lU lUU IVilCUil O. Alii.. . ,A.. u tt.- lautry, Hobsoa spells Heroism. The world's corn crop approxi mates 2,2 ) \OOd,ODD bushels annually, of which the United States produce eighty two per cent. Pathologists who believe in too "circular insanity" theory might with profit study the intermittent cabinet crises of Europe. The masses in Spain arc not proper subjects of sympathy iu the present crisis. Any governmental change is likely to mean a bctt -meat of the.r condition. From descriptions of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius it is learned that her guns, charged with compressed air, throw shells loaded with gun-cotton. The dynamite part of the name is merely expressive of the sensations of the man who is hit. The Hawaiiaus are more akin to the Papuan than to the Malay race. They are a family of the brown Polynesian race, which inhabits the Tonga, the Society, Friendly and Samoau islands. The New Zealander and the Hawaiian, ulthough 5000 miles apart, can under stand each other, so similar is the language. The original Hawaiians are olive in color, with black, wavy, glossy hair, large eyes, full lips and a nose inclined to be flat. They are peaceful, gentle, imitative aud yield ing. The Berlin (Germany) sewer sys tem transports annually from sixty million to seventy million tons of sewage for distribution over an area of twenty thousand acres lying from seven to fifteen mile 3 beyond the lim its of the city. Although the cost of the drainage is about $25,000,000 a year, the enormously increased fertil ity of the land makes it a paying oper ation. Besides that, it i 3 tho most sanitary and scientific mode of dis posing of the city's sewage. The regular troops of the United States army have done so exactly what was confidently expected of them that their splendid performances before Santiago excited less comment than did the equally heroic deeds of the Volunteers. Wo all accepted as a matter of course that the regulars and their West Point officers would act up to the highest standard fixed by the history of their organization. But matters of course should not pass without recognition. All but three regiments of the army which accom panied Shatter are regulars, well trained, perfectly disciplined, hardy, intelligent American soldiers, officered by men whose superiors are not found in the armies of the world. Tho work of the regulars has proved this. Spain's red and yellow banner has been kissed by the suns and fanned by the' breezes of every clime. Each of the races of the earth has paid gold into her treasure vaults—the red man of our own forest primeval, the Malay of the Southern seas, the Mon golian Islanders, the natives of Africa —all of these hove spent the sweat of their brows and the blood of their hearts to the profit and glory of the kingdom of Spain. By the daring of her navigators and the force of her arms Spain placed her flag at the four quarters of tho earth, muses the New York World. The lust of conquest lay at the Spaniard's feet. Then came a period in which over-confidence and government prostitutions worked hand in hand. One by one the col onies proclaimed red-eyed revolution. One by one tbe nation lost her neg lected own. It has taken four cen turies to do this—three of them slow, unprogressive centuries—hut time has done his work well. The famous English statistician, Mr. Mulhall, has made estimates of the wealth of the leading nations of the world at the end of the year 1895. His figures are as iollows: United States, $81,750,000,000; Great Britain, $59,030,000,000; France, $17,950,000,- 000; Germany, $10,200,000,000; Rus sia, $32,125,000,000; Austria, $22,- 500,000,000; Italy, $15,800,000,000; Spain, $11,900,000,000. The com parative figures for annual earnings are as follows: United States, sls, 580,000,000; Great Britain, $7,115, 000,000; Germany, $6,102,000,000; France, $5,995,000,000; llussia, $5,- 020,000,000; Austria, $3,535,000,000; Italy, $2,180,000,000; Spain, $1,365,- 000,000. It will be seen that the United States leads all the other na tions in wealth and still farther in annual earnings. Compared with Spain, we have nearly seven times as innch property, while onr annual earnings are twelve times as much. The difference in the average intelli gence of the two nations is even greater. I THE_H!LLS. ' The (lo;Tins; waves of our warm sea Roll to tb<; bench nml rli<, j Bat the soul of the wave forever fills The curving crests of our restless liiils That climb so wantonly. Up and up till you look to see Along the cloud-kissed top x"je great hill-breakers curve and comb In crumbling lines of falling foam Before they settlo and drop. Down and down, with the shuddering sweep Of the sea-wave's glassy wall, i'ou sink with a plunge that takes your breath, A thrill that stirreth and quickeneth, Liko the groat line steamer's full. We have laid our streets by the square and line, We have built by the lino and square; But the strong bill-rises arch below And force the houses to curve and flow In lines of beauty there. And off to the north and east and south, With wllderlng mists between, They ring us round with wavering hold, With fold on fold of rose and gold, Violet, azure, and green. —Charlotte Perkins Stetson. ; THE MAD MARKSMAN. 