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lessciifler - JAMES C. DOYLIN, Publisher. The Wadesboro Messenger and Wadesboro Intelligencer Consolidated July, 1888. PRICE, 8 1. Go a Year. NEW SERES-VOL I I. NO. 43. Wadesboro; N. C, Thursday. May 19, 1898. I' HOLE NUMBER 906 ' Uncle - Sam This is V America's Greatest Medicine. It will Sharpen Your Appetite, Purify and Vitalize Your Blood. Overcome That Tired Feeling. Get a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and begin to take It TODAY, and realize the great good It Is sure to do you. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. All druggists. B. T. Bennett, Jho. T. Bennett Cbawford D. Bennett. Bennett & Bennett, Attomeys-at-Law, Wadesboro,. - N. C Last room on the right In the court house. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Special attention given to the examination and investigation of Titles to Real Estate, drawing Deeds and other instruments, Col-, lection of Claims, the Managing of Estates for Guardians, Administrators and Execu tors, and the Foreclosure of Mortgages. Will attend the courts of Stanly and Mont gotnery counties. Prompt attention given to all business in trusted to them. Covington & RecTwine, Monroe, N. C. T; L. Caudle, Wadesboro, N. C. Covington, Redwine & Caudle, ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, WADESBORO, K C. Practice in all the State, and United Special attention will be given to exami nation and investigation of titles to .Real Estate, the drafting of deeds, mortgages, and other legal instruments; the collect ion of claims, and mangementof estates for Guardians, Administrators, and Executors. Commercial, Railroad, Corporation and Insurance Law. Continuous and painstaking attention w ill be given to all legal business. , Office in the Smith building. IV. A. INGRAM, M.D. SURGEON. w k nrcim im v n Railroad calls by wire promptly attended Office opposite .National Hotel. W. F. GRAY, D. D. 5., (Office ia Smith & L jnlap Building. Wadesboro, North Carolina. ALL OPERATIONS WARRANTED. LOW rCt L.2o VVCbl, TEXAS, MEXICO, CAL IFORNIA, ALASKA, or any other point, with FREE MAPS, write to Fued D. Busy, . District Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville R.R 36K Wall St., ATLANTA, GA. mm FATAL CARDENAS. I . j to r iq Details of the Battle in Which Ensign Bagley Was In stantly Killed. A BLOODY EXG.IGE.UEXT. are a source of comfort. They rc a source or care, also. If you care for your child's hcultil. Send for illlictratorl book oa the disorders to which children are subject, and which Frcy's Vermifuge "- "'m iui yj years. vao ooiue By mail for Ji emit. . S. FREY, e vaiumore, Md. A. S. MORISON, DEALER IN 8f o H Watches, Clocks, Eye-GIasses, Spec tacles and Jewelry of all kinds re paired on short notice. Inspected Watcnes for S. A.L.E. JL four years. Fourteen years experience. Can be found iu Caraway's store or Wade street y . . . PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM i niutm0 ft liuiu i&nt (rowth. iew Falls tQ Bwrtore Onj Curt. Mftip diwuc hair tuiufe The Wilmington, the Ilmlsoii and the U'inslow Went Into C'ardenat Harbor to EnsHge Three Spanish Uuii-Boats The Shore Batteries and the Span ish Ships Concentrated Their Fire oil the Wiuslon A Solid Shot Crashed Into Her Hull, Disabling Her Boiler-A Shell Burst on Deck Killing Ensign Bagley and Fonr Others, Amid Fierce Yells of Triumph from the Spaniards. Key West, May 12. When the United States gun-boat Hudson came up to the government dock at 8 o'clock this morn ing the bodies of five dead man were ly ing on her after deck. They were the remains of Ensign W. Bagley and four members of the crew of the torpedo boat Winslow, who were killed in an en gagement in Cardenas harbor yesterday afternoon. The bodies were covered by . the Stars and Stripes. "In the cabin of the Hudson was Uaptain John B. Berna- dou, of the Winslow, who is slightly in jured in the left leg, and several others of the Winslow's crew, who are slightly wounded. The dead are: Ensign Worth Bagley, John Vaveres, oiler; Josiah Janett, cabin cook; Q. V. Meeks. ' fireman, and T- Daniel, fireman. Thewounded are: R.E. Cox, gunner's mate; D. JIcKeeon, quartermaster; J. Patterson, fireman; F. Graves, and Lieutenant J. B. Bernadou. All are slightly wounded, except Patterson, whose condition is serious. . The battle, while it lasted, was terrific. The Wilmington and the Hudson were ahead and opened fire on the Spanish boats, which were lying at the docks. The firing began at a range of 3,500 yards. A few minutes later the Winslow came up and also opened fire. Jn an in stant the entire attention of the Spanish gun-boats and land batteries were di rected upon her. "From all sides shot and shell seemed to pour in upon the little torpedo boat. The Wilmington and the Hudson still kept up their fire, but they cou Id not turn aside the terrible storm of fire aud lead pouring in upon the