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CONDITION OF TRADE
Prospects of Peace Cause
Boom in Business.
FIRMNESS IN PRICES
Tills Is One of the Kiioonrugliig Kcnliimt
of the Oaemiloii? of the 1'uhI Mould
rulluron Still ?tjtlio Minimum
(By Tel. araphO
XEW TORK. August 5.?Bradstreet's
tnii-...:i,?v will say:
The stimulating influences of th? ap?
parently near approach .if peace, cou?
pled with the generally expected bene?
ficial effei is. it is hoped will How from
the opening up of new markets in the
lands added to the national domain
seem i . im reuse as the summer wi.e-s.
That the Improvement, while as yet ad
ml?. ely One largely id" sentiment, is n i
omiiv-ly so confined, however, is proven
distribution of staid.- go.ids in the w.-st.
northwest and southwest. where the
excellent crop situation has rendered
other encouraging feature of He- week
fects of war.
Sn far as the crop situation in con?
cerned, the past week furnishes not the
least notable contribution of the. year
in reports coming from the great sur?
plus corn producing states or beneficial
rains checking a deterioration which
threatened material damage to litis
most widely grown and intrinsically
valuable of the country's cereals. An?
other aging feature or tin- week has
lets been the perceptible growth in
strength of the iron and steel situation,
of the iron and sled situation.
Firmness in prices is a feature of
particular interest in view of the enor?
mous production of pig iron early in the
year and apparently reflects the going
into consumption of most or this im?
mense production, leaving slocks gen
erally within controllable limits. En?
couraging export demand for o?r ce?
reals, great steadiness in ? rices, largest
recorded mldsuiiTmer bank Clearings
and fairly encouraging railroad earn?
ings', notwithstanding the unwilling,
ness of farmers to accept present ce?
real values, an- additional encouraging
feature's of trade at the present time.
Prices are quite generally linn in?
tending upward in spite of the midsum?
mer quietness In many lines uf trade.
As a result of operations in .Inly or
about one-third of all staples advanced,
in value, 27 declined while II remained
steady or unchanged. Advances in
many cereals, except wheal and Hour,
live beeves and hog... a number of pro.
visions, dairy products and itroeorios,
lUOSt textiles. except l ot toll pclro
leum, rubber, alcohol, opium and qui?
nine are features of the mouths opera?
tions. Important decreases are found
in some few makes of iron und steel,
some other metals and in building lum?
ber.
Wheat shipments for the week, lion:
Included as wheat, aggregate 4,111.3!2
bushels, against 2,271,772 busliejs last
week and compares with 3,308,477 bush?
els in this week a year ago, 2,747.850
bushels in tin.rresponding week at
1S?B, l,5r.0,l?2 bushels in 1805 and 8.417 2i
bushels in 1S?4. Sine.- July 1, this year,
exports of wheat aggregate I-1.120.122
bushels, against 11.1155.1124 bushels last
year. Corn exports for ill.- week ag?
gregate 2,S5(i.2!?3 bushels, against 2.t'.nl.
>?{ llllShelS laSl Week. 3,223.NSri bushels
ill IS'.iT,. 1.257.4S:! bushels in ISWB. 1..i.
770 bushels in 18!?." and 220.100 bushels in
ISS4 Since .lulv I. ibis year. exports of
corn aggregate 13.511.302 bushels
against 12.llil.2Sn bushels Hist year.
Business failures in the foiled Slates
ate al a minimum. nuniljerliiK ISO. iden?
tical In number with those of las; week
bill compared with 214 in lliis week a
year ago. 200 in ISO?, 200 in 1S05 and la.
in IS'?t Canadian failures number -:;
as against 34 last week. II in this week
a vear ago. 35 in ISO?.. 31 in I:-??.?"? and 1>
in'lSOI.
SHOULD HOED PORTO RtCO.
Spanisli Leader Opposed to Giving Co
the Island.
(By Tetegrapn.l
MADRID, Aug. 5.?Noon.?The con?
ferences between the political leaders
on the subject of peace terms continue.
Sonor Sllvela, the Conservalivi, load?
er ailing "ii behalf of Senor Castelar,
the Republican leader, who was pre?
vented by illness from being present,
has conferred with the premier. Senor
Sagasta. on the subject, lie said Senor
Casterlar. although an advocate of
peace, was of the opinion that iti ne?
gotiating its conclusion tlur government
??should remember the V'irfinius affair,
when the energy displayed by Spain in
dealing with the United Stales saved
Spanish interests, and he thought ev?
ery effort should be made to preserve.