1 ■< || | Sit -was the Sat 'l m ur Jay before the I I'ilmlwull fllil meet i I ill lr i#/lV i Q g, our company I I I ' ! JA held a match at Ml ,gneM Ib\ Bisley, at which I 1 H IUWIR 1 our 86 1 e c t e d I K ,marksmen were IIS llllftU pit'hd against i J 111'* those of the neigh- Li 'f I boring county bat | | J talion. I was one of the number, and I remember with pride—for Mary Mayfield, the handsomest girl in Dutnbledon, for whose hand George Kempster, a lance corporal, and my self were rivals, were present—that after getting thirty-two at 200 yards and twenty-nine at 500 yards, I finished up at GOO yards with thirty, making my score ninety-one, a good perform ance in those days, and for the time I was a hero. George Kempster was down next, and I am a3hamed to confess that it was not without a triumphant glance and a smile toward Mary that I saw him finish with twenty-five and a total of eighty-four. The marker had been hit in the eye by a splashing bullet and George av.d I were selected to take his place. I went unwillingly, I must allow, for Mary was there. George strode away to the butts iu such a manner that 1 often had to break into a trot to keep pace with bim. Not a word did he speak, and when I asked him what caused hie hurry ho looked at ma with such dis dain, as X thought, that I subsided a l , once, and to tell the truth, felt rathei ashamed. The target, a heavy iron plate, stood supported by stout girders some six feet from the bank of earth' in the rear. In the middle of the ! plate—to be moro precis*?, the six inch "bull" itself had been cut out from the remainder of the target, and when shooting was iu progress was fitted to its place by a heavy bolt that dropped from above. The reason for this contrivance I once heard was that when a prize shoot took place for live pigs and poultry, the unfortunate animals were placed in the aperture and were claimed by the marksman who killed them. I had made the plate look spick and span and had gone behind in the shade to rest after my labors, when suddenly a heavy hand was laid upon my shoulders and another on my month, and before I could move I was thrown heavily to the ground. I tried to shout, but something was in my mouth, and as I recovered from the shock ot the fall I recognized tho face of Kempster, though sadly changed, and hot and cruel. He had a rope, and was binding my arms to my side, roiling me over aud to and fro as though I were n dog. Then he ran to the mantlet, and I tried to rise; hut. my limbs seemed numbed, aud before I could scram ble to my knees he was back and bad struck me to the earth again. When next I looked up ho was standing be side me, and I felt my limbs securely bound together. He was mumbling, and I listened. "Miserable little cur!" he hissed. "You thought you'd rob me of her, and win her for your own. 1 saw you smile and show your vulgar pride when I failed at 000 yards. Isawyou make a sign with her aud laugh to gether at my discomfiture? Miserable hound 1 Do you know, coward," he whispered, leaning over me. "I asked her last night to marry me aud she refused? Perhaps you kuow why! Perhaps some one had poisoned her mind against me! Perhaps it was you. Yes, you sneak, villain, coward!" As he said this his eyes seemed to start from his head, and every moment I expected the heavy stick he held in his hand to descend on my upturned face. In vain I attempted to make signs—to deny his assertions, and to calm his anger. "Do you know who shoots next?" he asked. I did remember. It was Corpl. May field. "I see you do," he continued. "It is Mayfield, and I see you thrill at the name because it is her name. Ha, ha; Fred will shoot well to-day, because there's a living bull, and as his bullet strikes the black the people will cheer, and his sister will smile!" Heatensl What did he mean? Why did he unbolt the centre plate / "And the peoplo would cheer aud she would unfile!" I saw him remove the small, black circle from its place, and fasten across tho sjrace a thick black cloth; thon I was jerked to my feet, and my hack pressed against the stiff iron plate, while the madman silently aud swiftly hound me fast by neck and feet and body. I tried again to shout as I realized my position, and then to dislodge the black cloth so that my scarlet tunio would reveal my polight; but I wns wedged firmly, and my head was the only member that I could move. I thought of her, and tried to pray, while all the time the madman stood by and jeered. Suddenly, horror! the bugle sounded, and Kempster paled for an instant, then recovered. "Remember!" he whispered, "May field is shooting. Seems queer that he should murder you, eh?" He laughed, aud he was gone. I saw the red flag wave and disap pear, and then waited for the end. Oh, how long it seemed. Would that bullet never come? Did