caratains
* raation which shows how neces
ba.y " a; tbe legislation to compel rail
rRLIs to provide this equipment. In
163 oongress paesd a bill, which was
at promi bv ihe president, rt qiring
all rai'r a-ds ergaged in interestate
cormn erce to adopt safety brakes and
c upe-s. Five y eats was the time
al owed for compliance with this law.
T'bis limit exp-red on the first of last
January. 0.ly a few rai:roads had
at that time complie d with the pro
visions of the act. Many of them bad
dne almost nothing toward aqiip
ping their cars and engines in accor
dance with the requirements of the
statute. The delirquent cimparies
athed for an extension of five years,
but this was rerust d. The commis
sicn rid, however, agree to give them
to years longer, but warned them
that if they did not comply with the
la w within that time the penalties
prescribed would be enforced. On
the drst of January, 1893, only fort3 -
two railroad comfanies came
up to the r(quirement of the act,
whiie 483 companies were delirquent.
Noerty five per cent of all the lcco
M. tives in use had been provided with
proper appliarces, but tt ey had been
p'aced upon comparat vely few freight
cars. The comission's reprt gives
the statistics of the killed and wound
ed ia railroad accidents during the
past five years as follows:
KolDed. Injured.
1.......... .... 2 727 31,724
19................. 1,823 23395
1895............. .1,811 25.096
196 ............1,861 29,969
1697................. 1,732 27,623
Gra' d total...... 9.954 133 407
IT st- are frightful figures. It is
p oba e that all the railroads in the
so'ia satside of the United States
k i ed and wounded a far smaller
r .u ber of persors in he same period
0 831 6'8 mea employed in rail
ro sAvice in this ccuntry 9,954. or
1.2 scr cent w, re killed Pnd 138,407,
u 16 7 per cent. were wounded. Toe
wrst percentage of accidents was in
e c-ntral western, the southi Atlantic
a&d he middle southern states. For
all thiese secins tie stAtistics are
startiing. For tte ce!tral western
stat' s the number of railroad employ
,s kiiltd and injured during five
5e.rs was one-fourth of the entire
num br-r emplo3 ed. In the Scu'h At
antiu tates tbe loss was even heavier,
btirg 26 per cent and in the central
s utthern states it was worst of all,
risirg to 28 per cent. The Atlanta
Juurnal very truly says these figures
-re awful to contemplate. Many of
there fatali i -s and injuries could have
been av. r ed if the railroads had pro
vided their trains with the test safety
a pplianc~s. It seems that::eif-interest
would htave caused them to do so, but
sir cc they would not of their own
accord provide for the reasonable prc
:ectio~n of thtir emnployes corgress
v-ry properly stepped in and under
e u-ter~tate commerce set comnpelled
merto do so. We do not doubt that
as Sjon as the railroads have com -
'piled with the safety appliance act we
sball see a great falling off in the
nuhber of deaths at d injuries to their
emnpwoyes
Intere-sting Tabi, oZ Dir t on a
Namcsof Places Miles
Mrar ila to Hong Kong......... 630
dar ila to San Fratetsco...6.520
Hong K ong to H awaii... . 4 800
Hawaii to San Fran~cisco... 2,086
Yekoboma to San Franccisco. ... 4.500
San Fran< i :co to Ne w York, via
Cap- Horn................13 610
Liverpool to New York...... 3017
Ne w York to Cadiz..........3120
Ne w York to Havana.........1.215
Key Wes'; to Havana........ 2
Key West to Porto Rico...1,040
Cape ie Verde to Porto Rc>.... 2 370
Esmpton R >ads to Porto Rico.. 1,200
(Xdz to Canary Islands... . 780
dary Li?ada MM Verde.. 856
Catz to Cage de Verde.......1,630
Cadiz to Mantil............,19,786
Sh-atld Spain undertake :o send a
11 et frxn Cad:z to Manila her route
w ould be by way of Cape Town. The
d s ianc.:s by this rotite are as follows:
Cacz to St Helena............3 812
St. a-lena to Cape Town....1,682
Os pe Town to Mauritius.... 2 200
Mauritius to Caiutiby.........2.090
Coiuib> to Singapore.....,560
Singapora to Manila. ......,,436
If Spain was allowed to send her
fiset through the Mediterranean, the
R::d Sea, the Suez Canal and the &ea
t>1e Sea the distance to Manilawould be
h se ned about 3 500 miles.
