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School hookf Htftiy rmcki-d sway,
No;r forlifiitf vacation;
Noisy urn. his, freed from tasks.
Join in jubilatiou.
No mora "lixnifc up" for school.
Mother in a flurry ;
No more lessons, hard t hum,
I.fltie b-iis to worry.
Naught to do 'tut eat and play
While the daylight lingers ;
M'schicf ready to entrap
Ail the idle Rd?.tx.
Ap(H-titt (ret hc-.ilihv Ihhuii,
Hunger never cease., ;
Kutinjn; twenty times a day
ilark to botue for "pieces."
Weary teachers get a rest.
After months of tnitl ;
Tlmt it's respite nohiy tamci
There'll be no denial.
No more dread of slill'.nj; air
Tiuit so of! environ;
No more buraa from hasly u-
Vi I tic curling Irons. '
Wicked truant no more "round
Kvery innivr'a p1 piii.
Fearing tliut the pt-cial vp"
On his ti-.l is kc pit! jf.
Life Is now a titme nmiinp
For this youtb of leisure ;
Time haus heavy ou li:s hands
With no "hookey" pleasure.
Soon t!ie (Liys of rest will Jiass
'J b' U eoiiitu new eUilion ;
Teiu-heis uia.l to gel to work
After long vacation.
Noisy urchins eHger. Un
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Afnr w-fkii of worry,
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PRINCIPLES INVOLVED
IX THE AMERICAN WAR FOE IN
DEPENDENCE. 4 Paper Read Before the Harrisborj
Chapter, D- A- R-, by Dr. Jane
Kimaiel Garver.
From the Harri-bury Daily Telrvmph.
Iu dUcusfino; AiiHTioati rolitU-al
iJeas, Mr. Fiske aud others, have pre
dicted the ultimate triumph of these
principles overall other political forms.
The optimistic tendency of Americans
is illustrated by a story of t'ts given
at a Fourth of July dinner iu 1'urK ly
a party of Americans daring our Civil
War.
"Here's to the United States," suid
the lirst Fpx-aker, "Umuded on the
north by 15ritis!i America, on thes.tith
try the t.ulf of Mexic.t, on theea.stby
the Atlantic, and on the west by the
Pacific Ocean."
"J Jut." sai I the second spicaker, "this
is f.ir too limited a view of the subject;
in assigniiii; our boundaries we must
look to the irreat and glorious future
which is prescribed for us by the mani
fest destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Here's to the United .S'a'.es, bounded
ou the north by the North 1'ole, on the
south by the South Pole, ou the east
by the rising, and on the west by the
netting sun."' Emphatic applause greet
ed the aspiring prophecy. JJut here
arose the third speaker a very serious
gentleman from the Far West, "If
we are goiiig,"said this truly patriotic
American, "to leave the historic past
and present, and take our manifest
detiuy into account, why restrict our
selves to the narrow limits assigned by
our fellow-countryman who has just
sat down? I give you the United States
Uiuudei? on the north by the Aurora
liorealis, on the south by the precession
of the equinoxes, on the east by the
primeval chaos, and on the west by the
Day of Judgment!'
The principles for which the war of
the American Involution was fought,
aud upon which the Government of
the United Stales is founded, did uot
rise suddenly in ITT1!, nor did they be
gin to live iu the teti or twelve hitler
years preceding the war. That time
was merely the culmination of long
years, yes, centuries of preparation. It
was the flowering time of a plant
whose root had been set iu the earth
many, many years before.
Learned students of constitutional
history trace the germ of our free in
stitutions to the "village mark" of the
ancient Teutons.
Under the clouded sliics and by the
cold waters of the IJaUio Sea lay the
"little district of Augi Iu iu Sleswick."
Here was the rude cradle of jvopular
liberty. Iu the following lines one can
see in fancy the wild home of the
Northman, and hear the prophetic
note of blessing to future generations,
unconsciously uttered by the free as
sembly of the people:
"Dash hiiih, roarinc surf,
in the iwk-lsiund coast of the North land!
Knout in thy gleo, foaniii!; wave,
Borne on in the clasp of the north wind!
Thunder in echoing tones
Through the cares of the guardian a clifls!
Hut when thou dost lull thee to rest
O list to the Angelus hlcst,
Aud the chant which floats over the dsi."
The "village mark" was an assembly
of the clansmen of the tribe. 15y it
land was allotted to individuals, and a
portion marked otrfor public use, and
other atl'airs of common inUr-et t!e
ciJed. This primitive assembly of the r o
p'.e for purposes of self government is
be'ieved to 1 ave been the forsclmdowir g
o.' the great development of free gov
ernment which grew up gradually in
E ..gland, and later on, iu iu re mark
ed degree, in the United States of
America "government of the peo-
pie, by the people, and for tl e people."'