I hear it whistling through the air? No, it was only the wind in the trees. What was she thinking about? Did she dream of me at that moment? And Fred? I prayed to God to guide his aim. Ping! and a distant report, and out from the mantlet came the black and i white signal. Onlyamagpie! Surely Fred could not be shooting; he had never got so low as that for months. More waiting. Great heavens! it was terrible. Pingl and out came the red. Near er this time—an inner; but still not Fred's form. A low laugh came from the mantlet, as the wretch divined my own thoughts. This time for certain. A dull thud, and up flew the white signal! Bull's-eye! What did it mean? Was I hit? There was a pain iu my hack, but it had been there for sometime. Was I dying? Tho earth flew round and round me, and as I gasped for breath, a merciful Provi dence relieved my sufferings. When I came to myself, a crowd of red-coated soldiers stood about me, and some one was bathing my brow. It was Fred. "All right, old chap!" ho whis pered. I think I smiled, and as I turned my head I saw a body being carried away on a hurdle. What could be the meaning of it? Was I killed, and did I see my own fnneral? And mu sing thus I relapsed into unconscious ness. Now I was in a house, and some one with soft, cool hands smoothed my forehead. It was Mary. Others were standing near—my mother, and Fred, end our sergeant. Then I was not dead. "Buck up, old chap," said Fred, smiling. "Take my hand," said another sweet voice, as though to reassure me. And I took it. When at last I heard the story from Fred's own lips all the horrid details came hack to my mind. I shuddered. It was Fred shooting; hut how badly ihe shot that day was remarked by every one. He seemed nervous and his rifle shook iu his hands. His first and second shots were poor, but at his third some shadow appeared to pross his sight, aud as he pulled the trigger his left hand dropped and ■pvery one saw the shot strike the bank in front. To the consternation of the onlook ers a bull's-eye was signalled, and the captain of the opposing team immedi ately challenged the shot. The bugle was sounded, but no answer was given and no marker made his appear ance. Then some one ran across the meadow to ascertain the cause, and there at the butts found two apparent ly dead men. One was dead—poisoned by his own hand, but the other, strapped aud bound to the target, had oqly fainted, and help was soon at hgnd to coax him back to life. And so George Kempster, hearing th.s dull thud, and concluding that his gr'jn purpose was accomplished, had signalled a "bull" and immediately poisoned himself. Poor Fred has never fired a rifle eiuef. God answered my prayer that day and did guide his aim, and there he declares his marksmanship shall rest. That is why my wife aud I are not going to Bisley this year.—London Tit-Bits. Trials of tho ltusslan Grain Grower. Otving to imperfect or expensive transportation, the peasant is not in the best position to obtain the full benefits of markets. "The harvest ended, each man brings his grain to market. Hoping to realize a more remunerative price by carrying his produce to a central or larger market, he makes application to travel. Here the factor steps in. In conjunction or in oollusion with the local police, ob stacles are thrown in his way week after week. Ten, twenty, or one hun dred are in the same predicament. Finally, with the local station or mar ket glutted with tbe yield of a county, the factor steps in and agrees to take all the grain in sight for about twen ty-five per cent, below its market value. They have no choice, and thus a crop grown at a cost of twenty five per ceut. interest (paid to the factor for advances) frequently pays twenty-flvo per cent, additional after its maturity." Not only does such a system of handling grain cause loss to the farmer through low prices, but even more through the actual destruc tion of grain. It is estimated that millions of bushels of grain are lost annually on account of the failure of railways to afford transportation facili ties or shelter for grain brought to them for transportation.' -Popular Science Monthly. To Kill Chicken Lice. Since we have been in the poultry business, like every other person who keeps fowls, we have had a great deal of experience with chicken lice, and the evil effects of the pests. In former years we used to combat them with lime and whitewash, coal tar, lard, etc., all of which have some merit. But for the past five or six years we have used but one remedy, and that a very effective and cheap one. It is kerosene oil, and, in our opinion, it is all that any one needs to keep the chickens, both old and young, free of lice, not omitting, how ever, the place to dust, which is neces sary to keep the plumage smooth and glossy. In order to keep lice off of the old fowls, we keep their perches satur ated with the oil, so that the latter are thoroughly soaked all the time, in the warm season, especially. We sprinkle it on the sides of the walls about the roo3ts and in the nest boxes, and about the sides of the nests, after the hay or straw has been put in. Kerosene oil applied in this way once a week will keep the lice away from the chickens in the hottest weather. To free the little chickens and then mothers of lice, we rub the shanks of the hen thoroughly, and her fluff and breast feathers lightly with the oil, and also sprinkle it in and about the coop about once a week. We do not apply it at first, however, until the brood is a week old. The oil pre vents scaly and rough legs also, and it is all that one needs to combat chicken lice with.