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A village clergyman tells this story: He
ras walking tbroueh the outskirts of his
parish one evening, when he saw one of his
parishioners very busy whitewashing hiscot
tage. Pleased at these somewhat novel
aigm of cleanliness, he called out: "Well,
Jones, I see you are making your house nice
and smart." With a mysterious air Jones,
who had recently taken the cottage, de
scended from the ladder, and slowly walked
to the hedge which separated the garden
from the road. "That's not 'xactly thejea
aon why I'm a doing of this 'ere job," he
whispered, "but the last two couples as
lived in this 'ere eottaee 'ad twins; so I says
to my missus, I'll take an' whitewash the
place, so as there mayn't be no infection. Ye
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me. He always accompanies me to church
a Sundays.
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band looks under the bed at my request
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Discipline.
"That child must be taupht that it can't
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sternly.
"Yes," said the mother, "but I don't
think we ought to devote too much atten
tion to that part of his education. After ha
crows up it probably won't be many years
before he realizes, as most people do, thai
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One of Many.
Mrs. Weeks What business is your hu
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"Is he a "bull' or a 'bear?' "
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There is no doubt about
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I (Hi (f 111
Spanish Sovereignty in the Island
of Cuba Ceased at Noon of
New Year's Day.
AMERICANS ARE NOW IN FULL CONTROL
With a Brief Ceremony at the raises at
Noon of January 1, Capt. -Gen. Caatrl
lanos Turned Over Hia Authority to tien.
Wade, and He In Turn to Military Gov
ernor Brooke.
Havana, Jan. 1. At noon to-day the
sovereignty of Cuba passed into the
hands of the .United States, and the
reign of Spain upon the western hemi
sphere came to an end. The Spanish
flag-, which for so many centuries has
waved over the island, was hauled
down, and in its place was hoisted the
Starij and Stripes, which, within the
last few months, has been unfurled
upon other conquered territory.
It was exactly 12 o'clock when a de
tachment of American troops marched
into the I'laza de Armas and lined up
in the beautiful square in front of the
palace recently quitted by 1'lanco and
his ferocious predecessor, Weyler. The
American commissioners arrived at
the palace soon afterward, having rid
den on horseback from La Vedado.
Within the palace all preparations had
l)een made to receive the conquerors.
Capt.-Gen. Castellanos, who succeeded
Blanco when the latter was relieved on
the ground that the disgrace of sur
rendering' sovereignty would be too
much for him, was waiting. In the
main hall of the palace the meeting
took place. The staff of the retiring
captain general, surrounded him. Cas-
tellanos spoke briefly, formally deliv
ering the island of Cuba to the gov
ernment of the United States. Gen.
Wade made a brief reply, mid imme
diately turned the island over to Gen.
Brooke, the military governor.
SPANISH FLAG LOWEKED.
Then took place the event which
must have cut like, a knife into the
heart of every Spaniard who witnessed
the ceremony. The Spanish flag, which
for over 400 years had waved from the
palace, was lowered. At the same in
stant the yellow and ml banners on
the famous and infamous Cabanas for
tress and Morro castle came down for
ever. As the Spanish flag was low
ered it was replaced by the Stars and
Stripes, and as the latter floated to
Hie breeze it. was saluted with twenty
one guns.
After the American flag had been
hoisted the bands played the Ameri
can national hymn, and this was greet
ed with tremendous cheering by the
crowd that had assembled in Obispo
and (VKeilly streets, near the palace,
and in the I'laza de Armas. Along the
Prado and the other main streets 10U,
000 persons frantically cheered the
Americans and the United States. All
the houses occupied by the Cubans
were decorated, ihe flags, etc., that
had been taken down after Gen. Lud
low's order forbidding demonstra
tions having been replaced.
The Cubans were frantic with en
thusiasm, and shouted "Viva McKin
ley." Women thronged the streets,
their shrill shoutings mingling with
those of the men.
The United States flag was unfurled
on Cabanas by Lieut. Fitzhugh Lee,
Jr., and on Morro Castle by Lieut.