torpedo boat. The crew of the Winslow, however, never faltered for a second. At 2:35 p. m. a solid shot crashed into the hull of the Winslow and knocked out her boiler. In an instant she began to roll and drift helplessly. Then there was a moment" of awful suspence. A fierce cheer of tri umph went up from the Spaniards of the gun-boat, and in the batteries, and again a storm of fire was opened on the help less boat. The gun-boat Hudson, which was lying near by started to the assist ance rof the Winslow. She ran along side the torpedo boat and tried to throw a line to the imperiled crew. Up to this time, with the exception of the one shot which disabled the boiler of the Wins low, the firing of the Spanish gun-boats had been wild, but as the Winslow lay rolling in the water, the "range grew closer and shell began to explore all about her. It was difficult for the Hud son to get near enough to throw a line to the Winslow's crew, so terrible was the firing all about her. Finally, after try ing for about 20 minutes, the Hudson approached near enoHgh to "throw a line. Ensign Bagley and six men were stand ing in a group oa the deck of the Wins Iow,"Heave herf Heave her!" shouted Bagley, as he looked toward the com-, mander of the Hudson and called for a line. "Don't miss it!" shouted an officer from the Hudson, and with a smile Bag ley called back: "Let her come! It's getting too hot here for comfort." The line was thrown, and at the same instant a shell burst in the very midst of the group of men on board the Winslow. Bagley was instantly killed and a few oth ers dropped about him. Half a dozen more fell groaning on the blood-stained deck. One of the dead men pitched headlong over the side of the boat; but his feet caught in the iron rail and he was hauled back. Bagley lay stretched on the deck, with his face completely torn "away, and the upper part of his body shattered. It was a terrible moment. The torpe do boat disabled and helpless, rolled and 9wayed under the fury of the fire from the Spanish gun-boats. When the shell burst in the group on board the Wins low another wild shout of tiiumph went up from the Spanish boats and batteries, an d again a heavy fire was opened on the torpedo boat. Finally the Hudson succeeded in getting a line on board the Winslow and was towing her out of the deadly range, when the line parted, and again both boats were at the mere y of the Spanish fire. ' At 3:50 p. m. the Hudson managed, to to get another line on the deck of the Winslow, but there were only three men left there at that time to make it fast. The line was finally secured, and the Winslow was towed up toPedras Island, where she was anchored, with her dead and wounded on her decks. There some men from the Hudson went on board the Winslow and took the most seriously wounded off. Three men were taken on board the gun-boat Machias, and died there shortly afterward. At 9:15 p. m., yesterdy, the Hudson, with the dead bodies and some of the wounded, started for Key West, arriving here at 8 oclock this .norning. Com mander Bernandou, of the Winslow was wounded in the left leg, but not se rously. Lieutenant Bernadou, with the sur geon bending over him, told the story of the battle to the representative of the Associated Press, as calmly as if talking of the weather. He began: "We went under full speed to attack the Spanish boats in the harbor, and you know the result. We went under orders fftm the commander of the Wilming ton. Our boat is badly damaged, but she will be brought here for repairs, and I think she will be ready for service again in two weeks." Continuing, the lieutenant said: "The Winslow was the worst injured, and had five of her men killed and I don't know how many wounded. W e were ordered to attack the Spanish gun-boats at Cardenas, we steamed in under full head and wee fired upon as soon as we were in range. The Spanish boats were tied up at the docks and had a fair range on us . The batter ies on shore also on opened us, and I think we received most of the fire. I do notkeow whether any one was hurt on the Wilmington, or on the Hudson, but I think not. "I have no fault to find with the Winslow's crew: They acted nobly all the way through. The men who were killed all fell at the same time. We were standing in group, and the aim of the Spanish was perfect. A shell burst ia our very faces." The dead and the wounded brought here by the Hudson were taken in small boats to the government dock. This was the first news of the engagement to reach Key West. BATTLE OVER THE CABLES. Maile Havoc Among the Spanish It is now known that the American boats made furious havock with Cardenas har bor and town. The captain of the Hudson said: "1 know we destroyed a large part of their town near the wharves, burning one of their gunboats and I think destroyed two other torpedo destroyers. We were in a vortex of shot, shell and smoke, and could not tell accurately; but