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Terrific Baltic in Cuban Wattrsi The Winslow Disabled and Tive Ainori oaus Killed. Husitfii Isj?1??> and Four Men of the HI-Fated Torpedo Boat Lout Their I,iv.es?The Spanish l "sni'h Not Keportcd. The most desperate engagement yet fought in Cuban waters took place on Wednesday afternoon, May 11th, in the harbor of Cardenas, 1q which tho gun boat Wilmington, tho lorpodo bout Winslow aud tho auxiliary gunboat Hudson were the only vessels engaged on tho American side. They entered the harbor for tho purpose of attacking Spanish gunboats known to be there, but tho latter were not discovered by the Americans until the Spaniards opened lire. The land butteries of Curdeiias sup ported the lire of their gunboatf. One ofllcor and four men of tho Winslow wero killed, aud several others wore wounded. Tho dead are: Ensign Worth Uag loy, John Varvorls, oiler, Josiah Tuu nntt.. i?;li11 it cook. J. V. Mooks, fireman, J. Daniel, ?remuu. The buttle, while it lasted, was tor ri?o. Tbo Wilmington and the Hud sou were ahead, auu opened lire on the ipamnh boutt; wbieh were lying at the docks. The tiring begun ut u ruuge o( 1,500 yards. A few ui.nutca lutor the inalow oame up und also opened tire, n Instant, the entire attention of the *h gunboat und tbu lund butteries reeled upon her. Prom all aud shell seemed to pour in in little torpedo bout. The .('mington und tho Hudson ?tili kupi p their lire, but they could not turn aside the terriblo storm of Uro und death pouring in upon tho torpedo bout. The crew of tho Winslow, how ver, never faltered for u second. At '35 p. in. a solid shell crushed into tho 11 of tho Wiuslow uud knocked out r boiler. La un instant she began to I and drift helplessly. Then there s a moment of uwful ausnouao. A reo cheer of triumph then went up im the Spanlrrdu on tho gunbouta d the batteries, und again u btorm of :e was opened upon tho holplosa boat. Tho guuboat Hudson, which waa ly ig uour by, started to tho assistance f tho Winslow. Slio run alongside e torpedo boat and tried to throw a to tho imperiled crew. Up to this j, with tho exception of ouo shot, loh disabled tho boiler of tho Wine tho tiring of Spuniah gunboats boon wild, but as tho Window luy jfling in tho water, tho mu^o grow uoser and shells began to explode ull bout bur. it was dltlleult for tho Hud en to get near ouough to throw a lino to the Winatow'a crow, o) terriblo waa the lire about her. Finally, after about 20 minutes, the Hudson approacned iear enough to throw u lino. Ensign Bagloy and aix men were stajding iu a group on tho deck of tho Winslow. "lluuvo her! Heavo her! eave her!' shouted Bagiey ua he >ked toward tho Hudson and called La line. "Don't miaa it!" shouted uu per from tho Hudson, und with u \v?o Bagiey called buck: "Lot her flfe. It's getting too hot hero for ifort." Tho lino whs thrown, aud the eamn lustunt a shell burst iu the y midst of tne group of men uu rd 'the Winslow. Bagiey wua ituutly killed uod a few others drop d about him. Half adox.an more fell Waning on the blood-atained deck no of tho dead men pitched headlong over the side of the bout, but hia feet caught iu the iron rail aud he was uuled back. Bagiey lay atrothod on he deck with hia lace completely torn away and tho upper part of hia DOdy shattered. it wua a terrible moment. The tor edo boat disabled aud holpleas, rolled udor tho fury of the tire ol tho Span sh gunboats. When theshell burst in thogioup on board the Wlnalow an other wild shout of triumph went up from tho Spanish boats and batteries, and again heavy tiro wus opened on ho torpedo boat. Finally the Hudaon Ueoeeded in getting a lino on noard 'ho Winslow aud waa towing her out of <ho deadly range when tho lino parted and again both boius wereatthe mercy of tho Spanish tire. <\l 3:60 p. m. tho Hudson managed to got auother line In he deck of the Winslow, but there only three men loft at that time muko it fast. Tho line was tinully cured and tho Winalow waa towed up Piedras island where she waa un ihored, with her dead and wounded on er decks. Some men from the Hudson ent on boaid the Window und took the moat seriously wounded oil. Three 'ho woro .aken on board tho gunboat laohiaa died shortly afterward. Commander Barnado, of tho Wins w, wus wounded in tho loft leg, but t aoriously. Lying in tho cabin of Hudaon next u ornlng at Koy West received a representative of tho ociated Press and told tho latter story of tho tight. He said: We went into the harbor under or The torpedo boat Winslow waa a worst Injured. She had five of her n killed und 1 do not know how many boded. "The Winslow was ordered by the mander of the. Wilmington to go o harbor and attack the Spanish boats there. Wo steamed in under 11 head and wero fired upon as we e .in range. The Spanish boats e tied up at tho docks and bad a rango on us. The batteries on re also opened on us aud I think we I eived moat of the Ore. 1 do not whether uny ono waa hurt on the J lugton, or on the Hudson, but l nk not. havo mo fault to find with tho slow's orow. They acted nobly ull way through. The men who wore d fell at the same time. Wo were ing in a group and tbo aim of the ish was perfect. A sholl burst in ry fucea." isign Worth Bagiey was about 20 a old, a native of North Carolina, his ancestors havo been prominent p for many generations. He was d and popular. A remarkable fa 7 has attended tho class of cadets ich Ensign Worth Bagloy, who his lifo on tho Winslow, wus a ember. In tho class wa< a group of even who used to go to Washington H< leave and were lionized by society. Hf this eleven flvo have already loat H lr lives. Young Brookinrldge, eon ? Inspector General Brtckinrldgo, to Hotly made a major general, foil over Hard in a rough se?