These remote forefathers ot ours, who
are familiar to us as Angles, Jutes, Sax
ons, Danes, desa'ended upon lirilain
and gradually appropriated the (tun
try. So complete was the subju:t;onf
aud almost extermination of the Brit
ons, that the country fell entirely into
tbe hands of the conquerors, and in
doing so, the ancient customs of the
island were overlaid by the customs of
the newcomers.
Here, then, was the spot here tbe
seed of lilierty, brought from its rough
uorthi rn home, was destiued to grow
into mujestic proortions. Britain L.r
came the land of the Angles Augl
land, aud finally England. j
In England more than any otl
country overrun by the German raw
the "Teutonic ideas of governiuen
had a chance to grow.
On the continent of Europe, as
Gaul, for instance, the obliteration1!
the native population was not so near
ly complete as iu England and theco
querors became fused with the peop
of the country, gradually adoptin
their customs.
Another great moulding force lay I
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
the fact that Gaul and other conti
nental countries were constantly open
to hostile incursions from their neigh
bors. Consequently everything was
made to bend to the necessity of mil
itary strength and organization. In
this way the Teutonic ideas cf govern
ment were gradually lost In France,
and that country tjecame the greatest
desiKJtisrn in Europe. Every province
or department was managed by an
ageut appointed by the King, and dim-ted
by a central bureau.
There was no local self-government
in France at all. In order to under
stand the difference between the meth
ods of Franc and England, it is worth
while to glance at the condition of
Canada before the fall of the French
power in America.
Canada was ruled by offleers appoint
ed by the King. Nothing could be
done by any one except by ierniission
of the oflicer. "A man could not even
build his own house, or rear his own
cattle, or sow his own seed, or reap his
own grain, save under the supervision
of prefects acting under instruction
from the home government,''
He could transact no business what
ever except by permission of the same
officer. There was uo such thing as
public assemblies of the people to dis
cuss allairs of government, nor was
there any means for expression of
opinion. Huguenots were not ermit
tedtoset foot in the colony. At the
same time Canada was "loaded with
louuti," "fostered," and "protected"
u every way. Iu this condition of
arlairs weakness and imbecility took
the place of energy and self-reliance.
When Frapce and England joined in
adesiierate struggle for supremacy in
the New World the Canadians could
not withstand; the vigorous onslaught
of their neighbors in the English colo
nies. The French defeat was complete
aud final.
With its fall the march of Anglo-
Saxon ideas lieeame irresistibly, and the
major part of North America to-day is
ruled by English-speaking people.
England escaped many of the evils
of despotism by reason of her geo
graphical position, which made her'
.ess accessible to invaders than conti
nental countries were. The wild bil-
ows cf the Atlantic environed Eng
land and kept away her foes, at.d dash
ed at times "invincible armadas" on
th"? riKks, so it wf.t possible for the arts
f peace to flourish, and wealth to ae-
uu'jiulate. Therewith naturally grew
up laws for the protection of person
and property.
The ancient "Teutonic Mark" l-
catne in Englaud the "rolls Mote."
Later ou when claus united in what
we would now call a federation, that
territory composed of an aggregate of
marks, was called a shire.
As the body of citizens grew larger
and scattered over a great amount of
territory, it became inconvenient for
everybody to attend the shire meeting.
Therefore, to protect their interests,
each township sent the "town reeve,"
or sheriff, aud four of their best men
to represeut them. This representa
tive meeting was called the meeting of
the wise men, or Witanagemote. Ab
besses belonged to this assembly.
When Alfred the Great collected and
arranged laws for his kingdom he sub
mitted them to the "Witan," or wise
men.
The apjKintmeut of representatives
by the small primary assemblies to sit
in a general council, was a great step.
It was "the beginning of the system of
representative assemblies now seen in
most civilized countries."
It is by such a system that the United
States became possible forty-five sov
ereign States, each with local self
government, fully established, yet
unit d under a general government for
all purposes alfectiug the nation at
large.
By these various means which I have
necessarily niost briefly alluded to "free
government in varying degree was
maintained perpetually in England."
To be sure, civil and religious dissen
sion, the fury of war, the despotism of
kings and nobles, often delayed and
hindered the development of the prin
ciples of human rights. However,
there was gradually built up a code of
laws securing more and more the rights
of the people, and at last the tyrannic
of King Johu roused the jeople to
force' from his unwilling hands the
great historical document known as
"Magna Charta." "So comprehensive
were the provisions of this document,"
says Stubbs, ''that the whole of the
Constitutional History of England i9
little more than a commentary on it."