we saw one of their boats on fire and sinking soon after the action began. Then a large building near the wharf. I think the barracks, took fire and many other building were soon burning. The Spanish had masked bat teries on all sides of us. As soon as we got within range of their batteries, they would move them. I think their guns were field pieces. Our large boats could not get into the harbor to help us on account of the shallow water." Oar First Victim. Raleigh Post. The hearts of our people," not only of Raleigh, but of the State, go out to the good mother 'and lamily of the gallant young NorthCarolinian who fell Wednes day evening, the first American victim of the war, in an engagement off the Cuban coast. Worth Bagley was a splendid specimen of the young manhood of the State, loyal alike to his friends, bis country and his God. But a year ago he graduated at the naval academy, and recently was assign ed to the post of danger, being placed second in command on the torpedo-boat "Window." He entered'upon the pres ent duties with all the enthusiam of youth, actuated not only by a purpose to do his duty, but by the. higher desire to render service in the conflict boing waged by his country in behalf of humanity and Chri-:-tian civilization. His -superior officers telegraph that he fought bravely and fell nobly. ' Worth Bagley was the eldest son of the late Maj. William H. Bagley, for so many years the esteemed clerk of the Supreme court of this State. : His grandfather on his mother's side was the late Gov. J na- than Worth, so well remembered and loved by the older citizens. His brother-in-law, Mr. Josephus Daniels, is the edi tor of our morning cotemporary, the News and Observer, while his brother Henry is the editor of the Times-Visitor, ol this city. Two other sisters, Miss Belle and Miss Ethel, and young David, are also associated in this heart-breaking sorrow. We cannot express in words our sym pathy for the bereaved family. May Heaven comfort them. Tie State weep3 with them over their great loss and its first victim the first sacrifice given to the cause in which our conmon country is now engaged. A little boy asked for a bottle of "get up in the morning as fast as you can;" the druggist recognized a household name for 'DeWilt's Little Early Iiisers," and give him a bottle of those famous little pills for constipation, sick headache, liver and stomach troubles. J. A. liardison. Modern Treatment of onsumDtion The latest work on the treatment of diseases, written by forty eminent American physicians, says t "Cod-liver ; oil has done more for the con- 3 sumptive than all other reme 2 dies put together." It also says : u The hypophosphites g j of lime and soda are regarded by many English observers as specifics for consumption." Scott's Emulsion contains the best cod-liver oil in a partially digested form, S combined with the Hypophos- phites of Lime and Soda. This $ remedy, . a standard tor quarter of a century," is in j exact accord with the latest views of the medical profession. jJ-Be sure you get SCOTFS Emulsion. ; . 9i All druggists; 50c nd $1.00. ! SCOTT & BOWNE. Ch-mUt. Kw Ynrlr A Hot Engagement Dangerous Work Performed A Usht House Knocked to PiecesT The Americans Sacceed in Cut tins the Cable Between San tiago and Havana-Under a Hot Fire by Spaniards-One1 31 nn Killed and Six Badly Womidrd, or WI10111 Fonr May Die. ' Key West, May 14 The United States cruiser Marblehead, tha gun-boat Nash ville and the auxilliary cruiser' Windom steamed up to the harbor of Cienfuegos j early W ednesday morning, with orders to cut the cable connecting Havana with Santiago de Cuba. This task was ac-1 complished, but only after a terrific fight j between our warships and several thou sands Spanish troops which lined the shore and lay concealed behind impro vised breastworks. One mana. seaman named Reagan, of the Marblehead, was killed in one of the working small boats, and six men were wounded. In addition, a large number on board the ship re ceived minor wounds. Captain S. E. Ma guire, of the Windham, believes that sev eral of the six badly wounded men who were brought to Key West, this morning, on the Windham, cannot recover. The following i3 the list of killed and badly wounded: Killed: Reagan, sea rran.of the Marblehead; badly wounded; John Davis, of New York; John J., Do- ran, of Fall River, Mass.; Ernest Sunt zeanickle, Hermon W. Hochneister, Har ry Henderson, all of the Marblehead; Robert Boltz, of Carteret county, Nori Carolina, of the Nashville. Soon after the arrival of the warships off Cienfuegos four boats were launched and proceeded inshore for the purpose of rappling foi the cable, in order to cut it. The warships lay to about one mile off the harbor. It was observed that the Spanish troop3 - had assembled ashore and it was known that heavy guns had been plced in a masked battery and that the old light house, far out on a neck of