* from tho rovonuo filter Gushing, and was drowned while Hderway to Havana. Jenkins and Hrrltt went down with tho Hi fated ?line, another cadetiof tho eleven was RL.vni <i in tho China Hoa, and Bagley Hs one more to tho list. H^has alwaya been a foregone con Httion that the torpedo boat mon wore Big tho fit Bt to fail In battle, as their Bfc Ja (be most dangerous, but in HPe of'this, all the young raon of the j By too woro eagor for torpedo boat HjLc? Hudson shows tho effect of the |A ifer smokestack is punctured Hbnllot holes aud her cabin and HBi'o smashed and splintered. The. BPw was badly damaged in the Hflaud was towed out, of the. harbor Ha gunboat Hudson. B^o* acVial lighting float includes Hfirst olass battle ships, one second Hbattlo ship, two armored orulaors, Bum protected cruisers, six mont Hf-uodorn construction, one ram Hone dynamite cruiser. Besides H aro torpedo craft, unprotected Rim and gunboats galore. Wo HJwixt to Busala, and in a yoar will Brd among the countries of the I~HE STATE DISPENSARY LAW SUSTAINED. DKC1SION OF U. 8. 81 I'lt.l . COUHT. The Stato Has the ltlght to Puruliaite and Sell Liquors Through Hh Offlol alH?ClttzeitB Can ituy from IVisons In Other States for Personal Use? ?!><? Iuupcctlon Feature Null and Void. Special to News and Courier. The Supreme Court of tho United States has handed down Its decision In tho cano of Vanco, Mali r et al against the W. A. Vandoroook Com puny, appealed I from tho Circuit Court of South Caro lina, and tlio effect of that decision 1? that tho validity of tho dispensary law in its vital parts is suntainod. The de cision places tho South Carolina law oloarly within tho police powers of tho Stato. Tho right of the State to for bld the sulo of liquors in the original packages the Court holds to bo clear, and it rogards tho dispensary law as merely voicing that right. Tho opin ion of the Court was delivered by Just ieo White, it utlirmu par*, of the de cision of the Court below and reverses part. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Shiras aud McKeunu dissented as to the portion of the opinion reversing any part of the opinion of tho Court bolow. but tbo other members of tho Court J agreed with Justice White. In hie opinion Justleo White rovlowa at soine length the decision of tho Court in the case of Scott and I) maid und explaina thut iu neither cuae wad the question raised whether tho Slate eoulu, without violatiug tho Constitu tion, confer upon cortuin officers and agent* tho aolo power to buy all liquors which were to be aold in tho State, and allowing no other liquor to bo sold. He .xplaiued that tho present law, while similar In general bOOpo to that pasaed upon in the former decisions, waa different in many particulars, the clauses which hud boon found under those formor dociaiona to Operate aa discriminating againat citizens of other i States having been eliminated. Juatico WThlto act out the three grounds upon which tho conatitutionullty of tho law 1 la denied by the dociaiou of Judge Simonton, and pointed out that two of theao go to tho very root of tho law itaolf, while tho third ia narrower in ita purport, only assailing us unconstitu tional tho particular reatrictlona which the State puts upon the rights of por aona of another State to ship to Soutn Carolina, and of residents of that Statu to receive liquor for tholr own use. Upon thla Utter feature of tho case Judge Simonton is uphold. Tho Court Is unanimous iu allirmlng hia decision. Hut on the other two poiuta, which go at tho very roo?? of tho law, Judge Slmonton la reversed and the law ia up held. The language of Justice White in summing up tho Court'a deci&lou ia this : "it follows from tho foregoing that the deer ;e below rendered was well found ed in so far as it restrained tho defend ants from aeizing tho property shipped into tho State of South Carolina from the State of California by the complain ant for tho icsldenla of tho State of South Carolina on tho oideraof such residents for their own use, because said shipments hud not been mmlu in compliance with tho regulations of tbo law ot South Carolina. But it further follows that the decree bolow was wrong in to far as it restruiued the State otlicers from levying upon tho property of the complainant for the purpose of being stored therein in ori ginal paekagea and from interfering with auch salea. These coucluaions re quire that tho judgment below bo affirmed in part and reversed in part. This renders it necessary to remand tho cane to tho Court bolow with in btruetions to enter a decree sotting aside th-j-injunction and dismissing tho bill to trie extent abuvo indicated and perpetuating the injunction only in so faraa it in itbove pointed out, the whole in accordance with tho viows heroin above expreafai'd, and it ia ao ordered." Tho elTeet ofyUns decision is that tho inapeetion pro{zm>D of the law is tan tamount to a elen'al of tho right of Intor-Stato commerce aud therefore antagoniatic to the Conatitution of the United States, wh'lo in all other essen tial respects tho law ia held tobe valid. The decision of tbo ^sctrt waa widely discussed among Sor^BhCarolina peo ple here. Senator Tr0B? ., in discuss ing it, said: "Itsoi-ms tome tbt-Mlapenaary law Is decidedly on top. With this decis ion tho mere question of aupprcsalng blind tigera will not be very ditlieult Tho only modillcation made necessary by this decision 1b aa to tho require ment for tho unalyais and inapeet ion of liquor imported for prlvato uso, and it will not be very dillleult to meet thia. I bolievo thia declaion of tho Court .nouns that tho qucation is settled for all time, so far aa the United States is concerned, and tho dispensary nystetn will bo left alone to work out its own destiny. All that Governor B! lor be will havo to do ia to reorganize the constabulary, and, if necosfary, uao tho metropolitan police and enforce the law ; In othor worda, suppress the illi cit sales. I think tho Governor could well afford to declaru an amnesty and facilitate tho exportation of all liquors now held by the original package peo plo, with the underatanding that after a certain day the law will be enforced with all vigor. In other words, now that tho law is declared constitutional it might be well to take a new start with those who have gone into tbo illicit sale with tho idea that tho law was unconstitutional." Commenting upon tho political effect of the decision, Senator Tlllman said ho believed the decision would strength en tho Governor as well as the Re form Movement very muoh. Senator McLaurln said : "This de cision takes the matter out of the Courts and leaves its settlement to tho people. It treues that the dispensary law is a fixture, and will never bo changed unless thero is a change in sentiment of tho people, and that is reflected through State legislation. The deolslon puts the vital features of tho dispensary law necessary to its en forcement within tho police powers of the State. It Is a very important de olslon, and doubtless will load to ex periments of tho same naturo as tho South Carolina dispensary in other States. I think," bo udded, "that the decision will have a very marked e IToct on the campaign in South Carolina. I regard It aa favorable to tho re-elec tion ol our proaent Governor." 