2
OUR COAST SIGNALS.
IMPOSSIBLE FOR A HOSTILE SHIP TO
APPROACH UNOBSERVED.
Over TITO Thousand Observers from REI
Harbor to Galveston on Doty—Reports
from Stations Received Dally—How ths
System Works.
Washing-tan, May 24.—After several
weeks of work along the entire stretch
of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the
navy department has completed the
most comprehensive and efficient sys
tem for observing the approach of a
hostile fleet that has ever been put intG
operation. A new bureau has been cre
ated for this purpose, known as the
Coast Signal Service, in charge of Cap
tain Bartlett, who attends to this as
well as the naval board of Information.
The system has the serviced of 2,300
men stretched along the coast from
Bar Harbor, Me., to Galveston. Tex.
These are divided into thirty-four cen
tral stations about .-ixty to one hundred
miles apart. The stations are in turn
connected by telegraph with the coast
signal office of the navy department,
and operators are on duty night and
day keeping the navy department in
constant telegraphic touch with the en
tire stretch of Atlantic and Gulf
coasts.
, -! Secretary Long projected this plan a
month ago, and $75,000 was set aside
to establish the points of observation
along the coast. After selecting the 31
central points from Maine to Texas,
rush orders were given to build obser
vation towers and towers tor the ob
* y servers. The naval militia was drawn
to man the different observation towers,
and five militiamen, with the rank of
naval quartermasters, are now on duty
at each of these stations. The towers
are completed and also the small houses
for their living purposes. There are
233 of these militiamen now in service.
Other Assistance.
The next step was to have the light
house service made an adjunct to this
coast observation. This was done
through the co-operation of the treas
ury department, and the lighthouse
force of 1,200 men, scattered from
Maine and Texas, is assisting the work
of observation. The life saving service
was brought into similar co-operation,
so that 1,060 life savers are added to
the observation force. The thirty-four
central stations, with the numerous
lighthouses and life saving stations,
make a complete chain of observation
points, all connected by telegraph or
telephone with one another and with
the navy department.
By arrangement with the telegraph
companies the reports from these ob
servers take precedence over the pri
vate telegraphic business, so that tho
navy department is enabled to get im
mediate telegraphic notice of the ap
proach of any hostile fleet or suspic
ious ship.
Work Thoroughly Sye'emallzed.
The work of observation has been
tiioroughiy systematized. Watches are
kept in the towers throughout the day
and night. The life saving crews in
particular are assigned to night duty,
and they patrol the beach throughout
the night, on the outlook for approach
ing ships. All 'the central points and
the observers ha\e been supplied with
telescopes and full appliances for ma
rine observation. They are also sup
plied with torches, rockets and other
paraphernalia for signaling.
The results already secured have
shown tile efficiency of the plans adop
ted. Naval vessels pausing along the
coast are able to signal day or night
by torches and otherwise with the na
val observers along the beach and these
signals are immediately telegraphed to
the navy department here. Thus the
naval vessels can be kept in constant
communication with the department
without the necessity of coming into
port.
With the system in Ms present per
fected condition the navy department
i feels assured that it knows exactly the
condition of affairs along the entire
stretch of Atlantic and Gulf coast
The system is simply a precautionary
one, as the department has had no tea
son to believe that Spanish ships were
menacing points along the const.
It is further believed that Spain is
endeavoring to transfer Important in
| terests in the Philippines in a way to
bring foreign Influences to bear for the
purpose of restraining the operations
ot this government. Altogether the
Philippines are now regarded us tile key
to the situation, their possession in
volving- great interests and possibly
most important events in the future.
It is said that there is not the least
doubt or hesltaii n on the part of the
administration with rcspeot to the pol
icy to be pursued and that possession
is to be taken of the entire group of is
lands.
Martial Honor* for Soldiers Dead.
