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maatler-ln-CtaierorOnr Kayy.
The following interesting article which
recently appeared in the "New York
Sun" about the new Commander-in-Chief
of the Navy, Captain William T.
Sampson, -will be read with interest and
plsure:
The man of all others in the naval
service who stands out most prominently
in all these preparations for war is Capt.
William T. Sampson, Commander-in-
Chief of the North Atlantic Naval Sta
tion. Up to the time he was appointed
President of the Court of Inquiry charg
ed with investigating the cause of the
Maine's destruction he was comparative
ly unknown except in naval circles.
His career, while interesting andbrilKant
in one sense, had run in a quiet groove,
and was not full of those stirring inci
dents of life on the water about which
people love to read and hear. But how
ever little prominence he secured until
recently outside of naval circles, the
present naval administration knew him
to be a man of mettle and ability, and
has every confidence that he will give a
good account of himself if occasion
should arise. Since the Maine was de
stroyed he has been highly honored twice,
first in his selection as President of the
Court of Inquiry, and again in his ap
pointment as Commander-in-Chief of
the North Atlantic Naval Station.
Should war occur another and the great
est honor in the authority of the Admin
istration will be conferred' on this man
of the occasion. He will be nominated
to the Senate by the President as the
Admiral in "command of all the naval
forces operating against the enemy of
the United States. Up in Wayne coun
ty, N. Y., they call him "Billy" Samp
son. When he goes back to that place',
the home of his boyhood, on occasional
visits he is not the calm,digniiied,studious
looking officer who, to those not better
acquainted with him, is considered cold
and distant. He is still "Billy" Samp
son, about whom there is no suggestion
of gold lace and epaulets, and who is
wholly lacking in that reserve which is
so noticeable to strangers.
Capt. Sampson was born in Palmyra,
Wayne County, February o, 1840. He is
four months younger to the day than
Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, who
has just been assigned to the other im
portant naval command on the Atlantic
coast, the flying squadron. Unlike
Schley, the new Commander-in-Chief of
the North Atlantic Station does not come
of distinguished naval lineage, nor in
fact, of a prominent family. He is the
first of his line to attain distinction
George Sampson, his father, was a day
laborer up in Wayne County, and the
early life of William, his son, -was not
the pleasan test and easiest. Frequently
he accompanied his father on the tramps
from one farmhouse to another in Wayne
county, helping to split and pile wood
and do other hard work. In his spare
moments he studied the few text books
at his command and 'managed to attend
the public schools in the county at in
tervals. Old fquire William H. South-
wick, of Palmyra, liked young Sampson
for his energy and ambition. The squire
was a friend of E. B. Morgan, who rep
resented in Congress the district which
includes Wayne eounty. Represents
tive Morgan had the right to appoint a
midshipman to the United States Naval
Academy, and when Squire Southwick
heard this he exerted himself in young
Sampson's behalf. .
This was in 1857, and Sampson went
to Annopolis in September of that year
and doiined the natty uniform of a mid
dy. t our years later, less than a year
before the beginning of the civil war, he
was graduated at the head of his class.
The opening of hostilities fonnd him on
the frigate Potomac, with the rank of
Master. Capt. Sampson was too young
a man to get command during the war,
but he conducted himself in a manner
that won him promotion 10 a Lieutenan
cy in July, 1862, and while holding that
commission he served on the practice
ship John Adams at the Naval Academy,
on the iron clad Patapsco of the South
Atlantic blockading squadron, and on
the steam frigate Colorado, the flagship
of the European squadron.
- Capt. Sampson, then a. Lieutenant,
was the executive officer on the ironclad
Patapsco on Jan. 16, 186 j. His boat
was a part of the blockading fleet be
fore, Charleston. The rebels knew that
sooner or later the boats or the Union
fleet which were doing blockade duty
would seek to enter the harbor and com
pel the surrender of the city or reduce
it, and for days they spent all their time,
laying submarine mines and torpedoes
preparatory to giving the Union boats a
reception that they wouldn't forget. On
the niorrimg of the 16th the Admiral of
the fleet decided that the time was ripe
to get into the. harbor. Of course he
suspected that the place was full of
mines and torpedoes, and he had to get
rid of them in some way. He selected
the Patapsco to do the work. She was
ordered to enter the harbor searching, for
the hidden enemies, and to pick them
up or destroy them when she found them.