Spanish sovereignty over Porto Rico."
Senor Silvela added that In-, person?
ally, did not favor any change of pol?
icy. The Liberal, moderate Republi?
can, today publishes an interview with
Marshal Martinez de Campos, who Is
quoted as saying:
"I openly favor peace. Everything
that lias happened in this war could
have been foreseen, but the most pes?
simistic could never have imagined
that our misfortunes would be so great.
?the destruction of Monlejo's and Cer
vera'a squadrons, the surrender of San?
tiago and the rapid and unresisted oc?
cupation of Porto Rico. No one could
have imagined it. even taking into con?
sideration the superiority of the United
State".
"Neither could the present govern?
ment nor any other change our sii
uation. it would be madness to think
of rejecting President Mclvinley's con?
ditions. The Liberal parly ean bring
about peace, but Sagasta should not b ?
asked to sign to il. Sucli u course
would not be prudent, and another Lib?
eral cabinet should be constructed."
Marshal Martinez de Campos, il is
pointed out. evidently referred lo Senor
Gamazo as the man who should suc?
ceed Senor Sagasta as premier. Senor
Gamazo is the present minister of
public instructions. Mis name has been
frequently mentioned recently in con?
nection witli the premiership, in the
event uf the formation of u new cab?
inet.
FALSE REPORT.
Hotel Royal Palm Not lo Be Used
a Hospital.
(By Telegraph.)
MIAMI. FLA.. Aug. Ii.?The:.- i
truth in tin- report thai die Hotel itoj
Palm is to be used as n hospital,
owner offered to build one for the lied
t'ross Society in Miami on account of
this being a healthy and isolaied place,
but the hotel was opened only for the
accommodation of officers of the divis?
ion and their wives. The transfer of
the troops will be completed next Wed?
nesday, and the hole] will close early
next week. After the troops have gone
there will be about 17.'. patients l.-fi in
the division hospital, most of whom are
suffering from measles und mump?.
ON TUE DIAMOND.
Results of Yesterday's Games In the
National and Atlantic Leagues.
(By To:.-graph.)
CLEVELAND. I: WASHINGTON. 2.
PHILADELPHIA. August 5.?The
first of the series of games between the
Cleveland and Washington teams,
transfi rred from Cleveland to this eitv.
was played today, the Senators winidi g
tiuough the excellent |dlching o:' Di?
m-en. Both teams played a clean lb-Id
ing ?aale. Attendance. ."SI.
Score. R. 11. E.
Cleveland . .. n n n o n o n I 0? I 4 0
Washington .00 1 0 1 0 0 0 >:? 2 7 0
Batteries: Wilson and Criger: Di
neeh and Maguire. Umpires. Lynch
and Andrews. Time. 1:55.
BITTBBCRG. '-. PHILADELPHIA. 0.
PITTSBURG. August 5.?The locals
shut tiu- Phillies out in a game full of
brilliant plays. The feature was Bow
erinau's ruuninc catch of Luuder's bum
lly. doublins McFarland at tlrst. Bib
Phil.olei.0 ii 0 0 0 o o u a? n ; i
Batteries:- Rldnes and B-werman:
Plan and .McFarland. Umpires. Sny
der and Connelly. Time. 1:55.
i"ll ICAi '. r.: BALTIMORE. 0.
CHICAGO. August 5.?Both . lul .?
again won and lost tod ly. Little Woods'
clever pitching and perfect supper
shut the Orioles out in tin- first. Dah
play bv hiuiself. c.r-.r ami Everett
were the feature)-. I shell was wild and
hit rather freely in the second, while
Maul was a puzzle, and. but for an er?
ror in tin ninth, would have duplicated
Woods' pcrfjnuan.re. Attendance. 3.
loo. First game.
Chicago.] toot 2 0 Ox??5 10 0
Baltimore . .. 0 0 0 0 n (i fl 0 o? 0 ft 2
Batteries: Woods and Chance and
Donahue: Hughes and f'lurk. IJmplr?s,
Swart wood and Warner. Time. 1:1?.
Second game.