1 naked him about tho hill now pen ding beforo tho House. He said: "No further legislation by Congress on tho subject Is neooKSury. Tho deoleion of c'no Supreme Court," ho added, "com pletely eliminates every question of doubt as to tho validity of the law. As a judicial Interpretation of the effect of ihe Wilson aot it is of very great importance in a commoroial way, as affecting the trade between tho Status and defining exactly what the po.loo powers of the States are." ?Tho New Jersoy State board of agriculture has baguu an effort to orad lento that prejudice against snakes whloh is so deeply ingrained in human naturo that many people dato its lnoep tion all the way baok to tho Garden of Eden*. The board deolares that there are only two varlotios of polsouous snakes in New Jersoy, the rattlesnake and copporhead, both of whloh aro scarce and easily rocognlzod. whilo there an twenty-ono varieties that are not only harmless, but the best friends the farmer has. now that tho birds have been so generally killed eff, since they live on hugs, worms and Insects Injurious to vogotatlon. ?The difforonco betwoon pride and ranlty is that wo have one and .othor people have the other. r/bo Different Types anil thej Pur poses for Which They ?#p in- I tended. K. ?. bkerrott in Detroit Free Press. Now that war la upon ua, It la be coming thut every one ahould have a fair understanding of the typos of ves sels mustered in our defonae, and know, too, something of the duty out out for each. - )f the oattleshlp and tbo monitor, nearly ovory one has u proper concep tion, and, too, of the torpedo boat, but of the tliroe types of erutaors, there ia only confused general knowledge. The term cruiser UBcd to apply, in the duya of sailing ships, to the fri gate, the type next most formidable to the old lino of-battlo-ahlps, und was in tended tocompuss the speedier of the heuvier fighting craft delegated to the particular service of hunting up the enemy or preying upon his commerce ; and, with certain techulcul modifica tions, practically all of our largo, swift, unarmored vessels of tbo late war wore bo classified. The gunboat was then and now la the amull vessel of moderate speed and guupowor un marked for special service by uuy peculiar characteristics of eitle r of fense or defonae. With ua, the gunboat hua a maxi mum displacement or total weight of something just over 1.77'J tons und a mir, i in um of 839 tons ; tho Castiuo und Muohius repres mliug tho major ex treme and tho little Hanoi oft repre senting tho minor extreme. Of the simple, or unprotected cruiser type, we huvo three; tho Detroit, Mar ble head and Montgomery; each of a tri tie over 2,000 tons displacement. When those vessels were lirst design ed, they were ollieially known as gun bouts, but the navy oepartmeut wisely saw thut a limit must be drawn some where, and, placing the gunboat limit of size to craft under 2,000 tous, the three vessels at once oecamo dignilled us cruisers. Besides their promised speed and their fulti.lment in reach ing over 18 knots reasonably made them, deserving of the title In con junction, with their pretty heavy bat teries of rapid-fire gnus. Tho simple or unprotocted cruiser, in common with gunboaCs, has uo pro tection In tho shape of armor for her " vitals," us her engines, her boilers, und her inuga/.iuos uro culled. She has u water-tight deck, though, of moderate plating, which extends from side.to side und from bow to stern, compioCely roofing over tho "vitals." While not proof against even moderate shot, this deck; prevents the admis sion of wutor below which may come in through breaks In the plating above this deck, und in thut materially aids in preserving the stubility of the craft if pierced by shell just nbuve the water line, but near enough to uduiit water In onrooning. So fur us possible, coat is pluued ubove this deck und against the sides us u bulwark aguiUot the uttuck of an enemy : and whilu tho coal remains there it forms u good de fense to guns ranging from one-poun derd to six pounders. The urmored shields borue by sonio of tho guns or the armor placed ucuut some of tho gun ports is uot considered protection to the craft herself ; ami while, either muy be present on a dimple cruise, tho fact that her vuu.s remain undefended mukea her an unprotected oruiser, The protected cruiser is tho next ud Vauee upon the simple cruiser. Here, ugaiu, wt huvo u water tight deck, bu<. this time it is supplemented with n cout of mull, und may range on the 11 at, portion from one iueh to two und u half inches, and ,'ury on the sloped at the sides from one und u ha'f to four and three-quarter Inches. This urmor presentj a di llectlve trout to shot passing through the slides and threaten ing ttie magazines and the motive power, und, of course, gives the vessel the power of stunding up before craft capable of dcnluig out certain destruc tion to too simple cruiser. Again, the coal id stowed along the sides und above und below the water-tight pro tective deck ; und u now defense in the shape of u bund of cellulodc stunde ready to tuku the lirst shock of uttuck und to plug uutomuticuliy by its own swelling all shot holes admitting wuter. Of course, it is not proof