As executive officer, Lieut Sampson had
to stand in the most exposed position on
the ship, the bridge, and he was there
when the boat steamed in. She was
hardly in the harbor when she was in
range of the rifle bullets of the rebel
sharpshooters, and they .opened fire on
her. It was a withering fire, and the
men on the Patapsco fell before it.
Standine exposed, the target for a
thousand rifles and with men dropping
around you every moment, is a nerve
test a good many men would not stand.
Lieut. Sampson did. , The fire got hotter
and hotter. Sampson ordered the sail-
ormen and marines on deck to go below,
where they could escape it, and he held
his place a lone target for the -bullets
that flew about him like bail- in an au
tumn storm. Suddenly the firing ceased
without any apparent reason. The sharp
shooters could be seen on shore holding
their rifles, but not firing. A moment
or two elapsed. The little ironclad
moved slowly through the water on her
mission. The sudden stopping of the
fire, perhaps, gave the men on the boats
a warning that worse was in store for
them, but it was too late to retreat if
such a thought entered the mind of any
man.- Foot by foot the boat moved on.
There was an almost dead silence, then
a mighty roar, and the boat shot up in
the air surrounded by great spouts of
water. She fell in pieces. Sheets of
flame shot out from her hull, there was
another and another explosion then with
in her, and she sank slowly in the wa
ter. Iyieut. Sampson had been blown a
hundred feet in the air and fell in the
water yards away from the disappearing
hull of his boat. Twenty-five of her
crew were with him safe, the others
more than seventy in number, had met
their death as the Maine men had met
their death in Havana harbor. Penned
inside the ship, there was np escape for
them. .Lieut. Sampson was rescued with
the others who were not killed by the
explosion, and in a day he was" ready for
another experience as dare-devil as
the one that he had just gone through.
In 1866, while on the "Colorado,"
Capt Sampson received his commission
Lientenat-Commander. From 1868 to
187 1 he was at the Naval Academy, andl
in 1872 and the following year was in
Europe and elsewhere on the Continent.
His first command was the "Alert," to
which he was assigned just after he had
attained the grade of Commander in
1874. From 1876 to 1878 he was again
at the Naval Academy. Ten years later
he became Superintendent of the ACad
emy and served for four years. ,
Since the formation of the new navy
Capt. Sampson" has commanded two
modern ships, the cruiser "San Francis
co" and tie battleship "Iowa," the most
formidable vessel in the service. He
was the "Iowa's" first skipper. It was in
the fields of executive work and naval sci
ence that Capt. Sampson made his mark.
Ordnance matters have been his study
for many years, and his thorough knowl
edge of modern armor and armament
and the use and comparative value of
explosives has come from hard study
and constant effort. Torpedo work was
his especial study about the time of the
inauguration of the Naval War College
at Newport, where he delivered lectures
on the subject. As Inspector of ord
nance at the Washington Navy Yard for
three years, he was ableto assist in the
installment of the present magnificent
gun factory and to continue his acquaint
ance with big marine rifles. From 1893
to 1894 he was chief of the Bureau of
Naval Ordnance. It was Capt. Sampson
who, with Lieut. Joseph Strauss, devised
and perfected the superposed or double
deck turrets, which are to receive their
first trial on the new battleships "Kear-
sarge" and Kentucky," launched at
Newport News recently.
In handling big guns Capt. Sampson is
in his element. Last September, while
the . writer was on the "Iowa," off the
Virginia capes, during target practice, he
noticed that Capt. Sampson appeared to
be the only person on board who thor-.
oughly enjoyed the performance, which
is not relished by most naval people.and
to the peaceable laymen, with his cotton
stuffed ears, ,is something that does not
happen more than once in his experience
if he can help it
In civilian dress there is nothing about
Capt. Sampson to suggest the naval of
ficer. He is slight, a little round-shouldered,
and has deep-set, serious-looking
eyes that proclaim the student rather
than the fighting man. He does not get
ruffled easily, and seldom has more to
say than is absolutely necessary. Despite
the belief among those who have met
him casually, he is very approachable
and kindly in his speech. To his fellow
officers he is known as a man of action,
a deep thinker, but quick to get at the
bottom of things, and, above all, an of
ficer and a gentleman. That he will
give a good account of himself in any
hostile action that may engage the ships
under his command, the President and
the Secretary of the Navy are confident.