Chicago.onnnnnnn l? l 7 i
Baltimore .. . 2 0 0 0 :: o loo- C 10 2
Itait-il.-s- Isbell and Donnhu?: Maul
tin] Robinson. Umpires. Swarlwooil
an.I Warner. Time. 1:45.
LOUISVILLE. 4: BOSTON. 2.
LOUISVILLE. Augusi 5. -The Bean
Eaters could not hit Mar:.-.-, while the
''..Ion.-is managed to bunch six of th.-h
seven hits in two innings. Stafford and
i Marko mad. great catches.
Score. R. II. E
Louisville . 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 4 7 3
Boston .0 0 fl 1 o 0 0 ii 1 -2 fi d
Batteries: Magee and Kittrldgc.
Hiokmnn and Veager. Time 1:25. Um
plies, i i'Day and McDonald.
ST. LOUIS :.: BROOKLYN, 1.
Score. R. U. E.
St. Louis .... 0 ii n l l 1 2 Ox? R 0 2
Brooklyn .... 0 0 0 1 o 0 0 0 o 1 2 2
Bateries: SudliolT and Clements
Dunn and Ryan. Umpires, Enisle- and
Hunt. Tl. 1:30.
CINCINNATI. :.: NEW YORK, 3.
CINCINNATI. August 5.?The Itds
and Giants broke even today. Breiten
stein was pounded in the lirst. anil
though Cnrrick gave nine Oases only,
five runs wtre mad.- off his delivery
Hill was Invincible in the second game.
Umpire Brown pul Hartman nut of Ihr
second name for kicking. Firsi game.
Score. 11. H. E.
i 'indium t i .. .0 00004010 -5 tl 3
N.-w York ... 2 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 ? II 14 3
Ball.-ri.-s: Breltcnstein and Wood
and Plot-/.; Cnrrick and Cray. Umpires,
On?noy and Brown. Tim.-. 2:07..
Second game.
Score B. II. E.
Cincinnati .2 1112 11 ii !> 0
New York.o i. o 0 a I o I 3 2
Batteries: Hill and Pietz: Gulling
Seymour and Warner. Umplr-s. Brown
and Gaffney. Tine-. 1:15.
ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
At Hart ford
It. IT. 10.
Hartford .. .. 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 x? n 8 2
Paters,,n .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 n 0? I 7 2
Batteries: Kotail and Beach: .Tones
Mngiiiiils and "" i'Brlen.
At Richmond?
I!. II. E.
Richmond . ..oo 0 0 0 2 '< 0 0 - 2 4 t)
mill.-r and Slc-lman.
AI Reading
IS. II. E.
It.Mug ., .0 01 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 ? 4 :i ? 2
Mlentown 1 ? 0 0 0 0 2 0 o o - :: lo (1
Batteries: Feilsch and lleydon:
Keener and MeManus.
,At Lancaster?
lt. II. I".
Lancaster . .. 0 R 0 1 3 0 1 lo ll Hi (i
Newark . 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 (3 :'.
MKT AT THE HOSPITAL.
Spanish Officers Embrace Admiral
Cervera.
illy Telegraph.)
NORFOLK, VA., Aug. 5.?Admiral
Cervera and bis son. Lieiitenanl Cer?
vera. arrived her.- this morning from
Baltimore. They left Annapolis where
they have been prisoners of war for
several weeks on parole yesterday af?
ternoon, having been granted special
permission to visit Captain Concha,
commander of the admiral's tlagship.
Maria Teresa, ami the other Spanish
si.-k and wounded at the naval hospital
here.
The steamer (lew her bunting In
honor of the admiral, and a launch
lay ai i he pier lo receive I he disting?
uished prisoners. Lieiitenanl Comman?
der It. M. G. Brown, retired, met the
admiral and Iiis sou as they stepped
off the steamer, and ii was with diffi?
culty they pushed their way through
tl.rowd.
At the naval hospital lb.- Spanish ad?
miral was received !>> a guard of honor
and at one- conducted to Captain Con?
cha's room.
This was the first line- they have met
sine- that fatal dash out of Santiago
harbor. The meeting was a pathetic
on.-c. the admiral and captain embrac?
ing on.- another like children. The ad?
miral then visited Lieutenant Nova!,
of Ho- Pliiton, who |..si a lee. Doctors
Nlcoli and Aligns! i. ,,f the Vizonya.
and the scenes wer.pially affecting
when their former chief entered Ihe
ward wh.-re the Spanish soldiers arc.