Wade, a son of Gen. Wade.
iieceipts were given to the Span
iards for the forts and other proper
ties which had belonged to the crown,
after which there was a- review of
troops under Generals Keifer. Willis
ton. Hasbrock and Col. Armfield. The
review took place in Central park, and
the troops passed before Generals
Brooke, Ludlow and Lee. The Sixth
Missouri, Second Louisiana. First Tex
as, Eighth regulars, Fourfit Virginia.
Forty-ninth Iowa, Second Illinois and
One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana
passed in review.
LEE THE LION OF THE nOUR.
Gen: Fitzhugh Lee seemed to be the
lion of the hour. As the crowd surged
about flowers were thrown at him
from'.bal-onies and open windows,
and it was almost impossible for him
to force iis horse through the great
oacour;' of people.
Ilk
The One Hundred and Sixty-first Tna
diana infantry furnished one of the
incidents of the parade. Every man
in the last company as he entered Cen
tral park, drew from under his uni
form a small Cuban flag and waved it
before the assemblage. The Cubans
went nearly wild with c'.ieers -and ex
citement, and Gen. Lee immediately
sent Inspector General Lieut.-Col. Cur
tis Guild, Jr., to order the Indianians
to put away the flacs, which they did.
It is reported that the entire company
is under arrest.
Maj. Kussell Harrison took posses
sion of Cabanas fortress, where so
many Cubans have given up their
lives. f
The upper court of justice was de
livered to Dr. Laine, by order of Gen.
l;roke, while the customhouse was
turned over to Col. Bliss. The latter
found $l,400'in a safe, which had ap
parently leen overlooked by the Span
iards. The civil government was sur
rendered to the mayor of Havana, Mar
quis Estcban.
After the ceremonies were conclud
ed a commission of Spanish ollicers
came from the Halibut to take away
from the palace the painting of King
Alfonso, and the royal chair.or throne,
which had been forgotten, but the
American guard refused to allow them
to enter the building.
There were several pathetic inci
dents during the transferal of sover
eignty. Some of these took place in
the palace and others without. In the
palace where Gen. Castellanos stood
there was a deep silence for a moment
as the guns thundered out the salute
to the American Hag. Then tears
welled up into the eyes of the cour
teous Spariard, who has made many
friends during his short tenure of of
fice as captain general. He attempted
to speak, but his voice choked and he
was evidently laboring under deep
emotion. Finally he exclaimed:
"This is the most bitter moment of
my life. I hope that none of you may
ever suffer as I am suffering now."
SYMPATHY FOU CASTELLANOS.
Then Gen. Clous performed a noble
deed. Throwing his arms about the
shoulders of Gen. Castellanos, the
American, whose firmness has won the
respect of Cubans and Spaniards alike,
shouted: "Viva Espana."
Gen. Castellanos looked at him a
moment with great surprise. Then he
seized the American by the hand, and
in a voice choking with emotion, he
cried: "Thanks: you are too kind." I
Evidently fearing to trust himself
longer, he left the palace, and pro
ceeding to the wharf, entered a boat,
and was taken to the steamer which
is to convey him to Matanza, whence
he will embark for Spain. He was ac
companied by Gen. Clous to the boat.
The latter watched the departing
Spanish general until he had boarded
the Kabbat.
As Gen. Castellanos left the palnc ,
Gt n. Brooke walked a short distance
with him, speaking to him kindly.
Upon emerging from the door of the
palace, and entering the I'laza de Ar
mas, the American soldiers, in re
sponse to a quick word of command,
presented arms, and the officers sa
luted with their swords. As the ex
captain general walked toward the
water from across the plaza an Amer
ican military band played the royal
Spanish march.
The Cuban generals, Mayia Rodri
guez, Mario Menocal and Rafael do
Cardenas, who had been invited by
Gen. Brooke, were present at the pal
ace during the ceremony of surren
der. tien. Castellanos saw them there,
p.nd asked that he be introduced tt
them. The British consul introduced
them, whereupon Gen. Castellanos
said: "I am sorry, gentlemen, that we
have been enemies, having the same
blood."