aguinst explobive shell, which may displucu it rather than merely pusa through It. Ol th< protective crutsor type, the Olympia is by long odds the meat typi cul verse! in our service. Aside from her hull protection, the guns of her main buttery, four 8-inoh guna, are mounted in two turrets, un all-around sbelt.r, unequaled by uny ship of like class und size in the world : and BOme notion of whut this und the other phuses of this 5,800 ton ship's defen sive quutitics constitute may be guthered when It lb realized that she cotiid stund up und give a good ue count of herself ugulnst either tho Brlt'sh Powerful or Terrible, ships of over id.uuo tons displacement. Tho armored cruiser, ropresonted in our service by tho New York und Brooklyn, is the protected y.ruiaer bat tered by slightly heuvier M-mor on her protective d< ck, slightly heavier armor about her turreted guna, und tho pre sence of u bund of wutef-llno verticul armor and plating of from threo to four Inches on her sides juat ubove tula heavy belt. This wuter-lino urmor la plucod amidships, and reaches fore and aft throughout tho region oc cupied by tho vltuia. As can be aeon, tho armored cruiser is a larger and heavier protected version of tho pro tected cruiser, and, again, able to w Ith? sluud the blowa thut would render un unprotected or even u protected cruiaer dt fenuoleaa in u very abort while. She hus great speed?in tho case of the two vessiD named, fully 22 knots, and sho is, as tho old wooden frigate was, tiie next most formidable craft to a battleship, in buttlo she may tuko her place in the lino and boar with tho slower but moro power ful ships a fair share of the cucmy's atcuck ; hut her eepeclul aervico whl be to look up tho enemy's armored orulaors?not battleshlps?or tho larger of her protected cruisers, and glvo battle with a rettsouublo assurunco of victory. Tho armored oruiser is tho cavalry man of the sea. and to vessels of this olass will fall that aorvlot. domanding dusb, foroo and quickness of oxecu tion. Tho proteoted cruiser is really tbo commerce destroyer, and la coated with j ist enough mail to give her a pre ponderance of defense over tho armed escort probably detailed to watch over an onuruy'd merchant craft. Swift, of considerable gun power, and of grout easo ot reovement, she is Indeed to bo dreaded by everything but craft of araplo speed, fine protection and good powers of retaliation. Tho simple cruiser falls in bohlnd the protected cruiser in tho samo line of service, but she must be wary lest her quarry be a merchantman of gun power or do convoyed by a sturdy craft of speed and superior buttery. The gunboat naturally must conflno its operations to domestlo servlco, tho guardianship of morohantmen in our waters, dispatch service or picket duty for tho heavy ships that must moot tho foe in foroo and to conclusion. It seems quite needless to remark that, so far a? possible, each command ing officer is expected to size up his npproaohlng foe, aod, dopendtng upon the uuknown ohances of a conflict either to engage or exeroiso tbo better part of valor, discretion, and scoot. Type for type, our ships will hold their own with thoso of Spain; and nothing more can bo oxpeoted, lest tho concerted action of two weaker oraft wring a victory by handlness of man agement from a loss ably handled single foe of greater power. ?It is estimated that there is ono nowspapor for every 82,C00 inhabitants of the globe. IHtfl ISLiAND OF POHTO 1UCO. The Inhabitants A: j Nlm-ty Per Oeut Negroes?A Itloli Bull aud tircut Mineral Kesourccs. In tbo discussions concerning tbo banishment of tbo Spanish Hag from Amorlcau territory wo havo heard very little about the Island of Porto Hlco, most fort i In aud productlvo of all the Antilles. Compared with Cuba It is very small?not so largo as tho smallost of tho six provinces into which tbo former island Is divided. It is only ninety miles lonu from tip to tip and thirty-six broad at tho broadest part. The total area Is 3,u5? square miles? one-third smaller than Connecticut and not quite twice as largo as Do la waro. Tbo configuration of tho island is different from that of Cuba. The land j rises Immediately from tho seushoro , Into a group of h?ls and mountains,] culminating in a peak 3,078 feet nigh. | Theso mountain- are covered with maguilicent timber und intersected with lovely valleys, watered by run ning streams, with a deep, rich soil that produces luxuriant crops of all tropical staples. It is said to bs even more fortllo than that of Cuba, if such a thing wore possible ; but owing to the hills and tho rocks the proportion of tho land susceptible to eultiva Urn is very much smaller. Tim nhl?l im> dueta uro augur, tobacco, colTeo, rico, cotton and fruit of ull kinda, and tho arable land ia pretty well takon up. There aro auppoacd to bo very rich mineral deposits. Cold, iron, coppi r, load, aalt ami antimony havo boon found, and aomu of tho minus havo been worked for 200 or :ioo yearn with a profit; but agriculture has paid ho much better thut the mineral re sources huvo been left undeveloped. Tho timber upon tho mountains la ex tremely valuable, being composed of the finest cuhinet woods, und is easily neocaalblo in tho rainy boason, when the streams are high. The climate of Porto Uieo !s much more healthy than thut of Cuba, uud Is as good ua thut of uny tropical coun try on earth, owing to the absence of I swuinns, jungles und other lowlands which breed malaria. There la cer tainly no pluco in tbo West Indies so agreeable, us fur as elimato and tem perature uro concerned. Tho natural conditions ure ultuost perfect. Yellow fever uud other tropical diseases uro unknown, except whon they uro brought into tbo seuports from the other ialnuds. The thermometer often fulls ua low ua ?0 degrees Fahrenheit during tho winter seaaon, und never risos ubove 85 degrees In midsummer. The nights uro always cool, and a sea breeze springs up regularly about 11 o'clock in tbo morning, und goes down at sunset. l'orto Rico is densely populated, tbo total number of peoplo enumerated at the lust census