At the risk of being tedious I venture
to piote the following passage from
111 lain. "Of this great documeut the
essential clauses are those which pro
tect the personal lilierty and property
of all freemen by giving security from
arbitrary spoliation."
"No freeman shall be taken or im
prisoned, or d isseized of his freehold,
or liberties, or free customs, or lie out
1 iwed or exiled, or any otherwise de
stroyed; nor will we pass upon him,
nor send upon, but by lawful judg
ment of bis peers, or by the law of the
laud."
"We" will sell to uo man, we will not
deny or delay to any inau justice or
right."
"It is obvious," continues Hallam,
"that these words interpreted by any
honest court of law, convey an ample
s-curity for the two main rights of
civil society."
"Clause by clause the rights of the j
commons are provided for as well as
the rights of the nobles. The knight
is protected against the compulsory ex
action of bis services, aud the horse
t nd cart of the freeman against the ir
regular requisition even of ihe sheriff."
The Englishmen who several centu
ries later colonized America were the
most independent and adventurous of
the descendant of the Northmen. Ac
customed to the ideas of civil .ights
embodied in Magna Charta, tbey yet
found something to long for. Largely
religious enthusiasts, they sought in
the new world greater freedom than
the old a'Torded. Mr. DouglasH Camp
bell has pointed out that the Pilgrims
and Puritans gained a considerable
portion of their political Inspiration
ftrai Holland.
The Netherlands were then much
more important political f rce in Eu
rope than they are now, aud their gov-
erset
ESTABLISHED
- J eminent was the most enlightened and
progressive and the most liberal in all
Europe.
Many Englishmen went to the Low
- Countries and assisted in fighting the
battle that Holland waged so long
against the power that would have en
bjaved her.
The English Dissenters, we know,
were obliged to fly from England on
account of the persecution of the estab
lished church. Many of them lived in
Holland ten or twelve years, and some
sailed from thence to America,
It is claimed that numerous laws and
customs which were established by the
Pilgrini9 aud Puritans in New England
aud by the Dutch in New York, were
unknown in England, and were a di
rect importation from Holland.
"cuaer tne oia jjutcti rule." says
Campbell, "the doctrine was first laid
down by a legislative assembly that
the people are the source of political
authority. Here (in New York) was
first established permanent religious
freedom and the freedom of the press."
"Here one finds some of the institu
tions which give America its distinct
ive character, while, what is more re
markable, no trace of many of these
same institutions can lie found in Eng
land." There is apparently good reason to
lielieve that we owe much to the Dutch
Jlepublic. The successful termination
of their long war for freedom, "extend
ing over a jieriod of eighty years," was
of incalculable benefit to the world at
large, as well as themselves.
The colonists, theu, who had not
only the English traditions of govern
ment, but had likewise drunk at the
fouuUin of liberty iu Holland, estab
lished self-government at once, "Ile
fore the Pilgrims landed from the May
llower they formed themselves into a
political body, a government of the
people, with just and equal laws."
Hither came from time to lime more
adventurous people from England, Ire
land, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Hol
land, France, (the Huguenots) aud
Sweden. In further proof of the cos
mopolitan character of our ancestors,
Mr. Campbell quotes from "the narra
tive of a Ilev. Mr Buruaby, an Eng
lishman, who in 17-1'j visited America."
"Of the colonies in geueral he said
that they are composed of dilferent re
ligions and different languages. In
Pennsylvania he found the most euter
prisiug Tieople of the continent. These
he noticed consisted of several nations
who spoke several language."
"Nine men prominent in tbe early
history of New York and the Union,
represent the same number of nation
nlities. Schuyler was of Holland, Her
kimer of German, Jay of French, Liv.
ingUvie f Stf;, Clinton of Irish,
Morris of Welsh, and Hoffman of Swe
dish descent. Hamilton was born in
one of the West . India islands, and
Baroir Steulien, who became a citizen
of New York after the llevolutiouary
War, was a Prussian."
In a paper on American colonial his
tory, Mr. Hale says that we do not ap
preciate what we owe in this country
to peace. So comparatively few men
have been withdrawn from industrial
pursuits that the growth in wealth and
population has been phenomenal.
"These people came untrammeled by
feudal institutions, most of them with
an eager desire to serve God, and they
had white paper to write ou. If a man
wanted to live to God's glory he must
not be wastiug bis time, as was the
vassal of a baron in Germany, or in
England, when that baron did not hap
pen to think of anything for the vassal
to do."