—H, B. Geer, in Agricultural Epitomist. Summer Work Among Flowers. Go over the garden beds daily, and remove all fading flowers. This is very necessary if you would keep your plants bloomiug. If seed is allowed to form, the plant will throw all its energies into the development of it, and you will get but few flowers; but if the process ot nature is interfered with by preventing the plant from forming seed, it will, as a general thing, make further efforts to perpetu ate itself. In thus thwarting its ef forts it can be kept flowering indefin itely. Kemovo all withered flowers from the lower portion of the gladiolus stalks. If they are left clinging there they soon give an untidy look to the spike. Tie the central stalk of each dahlia to a stout support, or the plant may be broken over by a sudden wind. Give morning glories stout strings to clamber on, but never at tempt to train sweet pens on any sup port of this kind, for they will stub bornly refuse to make use of it. They like best a support of brush, but they will do very well if trained over wire netting with a coarse mesh. The netting should be at least five feet wide. If the season is a dry one water must be supplied to plants in the beds. Give it after sundown, to avoid the too rapid evaporation which takes place if the application is made while the sun can get at the soil. Apply it close about the roots of the plants, where it will do most good. Keep the soil loose and open. This prevents its crusting over so that water will run off instead of into it. It also en ables it to act something like a sponge and absorb whatever moisture comes in the shape of dew. If weods were kept down well dur ing the early part of the season they will not need a great deal of attention now, but the gardener should make it a rule to pull up every one as soon as seen. Never allow a weed to ripen. Grass clippings from the lawn will be found very effective as mulch about dahlias and other plants requiring a constant moisture at the roots. As soon as it begins to decay dig it into the soil about the plant and let it act as a fertilizer.—Harper's Bazar. Harvesting Oats fJroen." There is a time to cut oats so that the straw may be almost, if not quite, as valuable as good timothy hay. That time is when the berry has fairly begun to harden and before the stalk becomes dry and indigestible. For many years I have followed the practice of harvesting my oats as nearly as possible when in this condition. In order to do this I am obliged to watch the field, and as soon as the grain be gins to turn yellow I start the reaper. I do not use a binder, for I think the grain cures better when left loose than when bound up at the same time it is cut. If I were to use a binder, I would tie the bundles as loosely as I could and have them fit to handle. I have seen oats bound so tightly in damp weather that they would mould Under the band. Following the same plan I use in securing my hay crop, I try to cut down only so much of my field as I can get up safely before storm. I would rather get up half an acre a day in good shape than to have ten acres cut and lying through a heavy storm. In good weather the bundles will dry out quite rapidly and be ready to set up. I always set my oats up in ten bundle shocks, üßing two good-sized bundles to cap the others. These two bundles are bound near the butts and the tops Bpread, and then care fully laid ovei the top of the shock, beads slanting downward, to Blied rain. Thus put up the oats will stand a li9avy storm all right. When thoroughly cured the grain is hauled in and threshed. The straw comes out bright and full of sweet juices. Any kind of stock will eat it voraciously. Horses, cows, and even sheep, will thrive on it. May Ist, last, my sheep left good timothy hay in the rack and ate straw secured as I have described. The grain from oats saved in this way is, to my mind, much brighter nud more marketable than when left until dead ripe and allowed to stand out in all kinds of weather.