Oeing 781,70'J, or more than half as many us uro tn (Juhn. If they were acuttered evenly over the islund they would run about twenty two to the square mile, but they ure confined In towns und villages in tho fertile valleys and upon the coast, while the timber lands .ire totally un inhabited. Ninety per cent of tho population uro negroes or mulattoea ; ut least 100,Out) uro pure b'ooded de scaudunts ol tho slaves that were brought over from Africa by the Spun iurds. The, white population does not exceed 00,000 -35,000 Spunhirds and a few l?ng I iah, Ger mans, Dutchmen. Dunes, Chinese. South Americans and Caunry Islanders. Only 06,807 of the population cun read und write, and these constitute I:ho upper and middle ol asses in the cities and larger towns. Tho blacks aro absolutely illiterate. There ure no schools except those kept by tho priests, und they are not en couraged. In the larger towns there aro several private schools for the rich, but there is no place WhOrO tho chil dren of the common people cau get an education. The capital, San Juan, is a pictur esque place on the northern coast with a population of 23,414 Ponce de L?on o.i tho southern coast has the largest population and is more popular and prosperous, having ;i7,000 people. St. Gormaine bus 110,000, und thor.3 are two or three other cities of more than 10,000 population. The city of Sun Juan was founded by Ponce de Leon, who, In h">08, became its gove nor. Sun Juan ia td'.uatcd on an islund uud connected with the mainland by u bridge and a causeway. \ A lino high roud extenda across ' through the sogar regions of the city l'onco. San Juan is protected by un enormous citadel, which stands upon a rock that projects into tho sou, und is surrounded by massive walls of stone [ and cement, in soini places 100 feot high. The hurbor is uttruetive and the city ia u favorite pluce for Spanish sutlers and soldiors becauso of the lino climate und other attractions. Tho body of l'onco do Leon, who died in Cubu of wounds received fron, the indinna iu Florida was brought to Porto Rico and deposited in a lead case, under the altar of tho Church of Dominicans, and in the main plaza of tho city ia a monument to tho memory of thut romantic seeker of tho foun tain of youth. Tho inscription rcuda ; '"This narrow grave contuina tho ro m'\ina of a man who was a lion by numo und by died." Tho revenues of Porto Rico have averaged about $4,000,000 a ytar, hut are nearly all t-onl to Spain. Not more than $000.000 ia spent on the islund, und most of that go->s to sus tuln a garrison ol ubout 2u,000 soldiers. The exports and imports will uver ugo ubout $15,000,000 a year. A largo part of tho commerco la with tho United States. Tho people of Porto Rico aro much more poaccubly inclined than d-hoso of Cuba. Thoy have been fortunate In huving a better government. They huvo buffered loss from tyranny and taxation, and tho islund is so smu'l, tho people are bo compactly settled, thut they huvo boon moro easily con trollod by tho military There have been revolutionary outbreuka from time to timo but none of them wore scrioue, and tho peoplo have boon kept in such a state of ignorance that they aro scarcely abb. to toll tno difference between good and bad government* Tho intelligent classes, being mostly Spaniards, huvo been loyal to the mother country and frowned upon political conspiracies. Tho Duke of Vcraguu, a descendant of Columbus, is a senator for lifo from Porto Rico to the Spanish Cortes, and he and his ancestors have received pensions from tho revenues of tho island for nearly ?100 years. Spain's Lots at Manila.?Spain's in-., in ships alone, growing out of tho recent conflict in Manila harbor, aggro gates $1.700,000. Estimated at their market value, which is much loss than Spain paid for them, tho figures in round numb>rs are: D m Juan de Aus tria, $1,000,r ,0; Heina Christina. $1,000 000; Ma do Luzon, $200,000; Volasco. $(100.000; Castilla, $500.000 Don Antonio de TJ lloa, $1.000000; Isla do Cuba, $200, 000; Isla do Mlndannao, $100,000 and others, $1,000,000. Hut those figures represent tho smaller part only of Spain's loss, when the sluughtor of her men, together with othor damages sustained, aro takon into view. A Rkmkdy For Coi.u Fket.?All that is noccseary, says an exohango, h to stand oroot, and vory gradually llfi oneself upon the tips of the toos, so at to put all tho tondone of *the foot at full strain. This is not to hop or jump up and down but Bimplyto rise?the slowor tho better?upon tiptoe, and to remain standing on the point of the toes as long as possiblo, and thon grad ually oome to the natural position. Repeat this several tlmo<i, and by the amount of work the tips of the toes are made to do in sustaining the body's woight, a sufficient and lively circula tion 1? sot up. Rovat makes tbv pure, wholesome and delltiuu-?. POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL DAKINO rOWOSR CO., NtW YORK. WAR TALK.-?The grout surplus ol food for OVUTODt thought und conver sation, and the need ol exchanging ideas aud information, bave quickened all tbo social Instincts, l'eoplo have , to got together and talk i' l) mi tbo war. I The newspapers keep tilline; un our mimls, uml the need of u vont in iui- , poratlvo. A piece In one of the New York nows|)upora tho other day de scribed the condition of thiuga in u bit: downtown ollico building. It la In featod with luwyera, but nono of them wua doing any work. All of them were gathered in groups, talking about ''the war." It ia pretty much bo every where. Work ia not absolutely at a stand-still. Beer, dry-gooda, and groceries are Btill Bold : the atreet cart run ; lettera aro brought and sent: doctors aro aH buay aa over. Not all working-people can stop to talk as long as the downtown lawyora, who feel, no doubt that diaeuaalou of the situation la a professional duty, to bo thoi ighlj attended to, and perhaps ohatgod for; but just as much time as any live per son can aparo from business and news paper-reading goes nowadays to war talk. Women talk war just as much us men, though from a slightly