Freedom was in the very air of the
new clime. Alter a few generations,
the habits of industry, activity and
sclf-reliani-e in which they lived, made
the colonists a "superior people." By
their indomitable labor the desolate
wilds were made to bloom with fruitful
plants. The homes of freedom rose in
the midst of cultivated fields. Ship
brought from the sea abundant store of
fish for food, and sailed the world over
employed in useful trade. Manufac
tures gradually became established,
and, while the colonists engaged in all
these pursuits, the necessities of defense
against Indians trained them to mili
tary service. Later, this experience
was augmented by participation in the
struggle between France and England,
which resulted in the annihilation of
the French power in America." Above
all, tbey organized States with well
pl inued governments, executing all
necessary functions. From a handful
of pioneers dotting the wilderness in
two or three places, and trembling ou
the verge of destruction, they bad
grown iuto thirteen sturdy republics
impatient of interference with their
lilierties, aud able to raise armies in
their defense.
Respect for the rights of individuals
aud love of the public weal were thor
oughly rooted iu the minds of the peo
ple. The town meeting, "particularly
iu New England," was the most prom
inent and powerful means of local self
government. "It was the most perfect democracy
the world has ever seen. Tueni ting
seems to resemble in all essential par
ticulars the village assembly or mark
mote of the early Teutons."
Historians and philosophers have at
tached the greatest importance to the
influence of the town meeting ou Am
erican political ideas, ana tne nnal
triumph of the principles contained
therein.
The colonists had been accustomed
to consider themselves subject of the
English t rown, and it was long before
the id;.a of separation t xik shape iu
the public mind.
The man who perhaps did more than
any other to form opinion on that sub
ject was Samuel Adams. He was
"trained in the Boston town meeting
from boyhood." No other man was so
strikingly well qualified to lead in tbe
assembly of his fellow-citizens. He
was adroit and skillful in management
and full of sagacity in speech. His
whole life was given to the service of
the people, in whom he had the utmost
faith and confidence. He believed in
the "natural right" of the people to
goveru themselves and in their ability
to do so, aud was impatient of every
thing which threatened to interfere
with popular sovereignty.
While the mass of the people were
1827.
JUNE 1 5. 2 898.
j slow in accepting the idea of nepara-
tion from Er gland, Samuel Adams saw
its necessity lonjr before the event.
made his plans and used all opportuni
ties to put this thought before bis coun
trymen. A very considerable number
of Americans of that day failed t see
that prerogative aud divine right of
kings were passing away. They clung
to their idols and in the stonu that fol
lowed were driven from the country.
It is needless to follow the history of
the harsh laws made by England for
the American colonies, the interference
with shipping and manufactures, the
imposition and forcible collection of
burdensome and outrageous taxes.
These taxes were not bud by their own
representatives, aud the colouies de
clared that "taxation without repre
sentation is tyranny." Everything was
done by England to make the colonies
tributary to the English Crown, Par
liament and Exchequer. America was
looked upon as a mine to be worked
for the benefit of England. Manufac
tures and commerce were prohibited.
Everything, it was demanded, should
be bought in England, or carried on
Euglish ships.
When the unjust laws were put to
the point of violent execution the spirit
of liberty raised itself throughout the
land aud asserted independence. The
sentiment of the country was crystal
ized iuto words in the declaration "All
men are created equal; are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable
rights; that among these are life, lib
erty aud the pursuit of happiness. That
to secure these rights governments are
instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the
governed."
Whereupon followed the articles of
confederation. In the federation of the
States lay great difficulties, one of
which was that the people were so
much afraid (and justly sol of a cen
tral power interfering with the rights
of individual States. It was a matter
of long debate and careful considera
tion. The Constitution, as finally ac
cepted, was full of compromises to dif
ferent sections of the cjuutry. Nobody
was quite satisfied with it, yet in i:s
practical working it has proved a mar
vel of wisdom. The successful issue of
the work of the founders of this Re
public opened up a new era of progress
aud new hopes for all mankind.
The jieople inheriting and carrying
forward the ideas of free government
have spread over a mighty cautinent
ar.d become a giant among nations.
But here we need to pause a moment
and consider whether no danger threats
ens the precious fabric of the people's
rights. We have lived so long iu peace
aud prosperity under the government
erected by our fathers that we have
ceased to realize that encroachment
upon its fundamental principles are
possible?. We forget that "eternal vig'
ilance is the price of liberty."