A BATTLE SHIP.
Statural Euoagli.
'How did this happen?" asked the sur
geon, as he dressed the wound in the
cheek and applied a soothing poultice to
the damaged eye, - '
1 "Got hit with a stone," replied the pa
tient.
Who threw it?"
"My my wife," was the reluctant an
swer.
"Hum; it's the first time ever I knew a
woman to hit anything she aimed at,"
muttered the surgeon.
"She was throwing at the neighbor's
hens,n replied the sufferer. "I was be
hind her."
Interesting to the Clergy.
Somerville Journal.
A minister who used to preach in Som
erville had a little boy. A few days be
fore his lather left the city to go to his
new parish one of his neighbors said to
the little boy:
"do your lather is eome to work
New Bedford, is he?" -.
"Uh, no," he said, "only preach.
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The Kind or Machinery Con
tained In The V. S. Ship Mas
sachusetts A Floating ma
chine Shop aud a Terrible Eu
gine of Destruction.
Baltimore Sun. . . . .
Fort Monroe, va., April 22. I? Admiral
Nelson should come back tc earth and see
the battle ship Massachusetts be would
guess a. hundred times before he would
venture to call her a ship. He would
more likely take her for some kibd of ma
chine shop or blast furnace, resting upon
a foundation at the boitom of the water.
That such a penderous structure of steel
should be afloat would never occur to
him. To the old line of battle ship with
which Nelson was familiar she beare no
lesemblance whatever, and it is difficult
to realize that they are iutended for the
same purpose, ine oja crait, we are
told, walked the waters "like a thing of
life." This new fangled battle ship is a
thing of death, and looks it every inch.
the is as ngly as it is possible to make
anything, and the drab war paint .which
is now upon her increases her ugliness to
the extreme limit-
THE NAVAL OFFICER.
Lord Macauley said that a naval officer
should be a gentlemen and a gentleman
and seaman. In the British navy, in the
time of Charles II, he added, there were
gentlemen and there were seamen but the
gentlemen were not seamen and the sea
men were not gentlemen. The na
val officer who works and fights the Mas
sachusetts must be a great deal in ad
dition to being a gentleman and a sea
man. He must be a machinist, an elec
trician, a steam engineer; he must under
stand gunnery, the law of projectiles, bal
listics and how-to work penumatic and
bydiaulic machines. In all these matters,
and a great many more, the American
naval officer is educated at the Naval
Academy, and when he goes abord the
Massachusetts he finds the need of all he
has learned.
The Masachusetts, to the unprofes
siononal mind, is more of a vast and
complicated machine than it is a ship.
She carries no less than eighty-six steam
engines, four dynamos, hydraulic ma
chine for charging the automobile torpe
does and for ventilating the ship, an ice
machines and a condenser and electric
machine for hoisting and lighting.
. We read in history of the terrible broad
sides delivered from the hundred gun
line of battle ships of the first half of thU
century. Lord Nelson mighthave pound
ed such a ship as the Massachusetts all
day lon with his entire broadside with
out injuring her much more than she
could be injured by a hailstorm.while one
well directed shot from the thirteen-inch
turret would have demolished any ship
then afloat.
THE TURRETS.
There are on the Massachusetts six turrets
Two of these turrets, one to the fore and
the other aft of the middle of the ship,
contain the iS-inch guns. These guns,
four in number, are almost the most ter
rific engines ol destruction upon any ship
afloat The turrets in which they are in
closed are made of steel as. hard as steel
can be made, eighteen inches in thick
ness. Their shape makes it most likely
that a shell striking one of them would
glance off and inflict no damage. The
turrets extend fardown into the interior
of the ship. They are worked each by
special steam engine and are coptrolled
by the officer in the turret who can move
the structure, guns and all, around by i
working a leyer. Thus he can point., the
guns to any direction except toward the
middle of the ship.
GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
The guns themslves are thiry six feet
long and project out of the turrets far
over the decks. This great length is nec
essary to get the full force of powder,
which is slow burning. The shell used
is 13 inches in diameter. It is conical at
the extremity, and several feet long and
made of hard steel. It weighs 1.25Q
pounds, and the powder which propels
it weighs half as much. The weight of a
projectile used in a gun can be ascer
tained approximately by taking the cube
of the diameter of the bore and dividing
it by two. The ammunition for the big
guns is stored far down in the ship under
the turret. There ia a hydraulic lift con
taining three cylindas. In one of these
the projectile is placed and the powder in
the other two. The powder is of the
browD, hexagonal kind, and one charge
is divided and sewed into two serge bags.
From the bottom of the turret the charge
is shot up to the breach of the guns and
rammed home into the guns by a hydraul
ic rammer. -
THE RANGE.
In theory a gun can shoot one mile lor
each inch or its calibre. Thus a 13-inch
gun is supposed to shoot thirteen miles, a
10-inch gun ten miles, and so on. But in
a snip mis cannot De done, because it is
impossible to get the necessary elevation.
One-half the theoretical distance is nearer
the mark.
The other turrets of the Massachusetts,
four in number, contain 8-inch guns. They
are elevated above the big turrers and
between them and the smoke stacks.
If it were possible to fire continuously
and at the same time all the guns of the
ship the effect would be tremendous. Each
minute one shot would como from the
13-inch turrets, and the four 6-inch guns
would be working in proportion, while a
hailstorm of steel would come from the
twenty 6-pounder rapid-fire guns.
QUARTERS OV THB CREW.
The protected deck of the ship is almost
level with the water. Aboye this the ship
is unarmorel. The comparatively light
steel plate of which the sides are construct
ed are perforated with port holes admit
ting light and air into the various mess
rooms, offices and staterooms of the senior
officers. The steel floors of this and the
apartments on the deck below are capet
ed with lineoleum. The ceiling are steel
and the walls are of the same metal, paint
ed white, with here and there a portiere
over a door. On the deck under the pro
tected armor the junior officers have their
staterooms and the crew their sleeping
and living quarters. These are lighted
by electricity and ventilated by blowers.
There are no outside openings, but the
quarters are fairly comfortable. There are
washrooms and bathrooms, and in each
stateroom there is a -writing desk and
some other little furniture.
On this deck also is a pirson, which is j
a small, room, lighted and ventilated
through a perforated door. Going through
the interior of the ship is almost like go
ing through a succession of burglar-proof
safes. The doors, many of them, are like
the safe doors, and upon the collision
signal being sonnded, which is the ''siren,"
or fog horn, and certain rattles, all these
doors must be closed, and when closed
water cannot pas from one compartment
to another. . -
OFFICERS NOT JINGOES.
The war spirit among naval officers
seems to have been exaggerated. It is
said that there is less war talk oa board
the men-of war than elsewhere, and the
officers, while standing by to do their
dutv. and clam and unexcited. and . the
silly jingo spirit is entirely absent The
desire to fieht seems to manifest itself
more among the bluejackets than among
the officers, and they want to avenge the
Maine. They do not appear to be paticu
larly zealous about Cuba lib re.
BOMB FOR THE PRESIDENT.
PROCLAMATION BY
PRESIDENT.
THE I NASHVILLE FIRES
SHOT
FIRST
An lufernal Machine Sent to the
White Honse, But its Nature
Was Discovered.
Washington, April 22. An infernal
machine was sent to the President today.
Fortunately its character was suspected,
and measures taken to prevent its explo
sion and no harm was done. The inci
dent was carefully concealed and all ef
forts are being made to capture the
sender. There was nothing to sug
gest from whence it came and no
clue was afforded as to the villian who
sent it .
The machine was inclosed in a harm
less-looking cigar box. An mgenu
ous contrivance had been arranged so
that when the lid of the box was
opened there would be a flash of
powder which would explode a stick of
giant powder, sufficient to blow a man
to pieces.
Lieut. Cross, in charge of the While
House police, to whom the machine was
handed,' discovered its nature and took
precautions to render it harmless.