dif ferent atand-point. . iiibuuds come homo and got war talk gleamud by tholr wives in sorties into the social i world, as, for example : " Mrs. lJLink said : ' You know my boy is in it. He belongs to the Naval Reserves. I said trood-by to him three times yesterday. A telegram came for him before he was up. Wo embraced and parted, and ho rushed away, but got home again at one o'clock. Another tele gram oame at half past two, and we parted again. He got back at six, and finally left at half past eight. The nervous strain of ail thia parting ia pretty serious. When he got back on Mor.day ftom the Nahant, ho had to soak for a hour in a bath-tub before he was clean enough to recognize and hia clothea had to be boiled.'" The uncertainty about the prospects of tbo National Guard is a great pro motor of anxiety and consequent dis course. All the organized militia bodies inolude moo who ought to stay at home and look after their families. Nothing but tbo most strenuous necea aity could warrant some of th-so men in going to war, yet if the National Guard regimenta are ordered away in bodies under their owu officers, or en list as organizations, it will be very hard for such men to reconcile them selves to stay ing at homo. Disou slon of their case greatly incrcusca the vol ume of domestic war taltc.? Harper's Weekly. Why a Ship is Called "Sub."? The word ship ismasoujlue in French. Italiau, Spanish and Portuguese unu possess 8 no sex in Teutonic and Scan dinavian. Even a mati-ol-war is sho to our sailors. Perhaps it would not be an error to trace the custom back to the Greeks, who call all ships by feminine natnos, probably out of deference to Athene, goddess of tho sea. Hut the sailor assigns no suchrtaaons. The ' ship is to him a veritable sweetheart, and It 1b a common thing to hear him ascribing to it vitality and intelligence. Tho ship possesses a waist,collars, stays,lacea, bonnets, ties,ribbons, comb ings, earrings, chains, watches, j '.weis, and scarfs, and there is often consider able "bustle" about her. She is full of pins, hooka and eves, and also possesses a forehead, nose, head, eyes, shoulders and more than one heart. Tho keeper of a ship in port ia familiarly called tho "ship's husband." If we add that sho looks best when fully "rigged out," wo may have enough of sailor logic to account for tho feminine name. ?It is related that Mark Twain served two weeks as a soldier in the civil war. Uo was attached to Je IT Thompson's command in the Confeder ate army in Missouri. Hia own account of hia military experience, told in one of his private) letters, is as follows,: "Wo never won any victories to speak Of. Wo never could got tho enemy to stay still when we, wanted to fight, and when tho enemy folt like lighting we were generally on tho move." ?Prof. Worcester, of Michigan Uni versity, studied tho tax system of the Philippines whilo ho lived on tho isl unds. In tho matter of back taxes the lawa of tho Philippines are more sum mary than thoau of South Carolina. "The first step,"' a.iya tho professor, "Is to strip back tax delinquents to tho waist, tie them to a bench or post, and beat thorn unmercifully." The Journey ol Womanhood. When a young girl develops the first evi dences of womanhood, it is as if she were slatting alone upon a strange journey beset with rough and elangerous places, A wise and loving mother will not allow any false 'delicacy to prevent her from giving her daughter the plainest in formation and advice at this critical stage of her exist ence. Young girls suffer a vast amount of tin necessary pain and misery for lack of frank oud confidential instruction about their own physical selves. The special weaknesses and diseases in cident to woman's organic development are completely auel permanently remedied by the "Pavorite Prcscrintioii " nr?nnr?H K? Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buffalo, N. Y. More than 00,000 cases of obstinate female difficulties have been absolutely cured hy this wonderful "Prescription.'' It heals, strengthens and completely rejuvenates the tissues and nerve-centers of the feminine oh'.mi-.in. It is the only medicine devised for this special purpose by a regularly graduated experienced physician. It is the one authorized preparation which may he positively relied upon \.octtre. Mothers and daughters may consult Dr. Pierce by letter without charge and in the most absolute conn '.once. The'.r letters will be answered r 1 by any mere nurse, but by an educate* skilled physician. Dr. Pierce's Com?-.?i Sense Medical Adviser will be Be'',, free if at one-cent stamps are inclosed * j defray Hie cost of mailing only. Miss Itdlth Cain, of Clinton, AtlCKlieny Co., Pa., writes: " I take pleasure in expressing my faith In your ? Pavorlte Prescription.' After two years of suffering I began taking Dr, Pierce's medicine and now I am entirely cured. I had been troubled with female weakness for some time and also with a troublesome drain on the system, but now L am happy and well. I will cheerfully recommend Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription to all invalid ladies." h W. BAI.h. Ts. W. SIMKINS. W. W. na 1,1, i:\LL, SIM ill NH & BALL, Attorneys at Law, Lau. ?ns, South Carolina. < Will praci'ce In all Stato and United States Oouit. Special attention given oolleotion? I THE FERTILIZATION OF THE SWEET POTATO CHOP. Progressive Farmer. A correspondent asks, "Why is it that sweet potatoes on rich soil" run to vines and make no good roots?" The fact is. that usually when potatoes act in such manner it is evidence that the soil is deficient in something and is not really as rich as the growth of vines would seem to indicate. A soil in which the e'emcuts of plant food | are perfectly balanced should grow a, better crop than a poor v,no. in old gardens, where the sod has been ma nured with stable manure for many years, the sweet potato crop generally fails, and the owner says it is because i ho soil is too rich. It is rather be cause there is a lack of btdance m the land. The stable manure and Ihe or ganic matter introduced