Their fa.-es Iii up and they embraced
him as best they could, their joy being
plainly visible. The admiral took lunch
with Me.li.al Director Cleboriie.
Admiral Cervera and Ins sou lunched
witii Commodore Far(|iihar at the navy
yard, heim: taken there by Medical Di?
rector Celborne in his private carriage
Colonel William Land,. Captain W.
II. Murdaugh and ex-Spnnisli Vice
Consul Humphreys .ailed an.I paid
'?ieir rest.s. The party returned to
the naval hospital and Captain Concha
was again v isited. the admiral and Ins
SOU spending tb,. remainder of their
time With him. At purling with Dr.
Cleborne the admiral paid him a high
conipliineni on courtesy, car- and at?
tention gis.-e the Spanish officers and
men.
At r. ..?dock Admiral and Lieutenant
Cervera h it f r Hi,. Bay Lin.- 1....H to
return p. Annapolis. S.-vcral invita?
tions to visil n.-arby watering places
Were extended, bin were declined with
regrets. Both the admiral a a.I his son
u.-ie attired in civilian dress and at -
tracted little attention from those un?
aware of their pres. nee in the city.
WILL BRING PROSPERITY,
i By Tel. graph.l
LONDON. August 5.?The Stalls pro.
diets a "i.-ai wave of American pros?
perity after the war and active Euro,
pean business in American securities.
"Cuba." it says, "will giv.- employment
to a \asl amount of capital and the
stimulus I., industry there will react
upon th.- Unlt.-d States. The invest,
ment; In Cuba. Porto Rico and Philip?
pines win particularly benefit rail?
ways."
CAUGHT IN A HURRICANE, j
Tug \V. J. Keysur and Four Lives L-osl !
at Sea.
(I !y Telegraph.)
PENSACOLA. FLA.. August 5.?The
fishing smack Isabella arrived here |
this afternoon wich nine survivors of j
the tng VV. J. Keyset-, of this port. [
which left here Tuesday morning to j
meet the tug Nimrod. of Mobile, off
Cape San Bias, about 150 miles south
, ? ?{ of here and asssit her with a tow.
The Keyset- had not overtaken the
lug end loo- tow when a southeast
<t'.in, struck her. About 0 o'clock that
\. ring the wind increased and by rnld
i ig hi had readied a velocity of eighty
mill - per hour. Shortly afterwards the
wind < hanged tu the northwest and tile
tug was in the midst of a hurricane.
She was thrown on her beam ends and
rapidly went t.i pieces. Nine uf the cri
of thirteen escaped in a life boat. After!
eight hours they were tossed upon the |
beach at St. Joseph's. Captain W. S.
Aden, commanding the tug. the col
. red steward Henrv Brown, Walter
:,own. a white boy and C-oodfelk>w. a
,-hile titemaii, lately from St. Louis.
The Mobile tug Nimrod t"Sl her
moke stack and was badly damaged.
at sm-e.led in reaching St. Joseph's
.iv tier tow. the dredge Herndon and
wo s ows from Mobile, whieh were be
earned !?? Dry Tort turns, founder
SPANISH CAMP FOI' L.
(By Telegraph.)
SANTIAGO DE CI'BA. Aug. 4.-4:1?
i'. .M. i Delayed in transmission.) -
'e-neral Toral, the commander of the
Spanish troops, sent a letter tooT-y to
Cetieial Shafler. advising the latter |
that the eiuiip of the surrendered Span
,sli troops is in an unhealthy condition.
The Spanish officer also reported that
; i liefe were sevwiil hundred sick in the
dials and that there was an av
.? .if twelve deaths daily. The
sports expected here to carry the I
Spanish troops back to Spain have net
.?a heard from.
ieneral Shatter will take action at
ee in order ti> Improve the sanitary
million of the Spanish soldiers and
oir camp.
OCEAN LINER LOST.
ST JOHNS. N. F.. Aug. 5.?The mail
steamer Virginia Lage arrived at Till |
'ove. on West bay, 23.1 miles from here,
ii daylight, bringing certain eorrobor
ition "i' Ho- reported loss of an ocean
iiier in tie- Straits uf Hello Isle. A
'isherman at Noddy Hay reported that
lie saw a steamer collide with an
I i.erg and sank soon after.- The report
generally believed, but nothing relia
i ble is obtainable.