"Sir," answered Gen. Menocal, "we
fought for Cuba. Now that she is
free, we are no longer enemies."
This was followed by a general
shaking of hands. The Cuban gener
als, after thanking Gen. Brooke and
others for what the Americans had
done for their cause, left the citj.
Havana is quiet, and the Cubans are
apparently happy. Preparations will
now go on for the promised Cuban
celebration.
An the present time England in gen
eral and London in particular are re
markably free from influenza.
Gen. Miles' Assertions in kelation
to "Embalmed Beef" Finds
Numerous Supporters.
ZMIY GFFICERS HEARD FROM,
rd Roaat Merr Denounced as a
Mass of Mirny, Black stuff," that Lacked
Nutrition and Slrke.ie.1 Thoas Who Ate
The Kcfrlecrated Beef Had an Odor
Similar to a Human Corpse.
Washington. Pec. 30 The war in
vestigation commission has made pub
lic a synopsis of the reports of officers
to Gen. Miles "of the results obtained
from the use of canned fresh beef, in
campaigns in Cuba and Porto Hico."
These reports were submitted by
Gen. Miles when he gave his testimony
last week and were presented in sub
stantiation of his vigorus denunciation
of the canned lieef. Gen. Miles stated
at the time that he had started an in
vestigation of the matter of the canned
beef supplies and the reports sul
mitted follow his official inquiry along
this line. The statement given out in
cludes a statement from Maj. John D.
Black, chief commissary officer, U. S.
W and commissary at headquarters of
the army in the field during the Porto
Kico cspedition, dated December 19,
on the canned fresh roast beef re
ceived, issued and transferred by him.
It shows the totals received from all
sources were 12,fi()4 one-pound cans,
Sfi,29-.' two-pound cans and 2,220 six
pound cans. Totals issued and trans
ferred follow:
One pound cans issued. 144; one
pound cans transferred. 12.400; two
pound cans issued, 42,irs; two-pound
cans transferred, 44.124; six-pound
pans issued, none; six-pound cans
transferred. 2,220.
A synopsis of the reports furnished
follows:
Commanding Officer. Fourth infan
try. Maj. Baker: "The beef seemd to
be of inferior quality. nd was any
thing but palatable. Quite a unrulier
of men could not and did not eat it."
Commanding Officer. Sixth infantry.
tae men who tried to eat u.
Commanding Officer. Ninth infantry.
Col. Powell: " Ihe meat produced dis
orderd stomachs; is not nutritious,
soon became putrid, and in many of
the cans was found in course of puri
fication when opened."
Commanding Officer, Twelfth infan
try. Maj. Humphreys: "The meat pre
sented such a repulsive appearance
that men turned from it in disgust.
Nasty' is the only term that will fitly
describe its appearance. Its use pro
duced diarrhea and dysentery."
Commanding Officer, Thirteenth in
fantry. Col. A. T. Smith: "Many com
plaints were madeconeerning the meat.
It was found unpalatable, and is unfit
for isue to troops."
Commanding Officer.Seventeenth in
fantry, Maj. O'Brien: "The nutritious
juices having been cooked out of the
.... . i
meat, it was neither nourishing nor
palatable. It was unfit for use. It
should no longer be issued."
Commanding Officer, Second battal
ion. Twentv-first infantry, Capt. J.
Duncan: "The meat soon spoiled after
onening the cans; the men soon tire
of it. and it is not proper food. It is
not equal in any way to canned corned
beef."
Commanding Officer. Twenty-second
infantry, Maj. Van Horn: "The meat
issued was nothing more than refuse,
after various kinds of soups had been
I ov-trcotrl from it. Further issues of'it
should not be made."
Commanding Officer, Third cavalry.
Maj. Jackson: "The. meat for canning
was too fat, and as an article of diet
soon became nauseating to a lare ma- j
jority of the men. If made of good beef
and properly seasoned it might be sat
isfactory." Commanding Officer, Second artil
lery. Col. Haskin: "The meat was gen
erally disliked, was soft, watery and
insipid, agreeable to neither eye nor
taste. The men could be induced to
eat it only when prepared as a stew."