with it have made the soil rich in nitrogen, but have not added a due proportion of the other necessary ingredients that plants require for their best success. The nitrogen tends to provoke a luxuriant growth, and a full development of foliage is essential to the production of Btarch in the plant, and starch being )uo of the chief mat tors stored by the iwecl potato, together with the sugar ?] which originates in the same way, one would suppose that I1 e luxuriant foliage would he followed by an abun dant storing of starch and sugar in the roots, and hence a good crop, lint all ! Iho organic matter in the plant is de pendent upon tho manufacture of starch in tho leaves, and the formation of starch is dependent upon the sup ply of potash in the soil, It' then there is only enough to keep pace with the rapid development of leaves and stems in the soil rich in nitrogen, there will he no surplus for the plant to store in the roots, and hence small potatoes. The stable manure has made the soil rich in nitrogen, but has not supplied a due propoilion of polush ami phos phoric, acid. ThetO being a deficiency of those in propoilion to the nitrogen, there is a rank growth of foliage, hut no surplus starch to stoic in the root*. The heaviest crop of sweet potatoes WO ever saw was grown on a piece ol reclaimed marsh html, a deep, bhv k penty soil, good for 100 bushels of | corn per acre. Purl ol Ibis land had a heavy dressing of unleaehed nsllCS. about half a ton per acre. On this part the big crop was grown. The re mainder, which did not have any ashes, made inagnillcenl vines but i hardly a potato largur than one's liltle linger. It was the polush in the ashes that made .all the difference between a phenomenal crop and a dead failure. Tho half ton of ashes had about 50 pounds of actual potash, and cosl ?7.00, and while the application paid well, the same amount of potash could have been applied mi the form of high grade sul phite of potash for 8*25 Ol' less. When W0 recommend the high grade sul phate and muriate of potash, Borne im agine that because these sell for 845 to ?50 per loll., and ashes can be hud for SIG per ton, that they had butler buy 111.) ashes. They do not reflect thai while the ashes have hut 5 per cent, or less of potash, the potash salts have 60 per cent. As tin' potash is what g'.vcs cither their value, il is easy t?> see that the potash salts arc the cheaper We usually recommend the muriate of potiloh for the Irish potato crop, hut the sweet potato is a differ cut matter. Its quality depends on its sweetness, and the iniiiiale is not so favorable to ihe secretion of sugar. Hence we always recommend the sul phate for crops in which sugar is an important constituent. Therefore if you have, a piece of land that makes rank sweet potato vinesaiid hut little po tatoes, try a.lose of potash in the shape ol* a muriate. In extensive experi ments at the Texas Billion il was found thai i he muriate of potash was not favi ruble to a good Yield and that nitrate of soda gave hut little mcioasc, hut the largest crop in a seri '8 of 10 plats was made by the application of 800 pounds of bone black and 200 pounds of sulphate of potash per acre, 'fhe ordinary acid phosphate wo ( 'in sider fully as good as the hone black, and would use it in the South in pre ference, as it is here much the cheapo". Sweet potatoes, like Irish potatoes, arc much benefit ted by an abundance of veget ible matter in the soil. If this has not been supplied by the growing of peas or clover previously, tin? best Illing Is to haul the leaves and rotted inol.l from a pine woods and spread it broadcast all over flu; land before plowing lor t he crop. Tusn this under and gel it well mixed with the soil he lore laying out the rows and applying the fertilizers. Many sweet potato growers in the section ofsouthoin Vir ginin, where this is an important mar ket crop, are making ihe misl'ike of supposing that salt (chloride of so dium) is a special manure lor sweet potatoes, and are using large quanti ties fif salt in connection with the leaf mold. The only effect the sail may have is to cheek the rapid nilrilica lion, and so prevent the plants from making too much vine. fhe same thing could be accomplished by the use ol* kainil in Ihe compost, and thus gel the potash too. Mut the quality and sweetness of Hie crop must be in jured, by the presence of the chlorine, even if the quantity is not diminished. Better results can he had from using the sulphate alone as n source of pot ash, and spend no money for salt, which is not plant food. The colt.in report of the Depart ment of Agriculture for the month of May has reference to the proposed aeieage, as compared willi acreage planted in 1897. A reduced acreage is ropotled from every cotton growing Slate the general result indicating a breadth of 88.4 as compared with the acreage of last year, or a reduction of ll.fi per cent. The percentages in ihe principal cotton growing States aie as follows; Alabama, 07: South ('are. linn und Mississippi, 00 ; Louisiana, 04 : North Cm oll im and Georgia, 03 ; Florida, Toxasand Arkansas,02 ; Ten nessee, H?. In Oklahoma Ihcro is a reduction of 2 percent and in the In dian Territory a reduction of 12 por cent, from (he acreage of last year, the Itguros of these territories being its and HS respectively. The returns to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture for the month of April show the acreage in wintci wheat lohe5.7 percent, greater than the acreage lnsl year, the compar ison being not with the acreage har vested in 181)7, but With that sown in the fall Of 1806. While there is an increase of 28 per cert in Kansas a more or less marked increaso in every Eastern and ovory Southern State and some increase also on tho Pacific const, the large expan sion thus indicated by the iucrenso is offsot to some oxient by a decrease of 2 percent. In Indiana, 3 percent in Ohio, 1 percent, in Iowa, 13 per cent, in Missouri and 10 percent, iu Illinois. Tho average condition of wintor wheat is 80.5, against S0.2 on May 1, 1807. MANAGING ONb/b OWN FAKM^f Au editorial touching the great :ul- . vantages of the farmer who owns his place and conducts his affairs with in tell'gent economy over the shiftless renter winch appeared in the Texas Farm <ni<i Ranc/t, says : It shoul<l be the aim of ever} farmer to own a farm at the earliest possible day, and to do this any reasonable i amount of self-denial is justified. Cul I livati' g tlie soil is not a business i wherein a man can accumulate wealth rapidly, but any good, practical euer I gctic farmer can, oven iu these tunes I of close competition and low prices, make a] good living and something over ; u"d this overplus should gener ally increase year by yea:. Then, all the necessities of life provided foi there can be no valid reason shown why be may not add the luxuries, a.