Tampa, Flu., May 25,-There was a
military funeral under the pines of
lakeland yesterday, when the body of
Weslie S. Brass, Company I, Second
Massachusetts, who died of pneumonia,
WUR sent North. His company was de
tailed to escort the body to the train,
but every other company in the regi
ment volunteered to march behind it
also, and all the citizens In Lakeland
lined the sandy streets and stood with
heads uncovered as tt passed.
Spain's N-w Foreign Minister.
Madrid, May 25.—Duke Almodovar rie
Rio has accepted the portfolio of minis
ter for foreign affairs, offered to but
declined by Senor Leon y Castillo, the
Spanish ambassador at Paris.
The duke said that he did not desire
the office, but that he accepted it on
patriotic grounds.
Irlslimrn Against An Alliance-.
Chicago, Mav 25.—The United Irish
. ■ Societies of Chicago, at a big mass
meeting in Central Music Hall, presided
over by John M. Smyth, a prominent
merchant, adopted resolutions emphati
cally condemning the suggested alli
ance between the United States and
Great Britain.
The Oneida Going Key West.
Philadelphia, Mav 25.—The dispatch
boat Oneida, which came into the Dela
ware Breakwater for coal, sailed yes
1' terdny morning after having her bun
kers filled. It is said that the Oneida
is on her way to Key West. The aux
iliary cruiser Yankee is still at the
breakwater.
MINNIE HAUCK'SDEBUT.
llie I'ilinn Donna Henilla Her First Ven
tnre on the Stage.
Minnie Hauck, the famous prima
ilonna, haß written the following In
teresting account of her first appear
ance on tho stage. She Is now living
a retired life In Germany, for her days
of vocal triumph are over, dVld sho
looks hack with special pride to the
first faltering steps In her long and
successful career. She writea:
"I was just about six years old when
I made my first appearance on the
stage. This was in Kansas City,
where I was then living with my
mother in one of the peculiar hotels
of that time. To-day Kansas City is
a town of 200,000 inhabitants. In
those days it was a village, with many
of the characteristics of a backwoods
town. In the hotel at which we were
stopping, all the theatrical companies
were wont to come and it was an oc
casion of intense pleasure for me to
sit at the long dining table and listen
to the conversation of the actor folk
of that time.
"So when I was about six years old
there came to Kansas City a company
of actors who had arranged to give a
performance of a popular play called
"The Golden Farmer." In this play
there was a part for a child of six. It
was rather long and full of sentiment.
It so happened that while we were sit
ting at the table the director turned
to my mother and told her that the
play would probably not be produced
that night as the little girl cast for the
child's part had been taken 111. I
can't toll what prompted me to speak
but I begged the director to let me act
as a substitute. He told me It was Im
possible as It had taken weeks to train
the other child and he felt certain that
I could not learn the words In the few
hours left before the curtain went up.
I begged so piteously that he finally
consented to let me make a trial of it.
"For two hours I went through the
part in the hotel parlor and when the
curtain finally went up on the play
and the cue came for me to go on, all
nervousness left me and I afcted the
part with the feeling of an adept.
"I was called before the curtain four
times and made a tremendous hit. Tho
director begged my mother to let mo
travel with the company, but she re
fused, and that night I remember when
I went to bed I put my arms around
her neck and whispered 'I will go on
the stage, mother, and become a great
actress.' Since then I have appeared
many times before the public In all
the great capitals of the world, but i
can never forget the hapyinesß that
followed upon the heels of that first
triumph." j _
Jotfglnv Hl* Memory,
One day a little girl accompanied her
mother on a shopping expedition. At
one of the shops they were about to
visit the proprietor was in tho habit
of presenting the child with a doll.
As they approached the shop the little
one- appeared to be very t uneasy.
"Mamma," said she, "suppose Mr.
Brown forgets my doll."
"Oh, he won't forget," said the
lady, reassuringly.
"But If he does," persisted the child.
"Well, then," said mamma, "we
must jog his memory."
They entered the shop, and the lady
was soon deeply engrossed in her bar
gain-huutlug business. After this was
completed to her satisfaction she turn
ed to go, whereupon the little one
clambered on to a chair and tapped
the proprietor rather smartly on the
head with her tiny parasol. "What
ever arc you doing, you naughty girl?"
exclaimed the mother.