— E. L. Vincent, in Agricultural Epito mist. Feeling liens For Froflt. The right proportion of food for lay ing hens can be scientifically ascer tained, but the relative question of the cost of the different foods must also enter into the question. Thus, accord ing to some authorities, fowls should receive about sixty per cent, grain, fif teen per cent, of flesh, and twenty-five per cent, of vegetables. This propor tion is not absolute, but relative. It serves more as a guide to the poultry man than as an infallible rule. Now the question of grain must be decided according to the locality and cost of the various graius. Where beans can be obtained cheaper than grains they take the place of the latter very acceptably if ground and fed in au attractive form. Mixed with the ground beans a little corn, barley and wheat bran produce desirable results. Corn we know has the greatest amount of fat producing material in it, and oats more muscle-forming material. Beans, however, succeed any of the grains in muscle-forming material, con taining thirty-eight per oeut. com pared to twenty-two per cent, in oats. As to the meat, flesh or fish food, the matter must also be considered from different standpoints. Fish will to a large extent take the place of meat aud flesh, and along theseacoast, where fish can be obtained for a little expenditure of time nud labor, poul trymen male it take the place of meat entirely. The fowls not only thrive on it, but they learn to like it, and to prefer it to any other form of meat. It is cheaper, too, aud may always be substituted for flesh with good results. The best vegetable substances for the fowls are clover, alfalfa, greeu oats aud garden vegetables. Iu the West, where alfalfa thrives luxuriantly, this is the best green vegetablo food that can be fed to the fowls. Greeu oats are rather expensive green food, but garden vegetables can nearly always be found in abundance if one looks for them. The tops aud the refuse of the vegetables are often just as good as the parts we eat on our table, and they should be saved for the fowls, They should not be thrown into the yard iu quantities. Keep the bulk of them iu cold water, and feed only a few each day.—W. E. Farmer, in American Cul tivator. Cheese Making at IIo:ne. Experiments have been made in some of our Western schools of agri culture to ascertain what kind of cheese is best adapted to the small home dairy. The Gonda cheese, made of new milk, seems to be the most satisfactory. This cheese has for many years been made in Hol land, but by a somewhat different process from the one used here. While fresh from the cow the milk is aera ted. When it has stood long enough to lose its auimal heat warm to'ninety degrees Fahrenheit, using sufficient rennet to cause coagulation iu from seven to ten minutes. Let stand from fifteen to twenty minutes, then insert the front finger at au augle of forty-five degrees until it touches the curd. It on withdrawal the curd breaks clean across, with few or no bits attached, it is ready to cut. Di vide with a knife until the sizo is that of an average wheat kernel. Stir gently five miuutos, then gradually increase the heat until 100 to 10.4 degrees is reached, constanly stirring as the temperature rises. Drain or dip off the whey, leaving the curd firm, but not too dry. Press by the double handful firmly into the hoop, until full, then put on the cover nud press lightly an hour. Remove from the press and 'put around it a baud of cloth long enough to lap a little; and of sufficient width to cover two or three inches on each end. Cover top and bottom with a round cap, return to hoop for twenty-four hours, with increased pressure. The Gonda cheese is ordinarily three inches thick and eight inches iu circumference. A simple lever press can be constructed of a hardwood stick, ten feet long aud four inches in diameter, one end fastened under a cleat against the wall. The cheese, band and end covers should be dipped iu very hot whey or water before the cloth is applied. To salt the cheese, make a saturated solution of brine aud float the cheese in it from five to eight days, turning every day and sprinkling a little,salt over the top. After removing from the brine turn once a day the first month, or if kept two months twice a week, and once a week the third month. The curing room should be cool, a little damp ness will be beneficial than otherwise. During the midsummer months the making of this cheese requires less labor than butter making. The pro cess is simple, the produot good.— New England Homestead. NAVY'S SElllvET EA'TS. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU. Tho Secretary Cn i T.earn at u Few Min utes' .v.i (ice the Strength of a Foreign Fleet—How the Archive* Are Com piled—A Record of tlio W nrl.l'p Ships. L lien tlie war with Spain threat ened, anil before the actual beginning of hostilities, the Secretary of tho Navy, at Washington, says the New \ork Sun, was able to learn from his subordinates on a few minutes' no tice just what the strength of the Spanish navy was, the character of the vessels, the style of their arma ment—in fact, every hit of informa tion necessary to a comparison of the navies of the two countries and a forecast of the probable result of au encounter between them. He found out the character and extent of the permanent defenses of Cuba and Porto Rico and the Philippines. In fact, he was able to assemble facts, the knowl edge of which