land, had been transformed into a formi dable fort. When the commander of the Marblehead and Nashville called for vol unteers to man the boats and cut the ca bles, the men responded with a jump.. Lieut. C. McR. Winslow, of the Nash ville took charge of the Nashville's boats. The shore surrounding the entrance of harbor was first shelled and then the boats proceeded in. The 'work of finding the cable was slowly and cautiously pro ceeded with. The cable was deep in the channel and was found with difficulty. One of the relays of cable had been cut when the Spaniards opened fire. The marines in the boats replied at once and a machine gun from the forward launch sent in a stream of bullets, while heavy shells from the warships drove the Spaniards from the rifle pits on the shore, many of them seeking refuge in the light house fort, which was afterward torn to pieces by a shell from the Windom. As there were great numbers of Spaaiards in ani behind the fort at the time, there is no doubt that many of them were killed. With desperate courage the American sailors remained calmly at their posts and succeeded in dragging up the second relay of the cable and severing it Seven men badly wounded, was the count, and one of them, Reagan, died while on the way back to U13 ship. Lieu tenant Winslow was shot in the hand and a number of others were more or less in jured. On the Nashville Captain Maynard was standing Jor&ard, with an, ensign when a Spanish bullet passed through the ensign's shoulder and struck Maynaid on the chest, near the heart, wounding him slightly. The Marblehead was struck a score of times by bullets from machine guns, and the Nashville suffered to about the same extent. The Windom also had manv marks of the fray. Her shell blowing up the light-house and scattering the Span iards in all directions, ended the battle. Boltz and Hendrickson, who, with four others of the wounded, are at the naval hospital here, are expected to die. CIIAJIRKllLAIX'S SPEECH. COJIJ1AXDER EVANS NAME. War Would Be Cheaply Pur chased, He Said, I fin a Noble Cause, the Stars and Stripes aud the Uuion Jack Shonld Ware Together Over Anglo Saxon Alliance. Ijndon, May 13. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, made an important speech on home affairs this afternoon. Mr. Chamberlain, after deprecating the e instant assertions in certain quarters that Lord Salisbury was "discredited," and the government " weak and vacilla ting," said: If foreign countries believe and act upon those statements, they will find themselves much mistaken, and that courteous diplomacy and graceful concessions are not incompatible with a firm maintenance of the country's hon or and interests." Then declaring that he intended to make a plain statement of facts, unfet tered by the mysteries aud reticiencies of of tne diplomacy of half a century ago, which, without revealing secret negotia tions, should be understood of the peo ple, Mr. Chamberlain said he would ac cept thejudgment of the people as will ingly as that of the wisest diplomatist iu the world. Referring to the policy of strict isolation that England has pursued since the Crimean war, he remarked that this has been "perfectly justifiable," but he added: "The time has arrived when Great Britain may be confronted by a combination of powers, aid our first du ty, therefore, is to draw all parts of the empire into close unity, and oar next to maintain the bonds of permanent unity with our kinsmen across the Atlantic." (Loud cheers.) "There is a oowerful and eenerous na tion," said Sir. Chamberlain, "speaking oar ianguage, bred of our race andhav ing interests identical with ours. I would g) so far as to say that, terrible as war rm.y be, even war itself would be cheaply purchased if in a great and noble cause, the Star3 and Stripes and the Union Jack should wave together over an Ang lo-Saxon alliance. Prolonged cheers.) "It was one of the mo3t satisfactory re sults of Lord Salisbury's policy that at the present time these two great nations understood each Mother better than they have done since, over a century ago, they were separated b the blander of a Brit ish government." History Some Time Hence. Boston Times.; Teacher of History Willie, what was the main thng which hastened the Spanish-American war? Willie The destruction of the Maine, mainly. "What happened then?" "A battle on the main." The Spanish main?" "No." "The American Maine.'" "No; just outside Main-ila." "Did the Americans fight well?" "With might and main." "What remained?" "Not much of Spain." "What caused the war?" "Spanish do-main." "On the main-land?" "No; on the island of Cuba." "Very'good, Willie; always remember the Maine." . The Uospel Truth. Kinston Free Press. It is useless to expect an impossibility -"-gxxl government by Southern Repub licans. Nearly every white Republican in North Carolina is in that party for what he can get out of it. He is after of