The fisherman said that the steamer
inked like a passenger ship, and he
uuld see people trying to launch boats
nit
VESSELS To S A IL.
Following is n revised schedule a(
?argii vessels due lo sail from this port
Ulis im.nth:
SI. Andrew. Funch, Edye * Co.. Rot?
terdam. Aug. 3.
Croenbrior. Furness. Withv ?<i Co.,
i Ltd. i London. Aug. :t.
Sheiiandoah. Furness. Withy & Co.,
(Ltd.) Liven.1. Aug. 5.
I'isa. Funch. Edye & Co.. Hamburg.
Aug. 5.
St. Marnork. Funch, Edye & Co..
Antwerp. Aug. 5.
Indrani. Funch, Edye & Co., Glasgow,
Aug. x.
Hemisphere, Simpson. Spence ,<t
Young, Hamburg. Aug. 13.
Chicknhoinin.v, Furness, Wit h v ? Co..
Loud..it. Aug. 1C.
Appomatlox, Furness. Withv & Co..
Lund.hi, Aue:. 23.
Ililbrook. Simpson. Spence & Young
Rotterdam, Aug. 30.
The following cargo ships are now
en route lo Newport News ami Hamp
| ton Roads:
Alburn. Torre Annunziata. Julv 17.
I.eeonfield. Las Palmas. July 20.
Southgarth. St. Vincent, C. V., July
Hemisphere. Swansea. July 22.
Jane Kelsall, Madiera, July 2(1.
Sandhill, Barry, July 20.
Abendana. Barry, July .10.
Indrani. Flinch. Edye & Co.. Glas?
ow. July 21.
Cliiekahominy, Furness. Withy & Co
iLld.) London, July 2S.
Appomattox, Furness. Withv &- Co
Lon.Inn. Aug. 2.
Bappnhannock, Furness, Withv .%
Liverj.1, Aug. r>.
AT THE FRONT.
N.d Hie soldiers otdv are at t
today.
Not alone I In- boys in blue e, ho fac ?
I he foe.
" 'in- i' hi and in the charge, and
lb.- weary way.
There are unseen sentinels who watch
? it It eye aglow.
M..theis who have sent their sons to
battle for the right.
Wives and sweethearts, all day long,
whose throbbing heart- are Ihero.
A bosi ,,f loyal loving ones who help
the gnllani light
By beating at the throne of C.o.l. with
never-ceasing prayer.
These may mo tr.-ad Ihe jungle. ,,?
st?rm (he frowning hill.
They slaml led in the rill.-pit, they
man no Millen gun:
Bui they are with the army, and with
strength their pulses thrill.
Am! theirs will be the victor's part,
wh. n ..nee ihe strife is done.
Standing for the old Mag. standing
firm l'..r Cod.
Standing for humanity, they meei Ihe
bailie's brunt,
These women, who for heartache scarce
can sc.- i he path i hey've i rod.
Since they kissed Ihe lads they |ove so
dear, and sent them lo the from.
Margaret E. Sangster. in the Inde?
pendent.
( INE BITTER DIP >P.
. Washington Star.)
The enjoyment of the Spanish offi?
cers at Annapolis is disturbed only by
tin- reflection that they will probably
have lo make up for ii after thev get
bach to Spain.
AN ANNENATK 1N1ST.
(Boston Courier.)
He -There seems to !>.? no iiuestion
thai divides public opinion more than
annexation. Are you in favor of it?
he Ii is rather sudden, bin if you
GETS THERE EARLY.
(Harlem Life.)
A great deal has been said as lo the
slowness of the turtle's movements, bin
all w,. . an say is he generally arrives
in time for soup.
SOMEWHAT NOISY.
( Philadelphia X n th American.)
Henshaw- To me ihe merry prattle of
children is music.
Tenbr. k Yes; but its?er?rather
Wagnerian, don't yon think?
THERE'S M< (NEY IN IT.
iN'. w York Journal.)
Bismarck left an estate of $7.000.000.
It must !.? remembered, however, that
he was ?Hille as successful a brewer as
a statesman.
EARNED 11 IS TITLE.
. Richmond Times.)
??Don Carlos." a report says, "refuses
io spend Iiis wife's money." Probably
(his report is what secured him tin
name of "Pretender."
HARD ON STATESMEN,
ist. Louis Globe-Democrat.)
Gladstone is dead. Bismarck is dead
and Sagasta is not feeling at all well.