enabled him to take in the whole situation at a glauce. The information about the Spanish navy, on which Secretary Long was able to call and which he is now using every day, is locked up, with facts about all the navies of the world, in the secret archives of the department kept by the office of Naval Intelli gence, This office is an attachment of the Secretary's office. It has ex isted for sixteen years, and in all that time, until this year, it has never had an official status. The clerks em ployed in it hitherto have been as signed from other bureaus. The office was established in Secre tary Chandler's time. Its office was to collect all the information obtain able concerning foreign navies with a view to utilizing it in the building of the new American navy which was being planned. Uncle Sam has been a pioneer in invention, but seldom in experiment in naval matters. He has chosen to go slowly and surely for ward, waiting until the costly experi ments of other nations had developed the value of a device before adopt ing it. iu pursuance of this policy naval attaches were sent to most of the for eign courts with instructions to send in information about foreign navies. At the time the war with Spain began there were naval representatives at Paris, Vienna, Loudon, Koine, St. Petersburg and Madrid. Most of these have since been recalled for active service. These naval attaches sent to the department printed re ports as well as written observations of naval operations and experiments. Tho written reports were always secret, and they cannot bo seen to-day without an order from Secretary Long. They cannot be seen at all except by some officer of the department having the Secretary's authority. Another source of information was the intelligence officer aboard aliips. Every Captain of an American vessel on a foreign station designated one of his junior officers to make observa tions and report to the department, and the other officers were asked to give him the benciit of any informa tion they might pick up. Even the petty officer and the sailor contributed to the reports what they saw or heard of the methods of foreign navies. No subject was too small for observation, from a gasket to a sixteen-inch gun. In addition to this special information, all sorts of published information was acquired—clippings from newspapers, articles from magazines, photographs of foreign ships, and pictures of for eign guns and fortifications. The In telligence Bureau contains the only complete set of pictures of the Spanish navy iu the United States. This accumulation of written ami pictured facts fills six large rooms. It is arranged iu cases against the walls of these rooms, classified and care fully indexed. Captain John R. Bart lett, of the navy, who is in charge of it, explained the arrangement to the correspondent the other day. He pulled out a file ease which was one of a group marked "Ships." This one was labelled "English ships." The classification of these was marked by red cards, standing upright in the case, and each individual ship was named 011 a blue card which was held by a rubber strap to a number of white cards. On each white card was a reference to the files of the bureau. In the caso which Captain Bartlett chose for illustration, immediately be hind the blue card was- a card telling of the launching of the ship; the next card referred to a complete descrip tion of this ship; the next, to a test of her guns; the next, to an inquiry in Parliament concerning her armament; then came a card referring to n report of an accident to her. And so the record went, until it comprehended every incident iu the history of that particular ship—a detailed biography, as complete as could be obtained iu the case of a well-known public man. The report on this ship is not ex ceptional. Every British ship has a like record in the Intelligence Bu reau. , So has every Spanish ship. The Navy Department has felt no anx iety at any time about Camara's fleet, because it knew all along how iucajm ble were his ships. When the Secretary of the Navy wants facts about the Spanish navy, ho notifies his Intelligence Officer, and in three minutes the index cards marked "Spain" are on his desk. On these cards ho finds a reference to every Spanish subject in the library or in the secret archives in the de partment. If he wants to know any thing about armored cruisers he can send for the cards on "Cruisers," and he will find the whole subject com pletely covered by reference. Of coarse, so much of the "Cruiser" reference as refers to Spanish cruis ers will be entered also under the head of "Spain;" and it is chiefly this cross-indexing of subjects which keeps ; six clerks busy in tiro Intelligence Of- I lice. Tbe Naval Intelligence Bureau makes nc reports on its work; but the reports of naval officers who have observed foreign wars are put cnt in ; hook form. In 3 SSj the bureau pub | lished a report by Lienteaaut-Com . j mander Goodrich on the operations of the English ij Egypt and the bom bardment