He soaked it thoroughly in a tub of
water until the contents were thor
oughly saturated, and then opened it.
As a result of this incident additional
measures will be taken to guard the Ex
ecutive Mansion. The police force was
doubled, and tomorrow it is expected
that a detail from the district militia
will form an additional outside guard
to the approach to the White House
grounds.
Deeming- Sufficient Occasion to
Exist, He Issnesa Call For Vol
unteers to the Aggregate Num
ber or 125,000, to Serve Two
Years, Unless Sooner Dis
charged.
Washington, Aprl 23. The Presi
dent to-day issued the following procla
mation calling for 125,000" troops to serve
two years:
By the President of the United States.
A Proclamation:
Whereas, a joint resolution of Con
gress was approved on' the 20th day of
April, 1893, entitled "Joint resolution for
the recognition of the independence of the
people of Cuba, demanding that the gov
ernment of Spain relinquish its authority
and government of the island of Cuba
and to withdraw its land and naval for
ces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and
directing the President of the United
Stales to use the land and naval forces
of the United States to carry these resolu
tion into effect," and
Whereas, By an act of Congees?, en
titled "An act to provide for temporarily
increasing the military establishment of
the United States in time of war and for
other purposes," approved April 22, 1898,
the President is authorized, in order to
raise volunteer army.to issue his proclama
tion calling for volunteers to serve in the
army of the United States,
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley,
President of the United States, by "vir
tue of the power vested in me by the
constitution and the laws, and deeming
sufficient occasion to exist, have thought
fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth ,
volunteers to the aegresrate number of
125,000, in order to carry into effect the
purpose ol the said resolutions, the same
to be apportioned, as far as practicable,
among the several States and Territories
and the District of Columbia, according
to population and to serve two years, un
less sooner discharged.
The details for thi3 object will be im
mediately communicated to the proper
authorities through the War Department
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed. Done at
the City of Washington.this 23rd day of
April, A. D., 1898, and of the Indepen.
dence of the United States, the 122nd.
(Seal) ,Wm. Mckinley.
By the President, John Sherman, Sec
retary of State.
Captures the Spanish Steamer
Buena Ventura With a Crew of
Twenty men Prise Crew Plac
ed on Board the Spanish Ship.
Key West, April 22. The first Spanish
prize is the steamer Buena Ventura from
Pascagoula, Miss., for Rotterdam with
luncber.
The Nashville fired a blank shot, which
the Spaniards ignored. This was followed
by a shot from a six pounder. The Bue
na Ventura then surrendered with her
crew of twenty men.
The Nashville towed her prize into
this harbor at 11 o'clock this morning
and put a prize crew on board. Both
ships are lying well out in the stream
The news of the capture of the Spaniard
set the people of Key Wert frantic with
enthubiasm. All works has been suspen
ded and the docks are crowded with peo
ple.
The Nashvill is in charge of Comman
der Washburn Manard, of Tennessee
Rayal auk th lo4 pin,
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FACTS ABOUT HAVANA.
It Was Founded Before James
town and Its Present Popula
tion Is About 350,000
who is the only southern command I Excljange.
in the navv. Sfininr TCn-sitm T P M xiavaua i
Cruder, ol the Nashville, is from Vick mosjt unportr-Schy of $he, West In-
burg, Miss.
1 he Spanish steamer Buena Ventua,
captured by the United States gunboat
Nashville, is a tramp steamer hailing
from Bilboa, Spain. She belonged to the
Sarrinaga line. On March 29 she arrived
at Pascagoul, Miss., from Havana, and
was on the way to Pensacoia, Fla, to
load for Holland when captured.
Havana is "the capital of Cuba. It is
dies and one of te priari j commer-
ciai mans 01 America,
the
said
BLOCUADE
PROCLAMATION.
President McKlulev's Official
Announcement oflhe Enforce
ment of the Resolution by Con
gress
Washington, April 22. The follow
ing proclamation, announcing a blockade
of Cuban ports, was issued to-day:
By the President of the United States.