The system of representation may be
so debauched as to misrepresent aud
betray the interests ot the people.
Laws may be made giving unfair ad
vantage to one class of citizens over
others.
The central government may acquire
undue power power which will pro
duce gove'ament by the will of a few
to the exclusion of the will of the
people,
Should the day ever come when the
central government can dictate in the
domestic concerns of the States, or the
States to the counties, we lose all that
our government has hitherto stood for.
A country so vast iu area and so varied
in interests can not be held together by
a too rigid central power. It is the
elasticity of our bonds which makes
them practicable. Danger to our furure
lies iu too much central iz itiou of power.
As the daughters of those who fought
to establish this Ilfpublic, we Lave an
inspiration to the study of its princi
ples, and to the upholding of the same
by all the influence we possess.
An Elephant's Teeth,
Whoever has looked inside an ele
phant's mouth has seen a strange sight.
Elephants have no front Ueth, and
they never eat flesh, or any food that
requires tearing apart. Eight teeth
are all they have, two above and two
bjlow on each side, huge yellow mo
lars as wide as a man's hand, and about
two inches thick. Over the? hay or
fodder is shifted by tbe queerest, ugliest
t jngue in the whole animal kingdom,
a tongue that is literally hung at both
ends, having no power or movement
except in the middle, where it shifts
back and forth from side to side, arch
ing up against the roof of the big
mouth like au immense wrinkled pink
serpent.
There is nothing stranger thau the
working of an elephant's tongue, un
less it be the working of his breathing
apparatus when he sleeps. Elephants,
like human beings, have two sets of
teeth tbe milk teeth, which are small
er than the permament molars, fail out
when the animals are about 14 years
old. Thesj baby teeth, which are,
nevertheliss, enormous, are occasional
ly picked up by circus men among the
fodder and preserved as curiosities.
Beats the Klondike.
Mr. A, C. Thomas, of Marysville,
Tex., has found a more valuable dis
covery thau has yet been made in the
Klondike. For years he suffered un
told agony from consumption accom
panied by hemorrhages; aud was abso
lutely cured by Dr. King's New Discov
ery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
He declares that gold is of little value
in comparison with this marvelous
cure; would have it, even if it cost a
hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma,
Bronchitis and all throat aud luug
affections are positively cured by Dr.
King's New Discovery for C msump-
tion. Trial bottles free at J. N. Sny
der's Drug Store, Somerset, Pa., and
G. W. Brallier's Drug Store, Berlin,
Pa. Regular size -Ji eta. $100. Guar
anteed to cure or price refuuded.
The first and sixth days of January,
the 29th of September and the 2'jtb of
March, have been celebrated as Christ
mas dav: and and it was not until the
middle of the fourth century that the '
cVireh rsouncil fixed the date as at
esent
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THE VICTORY AT MA3TILA.
Graphic Descri? tion by Men Who Saw
the Fight.
San Francis. t), June ".Among
the passengers who arrived on the Bel
gie to-day from Hong Kong were four
men who participated in the fight of
Manila bay on May 1. They are Pay
master G. A. Loud, of the dispatch
boat McCullough ; Dr. Charles P. Kin
dleberger, surgeon of the Olympia;
Ralph Phelps, secretary to the captain
of the McCulloch, and J. C. Evans,
gunner of the Boston. They left Ma
nila on May 5. They say that the
Spaniards fought bravely even a.'ter the
lasi vestige of hope bad gone and stayed
by their guns as long as they could be
used. Dr. Kindleberger gives a graphic
account of the terrific tight. He was on
the Olympia through it all. In the first
assault the flagship took the lead, the
other vessels following iu her wake at
four ships-lengths, fae Spanish fleet
was approached by laps, each tu--n
bringiug the contestants nearer togeth
er. By this plan the American vessels
frequently poured broadsides iuto the
eaeiny, bat were themselves more ex
posed to tire. At oue time the smoke
became so dense that it was necessary
to draw aside, allowing the cloud to lift.
The vessels were examined, and it was
found they had sustained no damage.
Breakfast was served to the men, aud
iu a few minutes they re-enterul the
tight with the greatest enthusiasm.
The second fight was even iu ire tierce
thau th first. It was in that that the
Baltimore was struck.
Djrins; the first fiht the Spmi!i
admiral's ship put bravely out of the
line to meet the Olympia. The entire
American fleet concentrated fire on her
and she was. so badly injured that she
turned around to put back. At this
juncture the Olympia let fly au H-iuch
shell, which struck her stern and
pierced through almost her entire
length, exploding fiually in tiie engine
room, wrecking her machinery. This
shell killed the captain an 1 til men
and set the vessel ou fire. In the heat
of the fight the two torpedo boats mov
ed out to attack the fleet They were
allowed to come within b'iO yards, when
a fusilade from the Olympia sent one
to the bottom with all on board aud
riddled the other. The second Uat was
later found on the beach and covered
with blood.