"I'm jogging his 'remember'," said
the child.
Don't Wear Night Dreaace.
A New Yorker who visited Canada
some time ago made a trip through one
of the North-Wc Jtern Territories and
spent a time as the guest of a rancher.
"I fixed him up as well as I could,"
the rancher relates, "but he complain
ed that he did not like sleeping with
his clothes on. So after the first night
I stretched a cowskin across the shack,
and told him he might undress if he
liked. He took off most of his gar
ments and put on a long white night
dress. In the morning my foreman
came In while the gentleman was still
sleeping. Observing the white night
dress, he said, in a whisper:
" 'Rather sudden—eh?'
" 'What?' I asked.
" 'The death of the old man.'
" 'He's not dead—he's asleep,' I ex
plained.
" 'Then what's he wearin" them
b'iled clothes for?' was tho reply.
'Never saw a chap laid out in b'iled
clothes afore, 'cept he were dead.'"
The Kind of Wife to Have.
A man who had been Indulging too
heavily since the New Year was In
duced to sign the pledge.
"You must let me have It." said the
wife. "I will keep it for you." So
the pledge was handed over to ths
wife's custody.
The next day the man was drinking
again as freely as before.
"How is this?" asked a friend. "You
signed the pledge yesterday, and.,now
you are drinking again."
it is all right," replied tho pledge
signer In unsteady tones. "I don't
have to keep that pledge. My wife
says she will keep it for me. That's
the kind of wife to have, old fellow.
Let's have a drink!"
Bigson—"l once possessed a splendid
dog, who could always distinguish be
tween a vagabond and a respectable
person."
Jlgsou—"Well, what's become ol
him?"
Bigson—"Oh, I was obliged to give
h:m away. He bit ma!"
COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURC. P- A .
EDWARD BELLAMY PASSES AWAY.
The Autlier of "Looking Backward" IMeit
After u Lingering Illness.
Spripgfleld, Mass., May 23.—Edward
Bellamy, author of "Looking Back
ward," '•Equality," etc., died at his
home In Chlcopee Falls Sunday morn-
Ins.
Mr. Bellamy had been 111 with pulmo
nary trouble for a long time. His la
bors on his book "Equality," undermin
ed his health. When his illness assum
ed a very serious phase last fall. Mr.
Bellamy went to Denver, Col., to live
with his brother, Frederick P. Bella
my, thinking the Colorado climate
would prove beneficial. When he saw
that his death was but the question of
; a few weeks, he returned to Chicopee
j Falls, his old home.
It Is rare indeed that a man's name
! becomes a household word and remains
| so for ten years, on the reputation of
; one book. "Looking Backward" was
I the popular success of the year in
which it was published. 'BB7, and there
EDWARD BELLAMY.
has been a steady demand for It ever
since. The book has had an enormous
sale, so great that It has been estimated
that the copies sold would make a ring
around the earth, placed side by side.
Mr. Bellamy never traded on his sud
den popularity. He did not bring out
a slipshod book In six months and sell
it on the strength of the first success.
Ke wrote nothing for ten years and
then he produced "Equality," a sequel
and continuation of "Looking Back
ward."
Mr. Bellamy was born in 1850 at Chic
opee Falls, Mass., which has always
been his home. The village Is now ab
sorbed into the city of Chlcopee. He
lived In his old home, which was long
the home of his father before him. a
plain, comfortable house. His father
was a Baptist clergyman, very highly
thought of in the town.
Mr. Bellamy entered Union College, in
Schenectady, but did not graduate. He
spent a year in Germany and then stud
led law, but never practiced. Instead
he became a newspaper man. afterward
a literateur. He was a member of the
staffs of the New York Evening Post,
' the Springfield Union and other pa
pers.
His earliest works were "Doctor Hei
denhof's Process," "Miss Ludington's
Sister," and many short stories in lead
ing magazines.