THERE IIIS FAME RESTS.
Admiral Camara has demonstrated
his ability to command a fleet of house?
boats.
PHRASEOLOGY OF THE SEA..
_ i
Somr of <*>?? H??t Fnmlllar Titles
nml Tli<-lr OrlKin.
In the early days of the English na
ral organizations vessels of war had
double crews, a military one for fight-:
ing purposes and another of mariners
for navigating duties. In consequence,
a large number of English sea terms
have a military origin.
At that time the rank of admiral
was unknown, and the chief officer of
the squadron was called a constable, or
justice. The term admiral as now
used is derived from the Arabic "amir"
or "emir," a commander (as in "Amir-.
al-Bahr," commander of the sea). Tha
early English form was "amlral," and
is still preserved as such by the
French. ' '?
The title of captain is not a naval,'
but a military one. Originally, the real
captain of a ship was a "master." A
military officer was placed on board,
though he knew nothing of nautical
matters. Gradually his importance In?
creased, while that of the master di?
minished proportionately till at the
present day the master's office is gradu?
ally becoming obsolete. Commodore
comes from the Spanish "comendador."
The title of lieutenant is borrowed
directly from the French, and Is meant
as a piace holder, or one who took the
place of the captain when absent. In
former days there were no cadets but
volunteeers. but-with the gradual ad?
vance of politeness, the term cadet was
appropriated from the French.
"Boatswain" is derived from tha
Saxon "swein." a -servant. The term
quartermaster, as used in both the
army and navy, appears to be confus?
ing and anomalous. In the army it is
the title of a commissioned officer who
performs important and responsible
duties. In the navy be Is simply a
warrant officer directing subordinate
duties. In the old ships und in olden
times his position was a more impor?
tant one; so much so that he was con?
sidered to be the fourth part of the
muster?hence the term quartermaster.
The ship's cook was once a great
man and there are Instances on record
of his being promoted for efficient pre?
paration of food. The ship's steward
was originally the caterer.
The terms larboard and starboard
come from the Italian "questra borda"
and "qr.ella borda," which by rapid de?
livery became starboard and larboard;
but owing lo the strong similarity of
sound they were changed into star?
board and port (Latin potto, to carry),
the use of the terms in the original
form having been the cause of many
accidents.
Gangway has been handed down
from the days of the ancient galley of
ttie Phoenicians, Carthaginians and
Romans, it having been a board which
ran along the whole length serving as
a passage for the rowers to and from
their seats. It was also used as a
resting place for the mast and sail
when not in use.
The cockpit, in the lowest part of the
vessel below the water used during an
action for the treatment of the wound?
ed, is derived from the old days of the
English sport of cock fighting; but this
has been modernized and is now known
as the "Hats"?why. no one can ex?
plain.
Lubber is from the Dutch, meaning
a lazy, cowardly fellow.
Anchor came from the Latin "an
ehora." or "ancora," which up to 600
B. C. consisted simply of a large stone
with a hole through it.
The peculiarity of so many portions
of a ship's rigging hearing names de?
rived from the trappings of a horse
can only be accounted for from the
fact that the early warships were man?
ned by soldiers as well as sailors, the
natural consequence being that they,
the sailors, adapted some of thair
terms to meet their fancy, among these
being bridles, whips, bits, stirrups, and
the like.
I'nliil Tifc? or Culm.
The H'ttle island of Cuba has nearly
thirty different varieties of palm trees.
Chief among them is ilie royal palm, a
majestic tree with a straight trunk and
a hunch of plumelike leaves growing
out of the top, the lower ones drooping
toward the ground. It is the most
common as well as the most beautiful
tree in Cuba, it has been called the
blessed tree for its every part is use?
ful. Its roots are made into medicines;
its trunk is easily split into boards for
building. The trunk lias no bark and
the inside is porous, the outer portion
being hard and nearly as brittle as
glass.