Iu the second fight the P.altimne
was sent to silence the fort at Cavite.
She plunged into a cloud of smoke ami
opened all her batteries on the forti
cations. In a very few minutes a shell
struck in the ammunition and the fort
blew uj with a deafening roar. The
work of the Baltimore was glorious.
After the principal ships had been de
stroyed the Concord, Raleigh aud Pe
trel, being of light draft, were sent close
to handle the remaining vessels of the
fleet. They made quick work of them.
In tak:ng possession of the land forts
several hundred wounded Spaniards
fell into the hands of the Americans
aud nearly 200 dead were accounted for
ou th spot. Holes in which numbers
had been hastily buried were found.
The dead were returned to relatives, so
far as this could be done, and wounded
were cared for in the best manner by
American surgeons. The Spanish loss
fKted up ilK) killed, K wounded and
a property loss of anywhere from
000,0)0 to f 10,000,000.
The day of the fight was clear and hot
Not a breath of air was stirring. After
the first battle the Americans were
greatly fagged by heat, and the rest
and breakfast allowed them by the
Commodore was of inestimable benefit.
While the men were l breakfast a con
ference of all officers was held on board
the Olympia, when the plan of the
seond battle was made known by the
Commodore, teveral shots struck the
Olympia and she was pierced a numlier
of times. One shell struck the side of
the ship against the hospital ward.
Thechaplaiu and nurses were watching
the fight through a port a few inches
away aud were stunned by the concus
sion. Experts have figured out that
the fighting volume of the guiis of the ;
respective sides of the battle was three
for the Americans against seven for the
Spanish. It is clear that the superior
ity was in the men aud ships the men
having the experience and nerve.
Gunner Evans, of the Boston, -as
one of the men who sent the Spanish
ships down. He directed the fire of
oue of the big guns on the cruiser. He
was at times greatly expwed, but did
not receive a shot. Not a niau ou tha
Boston received a scratch.
Paymaster Loud, who was ou the
McCulloch during the battle, was a
witness of events ou both sides. "For
two hours," said Mr. Loud, "the steady
thunder of caanoa was kept up. The
roar was something terrible. At oue
time I really thought we would be beat
en. Tnis was attijr tnu nrj n i l beeu
kept up au hour. It looked like every
gun on the Spanish ships had turned
loose ou us altogether and the shoreline
was a veritable blaze of fire from the
batteries. The din was simply inde
scribable, Tous upn tons of shot fell
over our ships. Tnere was steel euough
to have sunk our entire fleet Our sal
vation was iu the bad marksmanship
of the Spaniards.- Tuey handled their
pieces like boys. Nearly all of their
shots went wide of the mirk. Most
were high, flying over the tleetand fall
ing into the bay beyond. Some of the
batteries, however, were better trained.
Several guns maintained a raking fire
on the 11 Jet Nearly all of o jr ships
were struck by both large and small
shot, but no damage of consequence
was done."
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The War to be Earnest
It has leeu contended by many Eu
ropean and a few American pajiers that
the United States in this war has not
vet shown that it was in earnest. This
criticism, whatever semblance of truth
may have appeared in it heretofore, is
no longer applicable. The new call for
troops shows that the warlsgoiugto
be pushed with vigor hereafter, all
along the line. Dewey is going to
have all the troops he wants to enable
him to finish up the conquest of the
Philippines which he glorifcusly began
more than three weeks ago. All the
men who will possibly be needed under
any circumsta-ices to drive the Span
iards out of Cuba, and then to hold
Cuba until a stable civil government is
set up in that quarter, will be had
Whatever number of mn is required
to take and hold Porto Rico will soon
be under arms. Possibly there may be
ot),er on.juesU before the war ends,
j i,ut foP these, too, if there should be
any, the United States will lie prepared.