fice, regardless of the public welfare, and it is useless to expect good government ith such people filling the offices. War Will Not Injure Legitimate Buisuess. - Boston Globe, Once get used to the idea of war enterprising men are going ahead with their buisness and the hum of industry will continue to be heard in the land. No doubt the weak- kneed, the incompetent aud the timid will set down in their offices, spendingmost of their time in hunt ing rumors aud dwelling on them nutil thejr addle what . few brains they have. But the pushing, vigor ous buisuess. mau will go ahead and will, as usual, make money. A war like this, on the whole, as soon aa we adapt ourselves to it, ought to make buisness better for the time beiug instead of worse, and the first measure of adaptation should be to give the wild-eyed rumor fiend a wide berthjind to cease to waste any f uther time on men who wish to discuss their fears rather than forge ahead aud transact business. Many old soldiers now feel the effects of. the hard service thev endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Ross ville, Yoik county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of service at the front, is now frequently troubled with rheuma tism. "I had a severe aitack lately," be says, "and procured a bottle of Chambe r Iain's Pain Balm. It did so much good that I would like to - know what you would charge me for one dozen bottles." 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In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. AIT FRANCISCO, CmX LOUISVILLE, Kj NEW TOR. N.T. KICK- UNIVERSAL WAR PREDICTED How the Familiar Sobriquet "Fighting Bob" Originated. Many reasons have been given for the "Fighting Bob" sobriquet of Robley D. Evans, commander of the battleship Iowa, says the New York Journal. Per sons, however ,who knew "Fighting Bob" in his boyhood days, fay he gained his title as a cadet at Annapolis. In the older days at Annapolis a rule was pro mulgated that no'cadet should hang pic tures or ornaments on the walls of his room. The cadets were forbidden even to e tick pins in the wall. The rule worked beautifully until one day there arrived at the academy a youth from Virginia with a square jaw and the name of Robley D. Evans. After passing through the usual formalities a room was assigned to him, and one of the porters carried his trunk up stairs. About the first two things which Robley D. Evans extracted from that trunk were a brass- headed nail and a large, neatly -framed Bible text. Taking the iail and a con venient shoe, Cadet Evans stood on his bed and proceeded to carefully diive the brass-headed nail into the sacred walls of the Annapolis Naval Academy, One of the officers who had heard the pounding on the wall, entered the room, and, on seeing the text, suffered a shock that almost rendered him speechless. He managed to gasp an indignant order to the new cadet to "Take that thing down." "What thing?"demanded Evans, with his hands in his pockets and his chin ad vanced. "That that picture thing," spluttered the offlcer.- " "Tisn't a picture," said Evans, con vincingly. "Take it down," roared the officer. "Go to blazes!" retorted Evans. Tbe young officer looked atthestockily built figure of the champion of the text and decided that dignity might be com promised if be tried to personally enforce his command. fck he reported the matter to the officer of the day. The officer of the day called Evans before him, and ex plained that orders at Annapolis must be obeyed, and directed the new cadet to return to his room aud at once take down the text. Evan3 prolitely but firmly said that his mother had given him the text and asked hUn to hang it up. He said that he had hung the text up and in tended tohaveitiemain as long as he was a pupil at the Academy. The officer of the day was a discipli narian, but he was also a diplomat. , He foresaw further trouble in Bob Evans' text, and unwilling to draw upon him self the' possible thunders of the Church re ferred the matter to the commandant. The commandant was equally per emptory, but Evans and his texj stood firm. The commandant also decided that it might perhaps be best to let some one heigher in authority pass upon the subject of the dreadful breach of discipline committed by Cadet Evans in hanging his mjther's text over his bed. Accordingly the matter was referred to the Navy Department, and an Assistant Secretary of the Navy wrote to Evans, commanding him to at once obey the rules of the institution and remove text. In due course of time back came a letter from the commandant, say ing that the text still hung high and that Cadet Evans "stood pat." Other'ufficials issued orders with no better success, and finally the Secretary of the Navy him self ordered that the text be removed. While all these things were going on Evans had written to his father and ac quainted him with the circumstances surounding the hanging-up