The center mid at the top of the royal
palm tre^. from which all the leaves
grow, is a tender substance and is a
very pleasant food, whether eaten raw,
cooked as a vegetable or preserved
witli sugar. The stems on the long
leaves are odd. They are semicircular
and embrace the trunk of the tree. The
stem is called the yagua and looks like
a thin board, is often five or six feet
long and the natives make it serve
various purposes. Sections cut off
serve as plates, or if soaked in warm
water it becomes pliable and may be
bent in tiny shape, afterward harden?
ing. Sometimes when thus softened it
is folded at the ends like a baker's paper
liat, fastened with wooden pins and
serves tlie Cuban farmer as a water buck?
et, basin or pan. Sometimesthe insurg?
ents use one of these improvised dishes at
a kettle in which to cook their beef
mid yams. The water in the dish keeps
tlie wood from burning.
in times of peace the yagua or stem
of the palm leaf is used to cover bales
of tobacco. Set on a frame it may form
;a very good bed; again, the yagua is
used as a tarpaulin or mackintosh. The
Cuban soldiers with a few leaves can
build tents for themselves.
COULD POINT TO THE MAN.
i Philadelphia North American.)
As Emperor William views it, Ger?
many now has only one great man left.
HANK CLEARINGS.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW" YORK, August 5.?The total
bank clearings for the week were $1,
IXi.K.'t!i,r>ri, per cent. Increase, 3.9. Ex?
clusive of New York the total was $103,
SI3.50?, p,-r cent, increase. 2.4.
A VERY UNUSUAL MAN.
It win be admitted even by his ene?
mies that Bismarck must have been a
man of giant qualities to cause so much
adverse criticism to be withheld until
after his decease.
along theV?terTrqnt
ITEMS OF INTKKEb-T BATHUKKU
ABOUT Till! PIKKS. "~
Kntraiices and Clearance? at the Caxtnm
Ho h?. I.lMt of VenHrlH Now in l?ort.
Other Marine Items.
CALENDAR FOR THIS DAY.
Sun rises . 5:14
Sun sets. 7:07
High water-A. M. and 12:13 P. AT.
Low water 5:55 A. M. and (3:33 P. M.
Weather f oreran!
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.?Forecast
for Virginia?Fair weather: variable
winds.
AKKIVAIJi ANfJ ?KFAKTUKKS.
VeHKelit Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship St. George (Oer.). Char?
leston.
Steamship Beeforth (Hr.). Park. Gat
veston.
Steamship Orion (Am.). Smith, Bos?
ton.
Schooner Sadie Wileutt. Dixon, St.
George.
Barge Ocean Helle. New Haven.
Barge Dan I. Tenney, Boston.
Vessels Sailed Yunierday.
Steamship St. George (Ger.). Ham?
burg.
Steamship St. Andrew (Swed.). N >r
feldt. Norfolk.
Steamship City of Everett (Am.), La
Verge. Boston.
CUB SAW LION ES.
tNew York Sun.)
When we marched away with the star
ry tlag.
?'ub Sawbones carried his surgeon's
hag:
But for me?1 wanted "no rear" in
mine?
I handled a gun In the righting line.
So, when he had charged upon tie
deadly glade.
Where the dons Were lying In ambus?
cade.
I was there to take what the others
got?
And the Spaniards gave it. plenty and
hot.
There fell of our crowd in the Mauser
hail
A third?and yet never a man did quail;
i But?well, we wvni back?then came
again.
And settled right down to our work like
men.
In open order and firing at will
We crawled through a very rough skir?
mish di 111?
From the tr.es lo the rocks, from the
rocks t Ihe trees?
Just as elose lo ihe ground as we could
freeze.
When I noted ihe tangleu thicket sway
In front about twenty-five yeards away.
I drew bead ready to hvisen a storm
Till 1 caught a whiff of iodoform.
Cob Sawbones, alone with the wounded
folk.
Was cobbling' the limbs that the bu!le;s
broke.
He bent to his task with the tenderest
care.
Though the warbolts were hissing ev?
ery ? here.
I hailed w ith .our old-time college yell.
And he grinned as he watched a bui st?
ing shell.
"You have a great cheek to be here."
lie said.
"When you are not a doctor?or wouiul
| ed?or dead!"
SHERLOCK HOLMES PARALLEL.