These works all possessed distinct lit
erary value, especially the short sto
ries, many of which were exquisite, but
all have been overshadowed and forgot
ten in the success of "Looking Back
ward."
Mr. Bellamy was one of the most
modest and retiring of men. After his
first pher.pmenal success a thousand op
portunities for notoriety were afforded
him. Offers for lecture engagements,
requests for magazine articles on his
own subjects and at his own terms, in
ducements to send his old stories afloat
upon the full sea of public favor—all
were declined.
He used everything in an effort to
benefit the struggling masses and died
as poor as he was before he achieved
his great success. Much of his money
was expended In an effort to make a
practical demonstration or his socialis
tic ideas, by means of a colony which
he founded.
GOVERNMENT WANTS TRANSPORTS.
Will Not Submit to Extortion and Will
KxorcUe Sovereign Power.
Washington, May 23.—As to the Phil
ippines, the acute Btage has been reach
ed. The government, will, if necessary,
Immediately impress into service ves
sels under American registry.
The government of the United States
is determined, peacefully if it can, for
cibly, If it must, to put United States
troops aboard boats at San Francisco
and to land these troops at Manila.
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle
john, consenting ito the use of his
name, said that the government had
every disposition to be reasonable and
fair In its compensation for transporta
tion of troops to the Philippines, but
one thing might as well be distinctly
.understood—that these troops had to
be taken across the Pacific and put at
the service of General Merritt.
"We paid the City of I'ekin $30,000,"
said the assistant secretary, "and we
have not been unwilling to pay other
boats at the rate of SI,OOO per day.
We think that is fair, but we arc- not
willing to be duped.
"We fully realize the gravity of the
situation, and we have been doing the
best we could; honce I authorize you
to say that after reasonable advances
by the government shall have been
exhausted we propose to impress such
beats as we may need."
HAWAIIAfi ANNEXATION.
rh Resolution, It Ik Said. Will Come Be
fore the Hou;>.
Washington, May 25.—Speaker Reed
has about given up his fight against
Hawaii, and announces that he will al
low the annexation resolution to come
before the House before the week ends.
At a conference yesterday Congressman
Tawney of Minnesota showed him a
canvass of the House showing very few
meihbers who would confess that 'they
were opposed to annexation.
The argument seems to have had its
effect ppon the speaker, and it is now
expected that the House will pass the
resolution before the first of June, and
that it will go to the Senate at once.
To Fortify Gibraltar Bay.
Gibraltar, May 24.—1t is stated that
Ihe Spanish government purposes for-
I tlf>ng the ports of Gibraltar bay be
tona-lnar to Snaln.
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS*
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS 'OUR BIGHT TO
THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "CASTORIA," the same that
has borne and does now bear on every
the fac-simile signature of wrapper.
This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in
the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought on the
and has the signature of wrap
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
,z>.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
"The Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THK CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STRKKT, NEW YORK CITY.
"East, west, home is best," if kept
clean with
SAPOLIO
STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and
Best Fuel on the market. With it you
can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall
cent per hour. Give us a call and be
convinced.
W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Eshleman & Wolf, "
L. E. Wharey,
W. F. Hartman, "
School Children to Take Part-
A national movement has been in
augurated by which it is expected to
replace the Maine with a new vessel-
It originated in Cincinnati by a boy
named W. R. Good, who conceived
the idea of having the school children
ot the nation raise a fund sufficient to
build a new vessel, which it is propos
ed to call the "American Boy." The
movement claims to have the hearty
approval of leading naval authorities.
Impure Blood in Spriiig-
This is the almost universal experi
ence. Diminished perspiration during
winter, rich foods and close confine
ment indoors are some of the causes.
A good Spring Medicine, like Hood's
Sarsaparilla, is absolutely necessary to
purify the blood and put the system
in a healthy condition at this season.
Hood's Pills are the best family
cathartic and liver tonic. Gentle,
reliable, sure.