A proclma ation: Whereas, By a joint
resolution passed by Congress and ap
proved April 20, 1898, and communicated
to the government of Spain it was demand
ed that said government at once relinquish
its authority and government in the island
of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval
force from Cuba and Cuban waters; and
the President of the Uunited States was
directed and empowered to use the en
tire land and naval forces of the United
States, and to call into the actual service
of the United States, the miliU of the
several States to such extent as might
be necessary to carry said resolution in
to effect; and
Whereas, In carrying into effect saip
resolution the President of the United
States deems it necessary to set on foot
and maintain a blockade of the north
coast of Cuba, including all ports on said
coast between Cardenas and Bahia Hon
da. and the port af Cienfugoes on the
south side of Cuba,
Now, therefore,!, William McKinley,
President of the United States, in order
to enforce the said resolution, do hereby
declare and proclaim that the United
man at the telephone exchange'myhuf - States of America have instituted and
band, please." "Number, please," said
the polite operator. "Only the fourth,
you impudent thing!" snapped back the
tair telepnoner; and wnen me operator
i , . . , 1 : v . 1 .1 : v. 1 : 1
iauea vo cnecK a aiiKuuy auuiuic smuc,
the bell rang viciously
What the Drums Say.
Hark! I hear 1 he tramp of thousands,
And of armed men the hum;
Lo! a nation's hosts have gathered
Kound the quick alarming drum
Saying, "Come,
Freemen, come!
Ere your heritage be wasted," said
quick-alarming drum.
"Let me ol my heart take counsel;
War is not of life the sum ;
Who shall stay and reap the harvest
When the auhinin days shall come?"
But the drum
Echoed, "Come! -
Death shall reap the braver harvest,"
the solemn-sounding drum.
'But when won the coming battle,
What of profit springs therefrom?
What if conquest, subjugation.
Eveu greater illsjiecoine?"
liut me tirnni
Answered, "Come!
You must do the sum and prove it,"
the Yankee-answering drum.
What if, mid the cannon's thunder,
Whistling shot and bursting bomb,
When my brothers fall around me,
Should my heart grow cold and numb?"
But the drnm
Answers, "Come!
Better there in death united than in life a
recreant come!"
said
Situated on the northern shore of the
island, on an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, '
its harbor is one of the finest in the
world. The entrance is through a nar
row, strongly fortified channeV' three
eighths of a mitlong. The channel
opens into a larTe'basin capable of ac
commodating 1,000 vessels of any size.
Havana was founded in 15 19. Its pop
ulation is about 250,000. .
Railroad lines run from Havana to
Cardenas, Cienfuegoes, Matanzas and
other important places in Cuba.
Since 1751 yellow fever has broken
out frequently in the city and its ravages
are severe during the hot months.
With the exception of tobacco fac
tories, Havana s manufactures are un
important More than a hundred fac
tories there are engaged in the haudling
of tobacco and many of them are of large
size. An extensive trade in exporting
tobacco is done.
Most prominent among the public
buildings are th& opera house, one of the
largest in the world; the Cathedral, built
in 1724, containing, it is believed, the
remains of Christopher Columbus, trans
ferred from St. Domingo in 1796, and the
palace of the Governor-General of the
island. Its public parks and prpmen ades
are among the most remarkable in the
world.
The city has a university, an excellent
botanital garden and a number of scien
tific, educational and benevolent institu-
tions.
Amenities of Journalism in Kan
sas.
Kansas City Journal.
The Galena Post failed to issue the
other nieht, and its explanation of the
cause in a subsequent issue is something
verv funny. It charged tn at tne rival
papers in the town conspired to get its
printers drunk, and. having eot the entire
offl ce force into a joint, plied them with
whiskev until thev became unable to re
port for duty. The other papers deny the
charge and say that The Post gang gov
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lull ot tneir own iree win ana accoru 111
celebration of something they had not had
for a long time before a pay day.
Rhnmatism Cured. .
Mv wife has used Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for rheumatism with great relief,
and I can recommend it . as a splendid
liniment for rheumatism aud other house
hold use for which we have found it val
uable. W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek. N. Y.
Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading mer
chants of this village and one of the most
prominent men in this vicinity. W. G.
PhiDDin. Editor Red Creek Herald. JTor
sale by J. A. Hardison.