Commanding Officer. Fifth artillery,
Lieut.-Col. McCrea: "The meat was un-
Commanding Officer, ixtn mianirj. of frts, i,.-el fr..m th- coiiiiiii.--.-iry at
Ti.-iit-fol Minor- "The meat was ut- 'P.m.:.-. It 1.k.!c?.I well, but hud an .lur
Li. lit. LOI. .Minor. .111 . i.m- similar t. that of u .L'.iJ lium;..i lm.!y
terlv unfit as an article ot iliel "BT alter beliis injected with preservatives,
either sick or well. It had no nutrf .and tast.il when lirst cooked, like de
nim i , , .. , . Icomi'osed hodies; after standing a day
nient in it. and turned the stomachs op f further inspectUin it became so l.ii-
palatable because of the excess of fat , sewer trench which they were dig
in it; its appearance was black and j ging.
stringy and none of the men liked it. i 'J'vvo members of a Texas family are
When prepared as a stew, it was more j ,ieati and five are dying from poison
Habitable. If less fat and mixed with
vegetables, it would deserve a further
trial."
Commanding Officer Light Battery
A, First artillery, Capt. Best: The ap
pearance of the meat was not inviting.
The men soon tired of it."
Commanding Officer First cavalry,
Brig.-Gen. Yiele: "The meat was a mis
erable apology for food in a hot cli
mate, a slimy-looking mass of beef
scraps, unpalatable to the taste and
repulsive to the sight. Competition for
the contracts placed the price so low
that only tailings and scraps were
used for canning."
Officers, Ninth cavalry: "Very un
satisfactory; men soon tired of it, and
will only eat it when they have noth
ing else."
Commanding Officer, Twenty-fourth
infantry, Maj. Thompson: "After a
few days the meat became unpalata
ble; the men become disgusted with it
and will not eat it."
tien. tiarretsoa Says That the Mee Was
Unfit for Use.
Cleveland, Dec. 30. Gen. George
A. Garretson of this city, wno com
manded a division in Porto Kico,
agrees with Gen. Miles that the canned
beef furnished the army was, to a
Urge extent, unfit for use.
The general said that a large
amonnt of meat had to be thrown
away by the commissary officers of
his division.
"The condition of affairs," said Gen.
Gsrretson. "was every bit as bad as is
reported. Considerable canned beef to
tally unfit for use of human beings
was discovered by the commissary of
ficers of the division I commanded.
"When the matter was reported to
me I ordered all meat unfit for use to
be destroyed.
"I had previously seen to it that a
large number of beeves had lieeu tai
en with the division. These were
slaughtered as they were neetleJ. la
that way we had as much f resit meat
as possible and used as little of
canned stuff as we could possibly get
along with. There is no doubt that this
meat was the cause of a large part
of the sickness among the men; in
several instances whole lots of the
stuff had to be destroyed."
A Report
Bearing on the
Uef" Matter.
"Embalmed
Washington, Dec. 31. The war in
vestigation coJlmission has made pub
lie a report, omitted in the statement
above, bearing on the beef controversy.
It is from Maj. W. H. Daly, chief sur
geon at army headquarters at Tampa
prior to the sailing of the Shafter ex
pedition, and is as follows:
"Washington, Sent. 21. ISaS. To the As
sistant Adjutant General. Headquarters
ef the Army. Washington: Sir 1 have the
honor to report in ihe interests of the
service that in the several inspections 1
made in the various camps niid trooj
ships at Tampa, Jacksonville. Chiekamau
Ka and 1'orto Kico. that I found the
fresh lieef to be apparently preserved
with secret chemicals, which destroy its
natural Ilavor, and which 1 also believe
to be detrimental to the health of the
troons.
"While on duty at the headquarters of
the army at Tampa, at the head of tha
embarkation of the Shafter exiiedition.