K~ I dHis ater.
Lee B..ke', nine years old, shot and
acc:dentaily kilied his sister, two years
his senior. Thursday afternoon at
4 o'cicck. The shooting was done at
the home of the children's father, L
P Baker, a dairyman, who lives near
Beu Hill, nirne miles from Atlanta.
Mrsr. Baker, during the afternoon,
waes to visit a neighbor and left the
chije ar. bone. The Baker boy
and a ssister Alli were playing in
tae hes: ite K te-.et ,the daugh
ter crt u.e nleig luor W-e. their moth
er was visiting. T~se o y became
noisy And his sster told him she in
ter d :1!; c d i their father Tn.e boy
saiL: - IIc u do I w ill shoor ' ou."
He was liurum waen he in - the
remark, and picking uo a rifle ....,r by
paintedi it at his sister. As the fi
.was raised ur-til it was on a letel witin
the Ii-tIe girls head. it we fi ec and a
baui en e~ -ed :T-r orwn. Id sa a a eL
-he hr~d !eisea to the .tl aor and be'i'ne
telp could come the child was dead.
Tret b )y is 'rant c .sita grief. As the
aff a esaa c.e sidrrd an accident no
iq go. ,va~ rted. t'ne r'.mains of the
:iat~ rir i it -: bue: d this a'ternoon
at Mt % 'n ccetxe
Emnp Inea thei i ation.
A-cordiog to Mr Liwrer c hdhir,
lat-- d Wicklow, now o -eNew
York Faesing~ Post, all th. oub!e
with Spjai's is due to cur b ca t--e
oortmnent." Both the Spa' is. and ter
F'rracbheerc icr:s. "a'e '-" a- im
p r:'r !?nn 'd b - A'er
canccoe a.mo :n Aier . e t.i man
cers bas always cu'raged them both
in . qua d i r . T h sta-e-rent
greauvy si zsi ti s the sitaatior'. We
necd.~t ap lears, no: battle shirs, but
aein art rs; not instruction in
tac l :s, bu t hssons ia deportme nt
L. te --to 40IdIsrs
F. rst Aszistant Postmaster General
Heita a. day said that friends and rel
a~ i*s of soliers in the field in ad
dressing Ie:.ers to tham should mark
p~ai~cy thbe company and regiment to
waich they bt lcer d, as by doing so
the distrihutio-n of the mail will be
faciltated. This applies to both the
regular troops ard ne militia volun
The Royal is the highest grade bakiag powder
known. Actual tests Abo it goes one
third frther than any 9tber brand.
4KI
POWDER
Absolltty Pure
RONAL RAK:.G PO.4ER CO., NEN yon.
R pe for Eevlotioo.
The reports from Madrid and oth< r
cities cf Spain show that the Spanis-.
people are ripe for revolution and that
the present dynasty is tottering to i a
fall, but, as the Atlanta Journal says.
wbc can wcrder that lfie eis riotirg
in Spain, that the p su ace defies the
representatives of t e law. 1hat the
governmen t is totte r:o - s.- e r
of the Spanish people have gool caxse
for complaint. They bear an irrita
ing burden of tsxtion, but this is not
the main cause of their turb21Lrcr.
What anger them most is the discove
ry of the utter inccmpetence of th.
government and the shameless decep
tion which has been practiced upon
them by cfficials and official newspa
per o r an'. T e S; anish people have
been assured that the ULi ed Statea
could not stand against the ..rawess c f
their government and that the war
could result only in an easy victory
for Spain. A great majority cf them
er e to belive this aLd Iheir awi-k
ening to the real situstion kas made
them futious. They see Havana
blockaced by Airerican wairshipi
which sail back arLd 'orth at will rg t
under the SFanish forts. Tney have
learned that pr pirations are almost
complete fcr the invasion of Cuba by
our army From Manila they have
heard that the fleet wlich was to -D
nihilate our bhips in that part of 1 e
wcrld las itslf teen destroyed by
ittose same ships. They have h st
faith beth in the power an d the bone s
ty of iheir governmint. Tneir miais
are hot with the fuy of revwlution;
they hate their own government e ven
mcre than they hate us. To show the
wav in which the leading ne i spapers
of Spain have deceived their rea-a r i
nd held out utterly false hopes o
them we quote from a dispatch from
its Utnited States correspondent ie
cently printed in the Madrii Impar
cial:
'The United;Sta'e< b, s'talcs to fiebt.