"I want," said the excited Chicago wo-
Thus they answered hoping, fearing,
Some in faith, ana doubting some,
Till a trumpet-voice proclaiming.
Said, "My chosen people, come!"
Then the drum,
Lo, was dumb,
For the great heart of the nation, throbbing,
answered, "Lord, we come!"
Bret II arte.
In 1898 mv wife went East and was at
tacked with rheumatism- She received
no relief until she tried Chamberlain s
Pain Balm. Since that time we have
never been without it We find it gives
instant relief in cases of burns and scalds
and is never failing for all rheumatic and
neuraleic pains. D. C. Brant Santa
Ynez, CaL For sale by J. A. Hardison.
NT
SCROFULA.
One of America's most fa
mous physicians says: "Scrof
ula is external consumption."
r t t -1 1 r t
ocroiuious uiuarai arc onm
fhfMfffl. hilt thv y
9m r .
2 lack: nerve iorcc, strong rones,
stout musou ano power iu
resist disease. For delicate
children there is no remedy
equal to
will maintain a blockade of the ports on
the north coast ol Cuba, including the
ports on said coast between Cardenas and
Bahia Honda and the port of Cieulugeos
on the south coast of Cuba, aforesaid, in
pursuance of the laws of nations appli
cable to such cases. An effective force
will be posted so as to prevent the en
trance to said ports. No vessels will be
allowed to enter said ports, and if the
same vessels shall attempt to enter, a
second time, any blockaded port, she wil
be captured and sent to the nearest con
venient port for such proceeding against
her and her cargo a prize, as may be
deemed advisable.
Neutral vessels lying in any of said ports
at the time of the establishment of said
blockade will be allowed 30 days to issue
therefrom.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal ot
the United States to be affixed. Done
at the City of Washington, this, 22d
day of April, A.D., 1S98, and of the
Independence of the United States the
122d. William McKinley
By the President, John-Sherman, Sec.
of State.
ElTecl of The War.
"It has been said, and is pretty gener
ally believed,'' says the Charleston News
and. Courier, "that a war with Spain
would produce no goodforthe South, but
there is an Eastern man who takes a dif
ferent view. Mr. T. O. W hitworth is a
manufacture interested in cotton mills of
the South. He has recently been in the
South and in his return to his home pas
sed through Charleston, where he was
interviewed by the News and Courier. Mr.
Whitworth said:
" 'Let me make one predicti jn in case
of war. I am not a war man, but 1 am
for sustaining the country's honor. If we
do have war and a few hundred thou
sand volunteers come down South and
see what a country yon have here, it will
be followed by the biggest tide of immi
gration you ever saw. They will go home
and sell their high-priced worn out farms
and come down here and buy your cheap
farms by the thousands. They have never
heard of good farming lands worth only
five to ten dollars an acre, and when they
see them under friendly circumstances
they will come back and settle. Futher
more, capital will come here to develop
your indus-tnes and you will be gainers
bv it in the lone run. So if I was a South
ern man with interests to develop I would
sav. let the war go on. I ounsts are all
verv well, but thev never come oacs: ana
settle, you want people of the middle class
who want homes and Know a good tn ing
when they see it'
m
Practically Applied.
Tid-Bits.
A teacher asked a little boy to spell
responsibility." which he did. "Now,
Tommy," sayl the teacher, "can you tell
. m M -r t
"Yis. mum ' answered 10m my. -11 1
had onlv lour buttons on my trousers,
and two came on, an me responsioiuiy
would haug on the other two.
M. L. Yocum, Cameron, Pa., says "I was
a suHerer lor ten years, - trying uioai au
kinds of pile remedies, but without success.
DVitt's Witch Hazel Salve was recom
mended to me. I used one box. It has ef
fected a permanent cure. As a permanent
cure for oiles DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
has no equal. J. A. liaraison.
The Most Favorable Season
To cure catarrh is in the spring.
During the winter the patient is
likely to take fresh cold and have a
set back. But if treatment is be
gun in the spring aud contiuued
into the summer, nothing need be
feared for the succeeding winter.