Col. Weston, the efficient chief commis
sary, showed me a quarter of beef that
had alreadv. as a test, been ( hours in
the sun without beinK perceptibly taint
ed, so far as the sense of smell could
detect. It is Impossible to keep fresh
beef so lonR untainted In the sun in that
climate without the us of deleterious
preservatives, such as boric acid or ni
trate -f potash injected into it In quanti
ties likely to be hurtful to the health of
the consumer. At 1'once much of the
beef arriving on the transport from tha i
United States was also of the sanu" char-
neter, bciix apparently preserved by in-
jected chemicals to aid deficient cold j
storage.
"Where efficient cold storage is impos-
sibie transnortinK beef alive is the meth
od that should receive the fullest c.-nsid-
eration by the govern ment as Ik-Ihi; safest .
for the "h-altii of the consumer. When
detailed to take charge of the transport
i'anama for conveying convalescents to
the United States I obtained 2,i pounds
ter, nauseous and unpalalaDle as to oe
quite impossible for use.
"I was. therefore, obliged, owing to the
'condition, and the complaints of the sick
about the disgustingly sickening odor it
emitted when being cook.u. ami ino
aawkish. flat taste when served, and the
ifetv of the patients. 23 convalescent
j loiers on board, to organize a board of I
s-svev, condemn and throw 1.5KI h1(1s.
awjre had. overboard, consequently the ,
convalescents were entirely without much '
nomitta fresh beef, making the duty of :
bringinSvthe men to the United States
in an Improved condition a very difficult
matter. . .
"In my Inspection of the Fourth United
States volunteer infantry at Jacksonville,
recently, I observed the same odor and
taste upon the fresh beef, but not so
marked, and at the camp of the Sixth
United States volunteer Infantry atChlck
amauga, I also, at several inspections,
observed it markedly. I there lnsiected
a lot of beef Just Issued to that regiment,
and while It looked well, was of a sicken
ing odor, like a human body dead of dis
ease and injected with preservatives, and
when cooked was quite unpalatable, con
sequently likely to prove an efficient
cause of Ill-health. The men complained
of its Insipid and mawkish flavor that
high seasoning could not conceal.
"Believing that the commissary depart
ment has been imposed upon by the mis
directed commercial spirit of persons fur
nishing fresh beef, 1 respectfully recom
mend that the matter be investigated b;
experts, making a quantitative and quali
tative chemical analysis of tne several
preservatives suspected to be used by
getting samples of beef furnished for ex
port to Cuba and Porto Rico.
"If the question arises that a report
should have been made by me earlier, I
beg to say that I have endeavored with
all my opportunities to lirst inform my
self by observation of the conditions
above noted sufficiently to -warrant my
drawing the attention of the adjutant
general at headquarters of the army to
the matter. Very resiectfully,
"W. H. DALY.
"Major and Chief Surgeon, U. S. V."
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
Much injury to live stock is feared
as a result of the blizzard in Texas.
An the present time England in gen
eral and London in particular are re
markably free from inliuenza.
Ben Hopkins, living near St. Clair,
Mo., was found hanging dead on a
picket fence.
Work on the battleship Ohio has
been commenced r.t the L nion iron
works at San Francisco.
John Biley and John Nealon, labor
ers, were killed bv the caving of a
placed in their coffee by unknown per
sons.
Another company of militia has been
sent to Pana, 11L, on a report that out
side miners were planning a raid on
the negroes.
The war department is rushing
troops to Cuba. Four transports
sailed Friday, and several more are
ready to go.
Secretary Alger has ordered an in
vestigation of the army beef scandal,
and has constituted a board of officers
to make the inquiry.
The Paris Journal des Debats urges
the French government to act strong
ly against the Siamese who recently
fired on a French party.
Xo carpet-baggers need apply. The
policy of the government will be to
put natives in offices in Porto Kico,
Cuba and the Philippines.
Rev. B. Epps, of Talihina, I. T
claims that he has married more cou
ples in a given time than any other
person in the Indian territory.