of Alexandria. More than one officer present 0:1 our ships at the time of the bombardment contributed to tbis report. In fact, on au occasion of this kiud every officer becomes an ! avenue of intelligence for tho depart j uieut. j Lieutenant James H. Sears and En sign B. 11. Wells, Jr., prepared a re port on tho naval operations in the Chilean revolution. A report on the Brazilian revolution followed, and then : came a very complete report of the j operations in the war between Japau j and China, the first taste of interna | tioual naval warfare since the perfec- J tion of armor and big guns. | The next report to be published will , he 011 tho operations of tho navy in j our war with Spaim There are sev i eral intelligence officers with Dewey's i fleet and more with Sampson's. They | will issue a technical account of the i work of the United States ships as soon as the excitement is over and j peace reigns in the Caribbean. The reports of the war with Spain will doubtless he priuted iu large editioD for general distribution. CALLOUS SPANIARDS. Itiitl Fight. Interval tlio Mas.e. Much More Than Spain's Disasters. The Madrid correspondent of the London Daily News, describing the callousness of the masses in face of the disasters that have befallen Spain, says: "To believe the papers Spain is in mourning, but this is a pure figure of speech. All over Spain popular amusements go on as usual. Guitar playing, castanet rolling, hull fights and processions are in full swing, as in normal times. "The Saragossa Railroad never had snch traffic as it had the week that Cervera's fleet was destroyed. The seats in the carriages were not only filled, hat passengers stood in the aisles between. All were as gay as crickets. All want to read the catch penny, extraordinary late editions of the newspapers that the newsboys cry. The newsboys keep silence about war disasters or horrors. The excursion ists make commentaries aloud. "They pity Spain and curse Sagasta. They call the Queen Regent au ignor ant Austrian and abuse the Alfonsist dynasty. They clamor about Don Carlos or a republic, and tlien buy cakes and glasses of fresh water and ! laugh and talk about bulls and i toreadores who are to come into the j arena. J "Euentas and Bomhitaare the great [ attractions. They present Cervera, j Blanco, and the heroes of Santiago iu ! another atmosphere. They are out of sight and out of mind when there is j so powerful a diversion as the I'ampe j ltina corridas. I "Tho Civil Governor thought to | show respect for tho uatioual luoura i ing by forbidding or udjotumiug these grand bull fights, but the Town Coun cil, hearing of his wish, protested that the hotels were thronged with tourists from all parts of the country, attracted by the corridas, and they declared that the people might grow violently patriotic if their amusements were not interfered with. "When they learned that the Gov ernor had yielded they were trans ported with joy. They crowded into the Place of the Constitution and gave hint au ovation. "The provincial towns are not less gay than in ordinury years. All night, there are illuminations, chatter and laughter. The theatres and arena are crowded, and there are religious pro cessions iu the daytime. "By the way, the superstitious feeling attached to the number thir teen is greatly to the young King's disadvantage iu the provinces. Light hearted people who give themselves up to the impression of the moment have no idea of what the war debt is mounting up to. Terhaps they re member that whero there is nothing the King can make no seizure nor tho Americans either. The burden will then fall on those who are now enjoy ing the sea breezes on the coast." Burke's Faraeu. Dagger Still ExJ.t.. Apropos of Lord Roseberry's ap proaching visit to Beaeonsfield to un veil a memorial to Burke, a corre spondent writes: Sir Edward Lawson has at his houtte, Hall Barn, at Bea eonsfield, some very interesting relics of Burke, among thein the identical dagger which Burke flung on the floor of the House of Commons in his speech on the second reading of the Aliens bill on the 28th of December, 1792, to testify his abhorrence of the principles of the French Revolution. It is a mere toy dagger made of wood. It was sent from Franco to a manu facturer at Birmingham with an order for a large number to be made like it, and Burke had only received it the same day from Sir James Bland Bur gess on his way dowu to tho H juse. The celebrated dagger scene was like many other historic episodes iu the House of Commons, wholly unpremed itated.—Loudou News. Sea lilrtlft* Warning to Sailors. The cries of sea birds, especially sea gulls, are very valuable to sailors iu misty weather. The birds cluster OQ tbe clifls aud coast, aud their cries waru boatmen that they are near the land. 3 Justice in DeuniHrk. A Danish locomotive engineer has been punished with a fine of $12,000 and four months' imprisonment for causing a railway accident by his care lessness.
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