of the text. Evan's father, a staunch churchman, told his son to stand by his guns or, rather his text and added the advice that, if his son was compelled to take down the text, he should immediately pack his trunk aud come home. In the midst of his indignation Mr. Evans, Sr., told the church people about it. That settled it. The leaders of the church communicated with Congressmen in general and especially with the Congress man who had appointee' Evan's to the Annapolis Academy. Then the trouble reached a head. The church members held an indignation meeting and some hints of the matter got into the newspa pers. The Congressman asked questions in the House of representatives and in dignant letters by the bushel drifted down upon the Secretary of the Navy, r inally the whole church took up the matter cf Bob Evans' text and Virginia rang with tlie argument. Then it was that the Secretary of the Navy, who was an astute man, decided that the best thing for them to do would be to give an official wink. Accordingly he winked, and that wink passed clear down the line of officialdom until it reached Evans himself, who cheerfully looked at his text and also winked. Robley D. Evans has been graduated these many years, but it ia said that as long as he remained at Annapolis the text huug over the head of his bed and that, because of his " bulldog deter mination to stand by his principles, his fellow cadets gavejhim the nickname of Fighting Bob." A Diplomat la Washiagtaa Saya It Is Snre to Come Unless Di plomacy rrereats I U Washington Special to New York Sao. The charge d'affaires of one of the Eu ropean legations made the following statement this evening in an interview on the international aspects of the war between the United States and Spain: "It may be safe to predict that we are near a universal war unless diplomacy prevents it You see Europe has been looking for it for a long while, and every power has been preparing to meet it, Russia is always ready, and we may say the same thing of England. England would have provoked war over the Tur kish trouble had she won the United States for an ally. Now, in my opinion as an individual, the time for this war is very near, and it may come sooner than yon think. It will come by an attempt to 8 top the American-Spanish war as soon as the latter' s great fleet meets the American squadrons. England, of course, will not join with the other powers in their attempt, futher than, I may say, the expression of her sympathy, which will amount to nothing. England wants thi3 opportunity to be on the side of the United States, so that when- dis putes shall arise she will be engaged in a war for which she has been preparing for a long while. The war will surely come, because the United States will not give up fighting Spain until the resolutions of Congress are carried through. The powers do not intend to allow the war now on to continue, and even if the United States should consent to declare a trunce there will be disagreement about the terms for peace. "You may rely upon what I say that universal war will come in this way: Aus tria, Franceand Italy will for a while re main on the fence, until England openly sides with the United States, U which in stance Russia will join Austria and Ger many the United States. You can rest as sured that these plans are now under con sideration by the cabinets, and the United States administration knows it as well as England does; and that is one of the reasons the Lafayette was set free, and why you will hear nothing about the French officials holding dispatches at St Pierre intended for the government here while Spanish ships were coa'ing there. 'i How a Bashful Man Uot a Wife. Boston Traveler. "Bluiher is the most bashful man I ever knew." . "How on earth; then did he come to get married?" "He was too bashful to refuse." M. L. Vocnni, Cameron, Pa., says ,-I was a sufferer for ten years, trying most all kinds of pile remedies, but without success. LeV iti's V ttcu Hazel halve was recom mended to me. I used one box. It has ef fected a permanent cm." As a permanent cure for piles DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. J. A. liardison. A torpid liver robs you of ambition and ruins your health DeWitt's Little Early risers cieanse me liver, cure constipation anu an 8iomacu ana nver irouDies. j. A liardison. Grades In Oar Aiavy. Atlanta Journal. The average citizen is much more fa miliar with the grades in our army than with those in the nary. The army min gles more with the people than the navy whoes representatives are seldom seen except in our seacoast cities, but it is well to understand what the grades in the navy are. Thei 'were no admirals or vice-admir als iu our navy until the civil war. These grades were created then as re wards for distinguished naval service, just as the ranks of general and lieutenant general were established for distinguish ed service in the