Charles A. Beller, the missing Wella
Fargo Express Cr. messenger, at Aus
tin, Tex., has not jet been appre
hended. A posse is searching for him.
The stars and stripes were promi
nent in the flag display on the arrival
of Lord and Lady Curzon at Bombay,
in honor of Lady Curzon'i nationality.
Caber Flank says: "Chemist.
fo
time considered it imposibl-1
to
nitrogen from oxygen as I
exists
the air, and then to unite it
with
rogen to form ammonia., but;
claimed
at- our sources of ammonia
must co
position
cently.
organic matter. More re
monia
keen produced direcTTy fri
atmosp!
ne air br means
This w
Id see 31 toW5?ethe fact thav
every flai of lightning is manufacture
Upon tons Ol uiuuiuuio, auu-
of thunder is but recording:
hat falls to the ground during
ric rainstorm, each tiny rain-
laden, conveying to the soil
it of the eood things already
pieparedVfor the plants" banqueting
table. Jnd this also explains the
reason wly vegetation is so much more
luxuriantufter a gentle and refreshing
thunder siorm on our grass plants anil
lawns thin is produced by irrigation
from htMrants or brooks." Chicago
Inter Ocepn.
DIseoaraRlac;.
"Hortenfeia," said her father, will
you have ome taters?"
"If you (.refer to the farinaceous tu
bers whiclt pertain to the solanum tu
berosum, nd which are commonly
known as botatoes," replied the sweet
girl, "I shtfhld be pleased to be helped
to a modicum of the same. Cut taters?
Taters? I'm quite sure, papa, that they
are something of which I neer before
had the pleasure of hearing."
The old man pounded on the table un
til the pepper castor'lay down for a rest,
and then remarked in a voice of icy
coldness:
"Hortensia, will you have some of
the spuds?"
"Yes. dad."
Is our boasted high school system
failure or is it not? Boston Post.
Anray I p.
"What can we do for you?" asked the
coal dealer.
"I find," replied the visitor, "that the
sudden cold weather has depleted my
supply of fuel to the extent that it makes
it necessary for me to apply to this es
tablishment "
"You mean that you want to order a
ton of coal?"
JS'o, sir; I do not mean anything of
the kSdsi I realized the respectful con
fcideratiri due to anything so exclusive
and ariklicrntic as a ton of anthracite
coal. I Jesire to invite, request, peti
tion or entreat it; but don't think for
a minute that 1 so far forget myself as
to or-ier it." London Tit-Bits.
Sadden Change of Subject.
Mr. Sniallpurse (who has carefully
figured up the cost of two theater tick
ets and the street car fare) Do you
ecjoy thlrama. Miss Gehall?
Miss Jgfhall Oh, very much; but I
become entirely worn out every time
I go. You see, the play is seldom over
before half-past ten, and then i takes
fully an hour to get supper at 'Del's,'
and after that comes the long ride home,
and the hackmen do rattle you so, you
know.
"Cm er what do you think of
Browning?" Philadelphia Times.
The Art of Milking.
Suburban Besident Yes, 1 want a
useful man about my country place.
Can you milk?
Applicant Yis, sor.
"Which side of a cow do you sit on
when milking?"
"Wull, sor, Oi niver milked but wan
cow, an she waz a kicker, sor; an,
bedad, a good dale av the toimc Oi was
on both soides av her. or.
SPRAINS i
BAD
WORSE
WORST
Can be promptly cured without delay
or bailing by the
GOOD
BETTER
BEST
remedy for pain,
ST. JACOBS OIL.
Sour Stomach
After I was loflaced to try CASCA-
I will never be wittioat tbt-m in tbe boose.
My liver was In a Terr bad shape, and my head
ached and 1 had stomach trouble. Now. since tak
ing Cascarets. I Tccl tine. My wife basalo used,
idem with benedcial results for tour stomach."
jo. tt.KfULi.NU. l&l Couitress St.. bt. Louis. Mov
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Da
Sood. New dicten. Weaken, or U ripe. !0c. ZjC. 50c.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
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ft(. Jem Nam oft a Postal Cisa.
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