So brightly blazes martial ardor at
Thorndike, Me., that the local corres
pondent of the Belfast Age is unable
to hold to his theme of spring, but
breaks forth: "We not only hear the
sweet warbling of birds to remind us
that spring has come, but that terrible
scream of the American eagle, warn
ing us that an insolent foe has not
only dared to pollute the fair valley of
freedom with his vile and barbarous
tread, beneath whose poisonous foot
steps the young plants of liberty are
sure to wither and die, but has drawn
largely from Uncle Sam's stores, poll
uted his flag and unwontly spilled
American blood. These Spanish
savages, reptiles in the path of pro
gressive democracy, must be whipped
into civilization; they have no right
to the blessings of barbarism, at least
on this side of the Atlantic."
The Canary Islands belonging to
Spain, which will undoubtedly be for
feited to Uncle Sam, consist ol 7
islaqds, embracing an area of 3,256
sq. m. TenerifFe is the most import
ant of the group, where the Spanish
governor resides. This Island is cele
brate for the Peak of Teyde, or Ten
erifFe 11,400 ft. above the level of the
sea. The climate is hot, but health
ful. They were taken from the French
in 1400. Population 239.598.
This Will Interest Pensioners.
A case has just been decided in
the supreme court by Judge Dwight
which will be of interest to pensioners.
It appears that Mrs. Ann Costello, of
Marengo, the widow of a pensioner
of the late war, was indebted to
Luther A. Smith, of that place in the
sum of S2OO. Mr. Smith succeeded
in getting his claim into an execution,
and last summer attempted to sell
Mrs. Costello's home to satisfy the
execution. Mrs. Costello brought
suit against Smith and the sheriff of
Wayne county, through her attorney,
De L. Stow, of Clyde, to restrain them
selling the property. The case was
tried before Judge Dwight at Lyons
in January last. The court has just
granted an injunction forever restrain
ing the sale of the property.
Sign No Papers With Strangers.
Several new swindles are being
worked on the fanners this year, but
all of them end with a request for the
intended victim's signature on a paper
for some reason or other. It is al
ways a safe rule to refuse to sign your
name to any document submitted to
you by a stranger.
"Short, Sharp aad Decisive-''
Chairman Dingley's estimate that
the war will cost our government
$2,000,000 a day is, of course, mere
ly an instance of rough figuring, yet it
sets forth a very good reason in itself,
if there were none better, for making
the campaign short, shary and deci
sive.—Philadelphia Record.
The pet name in Spain for the in
habitants of the United States is
"American swine." There is no
language so rich in abusive epithets as
Spanish, and at present it is taxed to
its utmost limits to convey the feel
ings toward us of those who speak the
tongue on its native soil in all its
juicy glory.
It doesn't give the farmer
By the seashore any ease
To think the Spanish ships may come
And help him shell his peas.
OABTOHIA. 7
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The best are
the cheapest.
TID BITS FOR MA' HONEY!
and tender tittle juicelets for the chil
dren, are all right, but papa and , 'the
boys" want a good, big, juicy steak,
roast or chop when business or school
duties are over, and we can cater to
them all. Our stock of prime meatsfc
unexcelled for quality, and we send
them home in fine shape.
J. K. KEIFCR.
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Butter per lb $ i2Q
Eggs per dozen >I2
Lard per lb 0 j
Hanr per pound >lO
Pork, whole, per pound ,06
Beef, quarter, per pound.... 'O7
Wheat per bushel I OO
Oats " "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl 5,75
Hay per ton 9 to $lO
Potatoes per bushel, ........ 1 .co
Turnips " " . , t j
Onions " " tao
Sweet potatoes per peck .35
Tallow per lb .05
Shoulder " " .09
Side meat"" >o g
Vinegar, per qt *OS
Dried apples per lb 05
Dried cherries, pitted .ia
Raspberries * * >la
Cow Hides per lb 1
Steer " " " oJ
Calf Skin ' g 0
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus .50
Corn meal, cwt i. 2 r
Bran, " ICO
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Middlings " .. 100
Chickens per lb new 1 2
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Turkeys " " I2 i
Geese " " "'' "
Ducks " " .08
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