There will be no complaints here
after of any lack of earnestness on the
part of thi United States, It is nat
ural, of course, for a powerful and rap
idly growing nation like the United
States to lielittle a feeble and decaying
country like Spain, and this circum
stance has detracted somewhat from
the gravity of the war on the Ameri
can side. Americans have regarded
Spain with a good deal of contempt,
and thus have not takeu the war quite
as seriously as some foreigu observers
thought they should. The disparity iu
strength a"d general resources between
the two countries is so great that intel
ligent tiersons all over the world have
foreseen that Spain would be ultimately
crushed. The sense of this disparity is
greater h re than it is abroad, aud for
this reiison the war to Us has not had
the grave aspec which wars generally
present to the countries eugsged in
them. This consideration has furnish
ed the basis for the assumption that the
Americans have as yet only half real
ized that they are participating iu a
war with a nation which has tilled a
large p'.ac in history.
The United States now, however, is
getting into a somewhat serious mood.
While the contempt for Spain as a foe
has uot been entirely dissipated, and
will not be, the country will take all
the precautions which may be neces
sary to make the coutet.t short and de
cisive. To show that there has not
been the faintest doubt in this country
or in any of the leading European na
tions as to the outcome of the war, it is
only necessary to ioiut to the fact that
businer-s here has uot lieen checked,
and American securities aud American
credit in Europe's money markets re
main at a high figure. If therefore,
Americans have occasionally seemed
to forget that a war was under way
their excuse was obvious. But the en
largement of their army shows that the
war is taking on a more serious aspect.
They are as little doubtful of results as
they were a month ago, but they want
the conflict pushed vigorously and
ended early. The new call for troops
makes this purpose clear to the world.
It will also show the world that the
United States, the most peaceful of all
the great nations, can turn its haud to
war readily and effectively when prov
ocation fronfauy quarter arises. Saint
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tree PilU.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
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box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
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These pills are easy in action and are
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Constipation and Sick Headache. For
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Sulphurous Journalism.
ibis unpleasant aud hardly credible
story is from the B wtoa Herald : When
the Maine was blown up, so the story
goes, the wife of Lieuteuant Command
er Wainwright was at her home in
Washington. She had beard nothing
of the news, when she was awakened
about 4 o'clock in the morning by a
violent knocking at the door of her
house. Finally Mrs. Wainwright arose
and linked out of the window, asking
wb at was the nutter. A voice called
out. "Are you the wife of Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright'.'" "Yes; what
do you want? ' "The Maine has been
totally destroyed. We are reporters
and wish for some information about
Mr. Wainwright." Ooly this and
nothing more. The shock caused the
poor lady to fall in a dead faint, from
which she did uot rally for several
hours, and fortunately for her, it was
then knowu that her husband was uot
among the lost
Trees for Xoist Soils.
The common cotton wood isone of the
least useful trees for waste planting on
the farm, because it succeeds well only
in fresh m ist soils, says C. A. K-'ff r,
iu Montana Fruit Grower. Iu the far
West it is a.useful tree for planting in
seepage spots, and it can be well grown
in all moist soils. It is neither durable
nor strong, so that its principal value
is in its rapid growth, giving an early
supply of fuel. Of the willows tbe
leading one is the common white wil
low, which is especially useful as a
wind break, but the willow also likes a
moi-t sil, unfitting it for most waste
planting.
No one would ever be bothered with
constipation if everyone knew how
naturally acd quickly Burdock Blood
Bitters regulates "the stomach and
bowels.
In this country of divorces the na
tional bird is the eagle that choose
its mate for life and never repents its
choice.
A niauy years ago I was a small
boy living on the farm of my father.
who was Western pioneer. In the
State of Wisconsin. When I was
about 11 years old I wis hired by a
neighbor to work at a Job of plowing,
and for it I was to receive two dollars
5u mosey and a pi'jrif geese. The oxen
I was to hive t-harire of H-ere 4-year-
old steers and Mr. Melaury, ruy em
ployer, thought great deal of them.
Mr. McLaury worked tt bis garden,
while I managed the oxeu and plowed
a ten-acre lot. I was instructed not to
whip the ox?a, but to al'ow them their
own gait; ami this they soon found out,
and it mai'e my journeys behind the
plow very easy. At night the animals
were left in the stable, and we always
fed them carefully and groomed them
as if they had been torses. In one
end of the stable there was a bin of
barley.
My instructions were to see that the
cattle were see-urely tied iu their stalls
at night, and I was to give each of
them two quarts of barley and plenty
of hay. One morning I found that
one of the oxeu had slipped his halter
during the night and was comfortably
lying near the barley -bin, I put him
back in his stall, and gave them both
their usual rations.
Wheu it was time to yoke up for the
day, Mr. McLaury went with me to
the stable, as I was not large enough to
put the yoke ou the oxeu. He noticed
that oue of the steers had not ea'en the
barley iu bis feed-box, aud suggested
that perhaps he was not feeling well.
So he told me to drive slowly, and if.
the cx showed symtoms of illness to
let him know.