< his condition justifies, without becom ing liable to the charge of extrava gance. Farmers who live iu good, well furnished bouses, ride in good vehicles, dress well and educate their children, as a result of industry and intelligent management, are examples .von by of Imitation, and as Blich are valuable to the community where they live. Trifling speudtrifts, who are al ways iu debt, mil worth 20 cents, but yet ride about in 8100 buggies, need cause no alarm, for their ra. e is soon run, and the place that knew them will not know them long. They are not responsible for any "hard times," but their own. This world is emi nently just after all. It pa^s \ hat il owes with punctuality, and those only are successful who keep the world in their deb;. Sweet Apples.?it docs not cost ball as much to cultivate an acre of fruit as an acre ol potatoes or corn ; while the amount obtained is greater than either, and all ready for the table without going through tie process which the grain crop requires, of threshing and winnowing, and grind ing, and kneading and baking. lly plauling rich, highlydlavored apples >r slowing and for pies, instead of poor ones, oacb family may save from fifty to two hundred pouuus of sugar annually, in sweetening and in soloes. A frli nd of ours, says an Eastern writer, finds it cheaper to buy good fall pippins for lifly cents a bushel than poor sorts, sold as "cook ing apples," for fifteen coins a bushel, lie uses the Taliuan Sweeting large ly for baking and for puddings, and thinks that an Indian tipple pudding, made by this natural sweetening the cheapest and best pudding in the world. He saves from ?7.> to $100 an nually iu the est of bis table by iliis fruit. -??^m- ? ? - .Much more depends upon a proper rotation of crops throughout a scrlos of years than many people believe. Corn, small grain, root crops, pastures and forage crops gives the live stock fanner the opportunity of Iiis life. h. y. SIMPSON. C. d. barksdalf SIMPSON ?fc BAHKSDALIC, Attorneys at Law, LAXTRENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special at tention gi ven to the invest! gation of titles and collection of claim: \v. ii. M vitri \. Attorney at Law, Lau hens, - South Carolina. Will practice In all Courts of this Stall Attention given to eolloetioiiH. ILK8T0N d WKbTKRJN CAKO lina Railway Co. " Augusta and Aehr? villo Short Lino." Soheaule in effect Oc ; 3rd, 1807. Lv Aui;u8tft. .. M 40 nm I 40 pm A.rGreeuwoou.VI17 pin . Lv Anderson. <? 10 am Ar Lauren*. i U> pto 7 ?10 am Oreouvillo. 2 Oo pm to 30 am Olenu Springs.4 <):> pm .... Bpartaitburg.3 00 pm 0 1" air Suluda .6 3 <>m. Hendersonville ..60f. pm. Asbcvillc.7 t>0 urn. Lv AsheviMe.H Juui . Bpar tan burg.i> i ? it 4 8i pm (ireenville.U ?? am ? 00 pm Laurens.110 pm 7 30 pm Anderson . 7 00 a-n Greenwood 2 28pra 01'? pro Ar Augusta .> 0U , m 1 10 am I Vr Aikei. n .V ?mt?_ Lv (Jreo'iv ito. ......_ uuuam Ar (Minton. . .. 2 10 pic Newncrry . . '1 "VI prx. t rospertly . 3 13 prr Columbia. . 4 30 pm Sum tor . ? 4'2 i ni Lanes.... ........ . ,._7 tn vir i.v Charleston.._ . ~~7 ?? arr Lanos. H 2<i am Bumter. 0 35 an> Columbia. . 11 00 am Prosperity.... .... . iif>8atr. Ni .vberry. ... 12 10 nm v union_ . Ar Oreonville 12 50 pna {no pro Close connections ul Ureeowooo tor "till points on 8. A. U and l\ ft a. Kr?i'/ay and Ht Bpartanburj? with ;> ml hern Hall? ai For information relative to tlotfV.a r<v?;s ?ichodulos, etc., iddreir W.J. UK A10, Gon. l'ass. Ag?ni. Augusta, (ia. T. M. EMKRSON, PralHo Manage ?I K Urlttin Agent; ? H. Speights, (ten Agent, (Jreenvllle, 8. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cotwlnmeil Sohedule In KfToct May 1, 1803. No. 11. 7 10 * "11 00 a ia n p in 2a p 1 28 p 1 43 p STATIONS. IjV. f*hnr1c?'<~>n . Lv. Cohunl In ., " ProsuorltT . " Ni v\ ncrry . . '? KtllOty-BlX.. Ar. G h uiiwckhI Ar. AbbcviU? Ar. Bolton. ?r. Anderson Ar. Greenville Xr. AtlHiua Lt. Greenville " Piedmont " WlHIatoBton IjV. Anderson Ijv. "Beftoii Ar-JDoniinldH Er. Abb? rille Lv. Hodges *' Greenwood ** Ninety " Newlxtrry " Prosper II y Ar. Columbia Ar. <'linrlestou Iiailv fiativi No. ttjNo.ml "iB?pi 7_lOaiLv. 8 80a il ffi? ?07a! 12 ir>i> 10 04a 12Sp 1.' ??> io?Ou 10: vi ll'?? 11 40n a 46p 202p 8 28p 287p 8 10p!Ar II "Up Lv 7 00p Ar . Columbia. .... AlHtim. ... .Bantua. .... Union. .. Jpnesvllle.. .... Parolot_ Bpartauburf. Spnrtnnlmi'K. Asliovillo.. . "P," p. m. "A," i?. m Trains 0 and 10 carry rlrgnnt Pullman ?leepinf cars Y.etween Columbia and Ashevllle, enrouta daily between JauksouviliS andCincin not!. Trains leave Ppartanburir, A. & C. division,, northbound, fl:H7 a. in., 8:8? p.m., 0:10 p.m., (VcHttbule Limited); southbound 12:28 a. m., 8:16 p. m., ll :84 a. m., I Vestibule Limited.) Trains leuve Greenville, A. and C. division, northbound.6:45 a. m., 2:U4 n, m. and 6:22 p. in., (Ycstlbuled Limited): southbound. 1:26 a. m., 4:80 p. m., 12:b0p. m. tVeatibulod Limited). Pullman Sorrlce. Pullman palace ?Ireplng rara on Trains85and 86, 87 and 89, on A. and 0. division, FRANK S. GANNON, J. M.CULP, Third V P. it Gen. Mgr., T. M., Washington. W. A. TURK, B. H. HARDWIOK, (ion. Pass. Ag't. As't Gen. Pa?s. Ag't. Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. Dealers in all kinds of -so i Gervais st. -COLUMBIA, s. c. 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