Iti 'xa-tinZ poliq -is due to timidty.
Its fleet hovers around the shores of
uba and moves up and down thi
American coss', doing n> grcater
damage than here and there the ctp
ure c f a de'e .seless irerchar Iman.
The reason for this is that the Am-ri
can government is rnot prepared to
fight. It was not thoug ht that Spain
would offer any real resis at cc. tre
press of this republic has misled the
populace as to the power. resou c s
and military virtue s of the Spanidh
people.
"The only powder mil on the
American continent 'capable o' pro
due'.ng s-nokeles powder has benz e' -
stroyed. Thus the Amevcens bave
no way of reloading thaeir heavy or '
rLanco, as black cr b; own powde r can
not be us d effectively.
"Then the s'ates whichi were count
'don to furoish the men for the war
fi d phemselves bandicappatr by a
threatened Indian uprising. Tee re-*
lar army has been withsrawn ana the
savagesbhave alrei dy taken the~ war
path. In the states of O ao, Illint s
arnd Iowa the citizens have alre'ady
been called out to protecet their west
ern frc ntiers from the raids of the wid
men.
*-n the District of ,Columnia is te
militia guard has re f ubd to s er y
The guard was ordered out by ae
pre sident, and whe n itdiscovre ith at
it was to go in to c imio ard drill for
war pu pses it disob eyed the iffi a rs
and returned to the c -pi'al
"The $50,00,000 voted for ti e wa.r
has not been collected, ar d a bial is
now before th~e t orgr-se pvcvidur g
means to borrow nmm ey witn1 wm ic h
to fight Sr~ain "
Sotale a' Pay
It will be interestina jst ro a t.
know what army cffi er, and p iva -s
get f, r their s--rwic's rre 'ssio ei g
show a t-aeir pay per morat :
Privt....................$ 15 6 ?
Corporal.................. 220
Sergt r.t.................. .. 25 11
Fi et se rge-ant.................27 ( 0
Sergeant na jr........... 29 00
Hospital steward............. 45 00
Second li u trun'...........116 70)
First lieutnant.--..........125 06
R-gimental quar teruoat~'.... 150 C0
Re imnental a' j' aot.........150 00
Onaclaio............... 125 00
Cap'ain..................... 150 00
Lieutenant colornel.......... 250 00
Ms j r.................. ...208 33
Cownel................... 291 67
Brigadier general.... ...... 458 33
Mmi general.. ............ 625 ('O
Oae Mp-- m Eff t.
It is announced in a sp ci. < i :c
from Madrid that tte-e i< " id
surrender there, either in mi' l i
circles or amrng the p w. ee 0 a
the contrary. it s add-a t e - .'
be pursued with gea'er v:'.r Thi
special disparca acd- s th'. t e v n
state~d at Madrid by taase -' h. - e
as o sible~ for ibe nasal mn V -i
- at n has b-en deter mine d t ' a o'd
isleated cornbats on un-q'1A te as
and with a su erior enem.n' u-weat
they no w intend to throw t - -l
unitd naval sirnpth of S~ri int'o
one supre me i f .rti to c-uaeb t'oe A tier
ican :qztronmto Cu ban waeers t a j
tinuing~, the sp cal sass: 'Untml 'his
en ageme-nt is fought no proooeasl foxr
int< r a nt-on will be listene d to"
&evS m inlvs.or.
Prevarstior.a for the er barkation of
the Uaited Stales troops arerad
bevg complttd at K y West. S ven
of tnie trasnspor's 'o De uwd c'ar-' ing
te soldiers and therm horses and sup
pies are now at Port T-mnea ' h-y
re the Comat, Allesheny Berkshtire,
Fiida, Whitney, Gussie atrd I'eca
tur H Mill- rn the last name d arri vir g
today fro-x. B Atimore Nearly a1j of
thesnipsbave been given afu!! sup
ply of ccal.
A UINT TO FARMERS -Secretary
Wilson assures the American farmers
that all the sugacr imported into this
cuntry, amounting to $100,000,000 a
year, cou'd be raised on 1,000,000
acres of land planted with beet root.
Te land is here, the men to cultivate
it are here, thbe market for the prcduct
is her-all that is rneeded is to get the
i dustry started. A-nerican sugar for
Aeican consumers thould be the
National policy from this time for