On the way to the field we had to
cross the creek, where I was accustom
ed to stop aud let the team of oxen
drink all water they wanted. I noticed
that this ox hurried, and almost pulled
his mate iuto the creek in his eager
ness to drink, and I could hardly whip
him away from the water after he had
been drinking with all his might for
at least fifteeu minutes.
Finally, I got him across the creek,
and started to plow, and then I noticed
that the ox was beginning to swell.
He swelled aud swelled, until he was
more thau double his normal girth,
and presently he crowded his niateout
of the furrow, aud Mr. McLaury saw
it and came running iuto the field. I
was frightened, and was almost in
ch net 1 to "cut" for home; for I knew
that the ox must have bevu feasting as
the barley-bin, and that I had done
wrong iu not telliug Mr. McLaury of
my suspicious wheu I fouud the ani
mal free from its halter in the morn
ing. I knew very well bow much Mr.
McLaury loved the first and the only
team of oxen be had ever bad.
He asked me imm'Hliately if the ox
was loose in the barn when I went out
iu the morning. I said yes, expee-ting
to lie k linked down, for he seemed to
be aquick-tempered man. But he was
very geutle and spoke kindly, saying:
"My boy, you should have told me he
was ls we. Theu I could have kept
him away from the water, and might
have saved him. Now my beautiful
steer is lost." ,
My heart was broken. I believed I
would have given my life to save thst
ox; but he died right there, aud we
took his mate home aud turned Mm
out to graze. I was set toXMipping""
wood, and my employer ail I his wife
went away for the afternoon. V Soon all
the neigh boorhood knew that Mr. Mc
Laury 's ox was dead, and I felt as
though they all thought that I was
the cause of it. St Nicholas.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's New
Doable-Track Line to
Atlantic City.
With the new schedule of early sum
mer trains in elFeot M ly ":h, the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad practi
cally opens to travel its new double
track line from Camden and Broad
Street Station to Atlantic City.
During the Winter and Spring the
line from Camden to Atlantic City has
been actually rebuilt The old light
rails have been replaced by new steel
rails weighing one hundred pounds to
the yard, and an entirely new road has
been constructed by the grading neces
sary for the double tracks.
The grade crossing over the tracks of
the Jersey Suitheru IUilway at Wins
low has beu eliminated by the build
ing of an elevated roadway high above
the intersecting tracks, ami thus ena
bling the fastest trains to pas this
point without slackening speed. An
absolutely new roadbed has been con
structed acrosis the meadows. Upon
the magnificent foundation of tfie old
Camden & Atlantic roadbed, which has
lieen building by the accumulated work
of forty years, thousands of carloads of
gravel and and have been placed to
the depth of six feet from the surface
up, so that the tracks are elevated above
the height of the storm tides. In order
that the elevated tracks may the better
withstand the action of storm tides,
canals have been opened at intervals to
carry the accumulated water beneath
the roadway, and the exposed sides of
the embankment have been thickly
coated with the heavy and adhesive
soil dug from the meadows. The new
track is as firm as the old ever was, and
withe these protections and reinforce
ments it will stand firmly the brunt of
any ordinary storm. The new road
way has been coated with an appliba
tion of oil so as to free it from the dust
naturally incident to the new grading.
Under these improved conditions the
West Jersey and Seashore's doubie
t racked lines to Atlantic City form the
fiuest aud best Hue of railroad to any
Summer resort in America. Thespeed
of trains both from Broad Street Sta
tion aud Camden will be materially ac
celerated aud the time of transit pro
portionately reduced. The rolling stock
aud equipment will be fully up to the
high standard maintained by the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The Summer traveler to Atlantic City
by this popular route will enjoy the
finest facilities offered by any railroad
iu the world.
How To Apply Fertilizers.
Should fertilizer be applied in the
hills or broadcast? It may not be a
mistake to apply very little over each
hill as a "starter," but it is better to
broadcast All fertilizer must be dis
solved before it can be utilized, aud the
greater tha surface over which it is
spread the more water it will receive.
Tne roots of nearly all plants spread
and grow near the surface, aud have as
great feeding capacity off from the
plants as near them. To apply fertili
ser in the hills is to concentrate it, and
much of it will be unused or lost The
best results are obtained when it is dis
tributed over the surface and harrowed
in to be carried down by the rains.
The surface of the sea is estimate.! at
IjO.OOO.OOO square miles, taking the
whole surface of the globe at 137,000,000,
and its greatest depth supposedly eq uals
the height of the highest mountain, or
four miles.
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