army. The Uuited States have had but two admirals, first, David G. Farragut, and then David D. Porter; only three vice-ad mirals, Farragut, Porter and Andrew H Fopte. The rank of rear admiral has existed ever since the establishment of our navy, as has the rank of major general in our army. The ranks in the navy ana the army coi respond as follow: Navy. Army. Admiral General. Vice admiral Lieutenant general. Rear admiral "... Major general. Commodore Brigadier general. Captain Colonel. Commander Lieutenant colonel. Lieut commander. ..Major. Lieutenant Captain. Ensign Lieutenant. Even when we had an admiral of the navy and a general of the army they did not command the entire army and navy except under the direction of the presi dent who under, the constitution, is the commander-in-chief of both. The naval officer of highest rank has command of the fleet or squadron with which he is present, just as the ranking army officer commands the troops with whom he ia in the field or in camp. 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Another point to remember is that speed means a distance traveled in unit time, so that when one speaks of a boat having a speed of 20 knots it is not necessary or proper to add per hour, as the word itself when employed as a unit of speed signifies nau tical mile per hour. A cruiser that makes 21 knots travels 24.15 geographical miles per hour. The fastest speed yet obtain ed by any boat is said to have been at tained by the yacht Ellide, which is known to have a record of one geograph ical mile in one minute, thirty-six sec onds, or S3.3 miles an hour. In fact, s recent article in one of the engineering journals states that a record of 40 miles an hour has been made by this boat IMTEKESTINU TABLE OF DIS TANCES. These Fisnres are Well Worth Pasllug In Your Hat it You are a Student of the War Situation. Exchange. Names of places. Miles. Manila to Hong Kong 630 Manila to ban Krant-isco 6,520 lloug Kong to Hawaii 4,800 Hawaii to San Francisco 2,080 Yokohama to San Francisco -. 4,500 San Francisco to New York, via Cape Horn ....13,510 Liverpool to New York 3,017 New York to Cadiz S.120 New York to Havana 1,215 Key West to Havana 90 Key West to Porto Kico 1.00 Cape Verde to Porto Rico 2,870 Hampton Koads to Porto Kico Cadiz to Canary Islands 780 Canary Islands to Cape Verde Cadiz to Cape Verde 1,KI Cadix to Manila : 12.780 Slum Id Spain undertake to send a fleet from Cadiz to Manila tier route would be by way of Cape Town. Tbe distances by this route are as follows: Cadiz to St. Helena S.813 St. Helena to Cape Towu I,fi82 Cape Town to Mauritius 2.2"0 Mauritius to Go I umbo 2.C.KI Coluiubo to Singapore 1,5) Singapore to Manila 1,346 If Spam were allowed to send her fleet through the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Arabic Sea the dis tance to Manila would be lessened about 3,500 miles. Spanish Naurs. Baltimore Bun. Buena Ventura, accented on the second syllable, is pronounced Boo-a-nah Ven-too-rab; Don Juan Doo-hoo-ahn, the h strongly aspirated, resembling the Ger man ch in ich; Cavite, accented on the penultimate, as Cah-vee-te, the final e sounding nearly like a in ale. Iu Viz caya the Viz is sounded like Veeth, and caya in three syllables, like cah-ee-ah. Weyler is usually pronounced as in Ger man, Wiler, or Way-ee-lair. Cuba is pronounced Cooba; Junta Hoonta. Of the vowels, a is pronounced like a in ah, e like a in ale, i like e in eve, o like o, u like 00 in ooze; y, when used as a vowel, like e in eve. Of the consonants, b, d.f, 1, m, n, p,s, t, V- and x have approximately the same ounds as in English, while h in Spanish is always silent. C, followed by a, o, n, or by a consonant, sounds like k; before e and i it has a sound resembling that of th in thanks. Cb like ch ia chess. Q before a, o, u, or a consonant, sound like g in good. Before e and i, however g has a strong gutteral sound, which in English has no equivalent, and resembles the German ch in ich. J is always pro nounced as h strongly aspirate!, or the German ch, as indicated abeve. LI is used as a single letter. It has a liquid sound, like that of 11 in brilliant, William. Q, qu, is pronounced like k, the u re maining silent. R Is eounded as in Eng lish unless it begins a word, or doubled, or after the consonants I, n or a, ia which cases it has a strong rolling sound. Y like y In young, unless it is used as a rowel, when it is pronounced like e in eve or bee. Z like th in thanks. Words ending in consonants, and in which is not merely the sign of the plural form, accented on the last syllable unless the accent sign is placed on some other sylla ble. " Words ending in a Towel are ac cented on the the penultimate unless the accent mark designates some other sylla ble. Every syllable is pronounced In Spanish. The Ship That Failed. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 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