Of course, ft all depeuds on the
medicine. There are a great many
catarrh medicines which relieve the
most disagreeable symptoms tempo
rarily. Pe-ru-na cures more slowly
but also more permanently than this
class of medicines. A course of
Pe-ru-na during the spring, will cure
catarrh more quickly than any other
season. Mr. Walter II. Tucker,
Concord, N. H., wriUs Dr. Hart
man as follows: "When I began
taking your medicines four years
ago I was suffering with chronic ca
tarrh. I had taken nearly two doz
en bottles of so called catarrh cure
without much relief. Pe-ru na
cured the night' sweats and dizzi-
have had
say it Baved
ness: it cured tne coun 1
I can
from my cradle;
my life'
Dr. Hartman has published in
book form a series of lectures on va
rious phases of chronic catarrh,
which he calls "Wlntr Catarrh."
This book will be sent f ree to any
address by The Pe-ru-na Drug
Maufacturiug Company; Columbus,
Ohio.
To the loiut.
Clarksville, Ky., Leaf-Chronicle.
Aunt Cherry Mallory was recently put
. . tl 1 A. 1
on the witness siana 10 ieu w se
knew aobut the annihilation of a hog by
a railway locomotive. After being sworn
she was asked by the lawyer if she knew
the traia killed this hog. "Yes," she
, said, "I seed it."
"Well," said the lawyer, "tell the court
in as few words as possible all you know
I about it"
"I kin do dat in a mighty few words,"
said Aunt Cherry, clearing her throat
acd, with one eye on the judge and one on
the lawyer, she said: "It jus tooted and
tuck "im."
. The Usual Thing.
Philadelphia Times.
mtt'S hmi1lsinn S Little lan.es had been telling a visitor
aMMsannannan 3 that his f
father had got a new set of false
2 teeth.
of Cod-liver Oil with Hvoo- WA "Indeed." said the visitor ."and what
wi
old set?"
eplied little James,
"they'll cut 'em down and make me wear
A little boy asked for a bottle or "get np
in tne morning as last as you can, - me
drimgist recognized a household name for
"DeWitt's Little Early Risers," and give
I him a bottle of those famous little pills tor
constipation, sick headache, liver and
stomach troubles. ' J. A. Hardison.
'em.
phosphites of Lime and Soda. will he do with the o
S It fills out the skin by putting: w "Ob, I s'pose," r
S c-ood flesh beneath it, It makes v
A r- -t-- j t c: 9
A ucuucu nu oy infcum nut y
jg blood. It creates an appetite $
tor xood and grves tne body g
a power enough to digest it. Be f.
sureToueetSCOTTSEmul-
The farmer, the mechanic and the bicy
cle rider are liable to unexpected cuts aud
bruises. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the
best ihinz to keeo on hand. It heals quick
ly, and is a well known cure for piles. J.
A. Hardison. -
sion. 4
50c and $1.00 ; H dntgghta.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chamists, New York. $
l -
A tomid liver robs yon of ambition and
ruins your health. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers cleanse the liver, cure constipation
and all stomach and liver troubles, j. a.
Hardison.
ALWAYS KEEP 01 BAUD
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THERE IS RO KiaO OP PAII OB
ACHE. INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL,
THAT PAIR-KILLER WILL ROT RE
LIEVE.
LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB
STITUTES. THE GENUINE BOTTLE
BEARS THE NAME,
PERRY DAVIS A. SON.
A Sort of Dentist. .
London Tid-Bits.
Tramp I called to see, lady, if I could
do sum work for ye.
Kind Lady What can, you do?
Tramp I'm a eori of dentist, mum; I
want ter advertise; so 1 11 put a set ot
teeth into a good pie fer no thin.'
I was reading an advertisement of
Chamberlain Colic. Cholera and Diar-
ihoea Kemedy in the Worcester Enter-
1 prise recently, which leads me to write
this. I can truthfully say I never used
any remedy equal to it for colic and
: diarrhoea. I have net er had to u&ejwora
than one or two dosjs to cure the worst
case witn myseit or cnuaren. w. a.
Stroud, Popomoke City, Md. For sale
by J. A. Hardison.
When biloua or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic, euro guaranty-!, tc, zoc.