A most remarkable literary incident
is pointed out by a writer in Literatur?,
who says it would be interesting to
know if Dr. Conan Doyle, before cre?
ating Sherlock Holmes. had read a
certain anecdote recalled by the Jes?
uit traveler Charlevoix, who died in
1701. The story is of a red Indian from
whose wigwam a piece of meat had
been stolen, and who promptly set out
in pursuit of the thief. He had not
proceeded very far before he met with
sumo persons, of whom he inquired
whether they had seen a little old white
man with a shot gun. accompanied by
a small dog with a short tail. Asked
how he could thus minutely describe a
man whom he had never seen, the In?
dian answered:
"The thief I know is a little man by
his having made a idle of stones to
stand upon in order lo reach the ven?
ison: that he is an old man I know by
his short steps, which I have traced
over the leaves in the woods: and that
he is a white man 1 know by his turn?
ing out Iiis toes when he walks, whieh
an Indian never does. His gun I know
to be short by the mark the muzzle
made in rubbing the bark oft' the tree
on which il leaned: that his dog is
small I know by his trucks, and that
he has a short tail I discovered by the
mark it made in the dust where he was
sitting at the time his master was
taking down the meat."
This certainly is so much like the
ratiocination of Sherlock Holmes ilia:
lt-alinost reads like a parody of it.
THOSE QUAKER GUNS.
The rumor-d use of "Quaker guns"
on the abandoned lines of Santiago re?
calls an incident of the civil war at
Manassas. says the Baltimore Sun.
The two enemies were confronting earn
other at thai place in 18B2. McClellan
decided to quietly withdraw his troops
and approach Richmond fromv another
direction, namely, by way of the James
River. The Confederates however,
learned of the movement, and aflet
mounting a number of logs of wood
painted to resemble cannon they quiet?
ly decamped to meet the Federal ad?
vance taom the other direction. The
Federals did not learn that they had
gone until a portion nrf their army
made an assault upon the Confederate
batteries, and. much to their disgust,
captured only the Quaker cannon.
POST MORTEM REVENGE.
I The late Prince Bismarck was noto?
riously of an unforgiving disposition,
and it looks as if he had planned a
post mortem revenge in the epitaph he
I selected for himself: "A faithful Ger
I man, servant of Emperor William."
j This is almost lese majeste against the
present Emperor.
NOT FAST.
Kilty?Yes. there's no denying that
Charley Tvxuter is a fascinating fellow:
but don't you know they say he is In?
clined to be fast?
Netty?Nonsense! Tt took him a good
hour last night to get out of the house
from the time lie started.
EMPTY TALK.
(Chautauqua Assembly Herald.?
Higgins Hall?Have you heard that
empty box story?
Rustic Bridge?No.
Higgins Hall?It's just as well you
haven't; there's nothing in it.
THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME.
(Truth.)
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
Its fleece is still as white as snow.
But Mary's lamb has grown;
And now she'd rather walk three miles
Than face that lamb alone.
The Banner Clothier,
200T? Washington A venu*?, opposite Opera House
Children's S2
Reefer Suits
for $1.
75 cts. and $1 ||
Negligee f||
Shirts S
? 39 Cents ?
^ If you want a building; lot j$
v( Buy it of the
Old Dominion Land Company
Lots tor sale on easy tern's s in all Bectioiis of the
oilv.
Finely locatou I-?nah*, ess. lots <>n Washington ave. \^
F:n niH lor w*i!i; tu* rent in Khz ah el ii City, War- (f
ai-.l York c
iiiniiies.
Dominion Ij^itci C i:sit.paii*5'. j&
Old
ROOM NO. 11.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.
OFFICE OPEN UN ML ? P. M.
?A
Hew Summer Resort.
THE BUCK HOE BEACH HOTEL
Is situated on Hamilton Roads In
sight of Fort Monroe, where electric
ears meet Incoming and outgoing
steamers. This delightful summer re?
sort will be
OPENEP MAY 2. 1SBR.
The hotel has been enlarged. Per?
fect sanitary condition ami plumbing.
Bathing is unexcelled. Fishing and
boating unrivalled. No malaria. The
eool breezes of the Atlantic. Electric
ears every 15 minutes for Furt Monroe,
Hamilton and Newport News. No lht
uors sold or gambling permitted, pic?
nic parties allowed the use of the
mammoth pavilllon during the day.
Music every night except Sunday. t
For terms apply to
CHAE1-.ES H. H F.WINS, Manager,
Buck Roe Bench Hotel.
Hampton, Va.
?r.r V7.Km
/V'V^VV''.AA.'' ''?? ' ?'?/.?:'-?' : -i
It's Breod, Not War
the Spaniard Wants.
There are many people in Newport
News also who can't get bread to suit
their taste because I hey don't know
that we make the purest and most de?
licious bread stulYs in Newport News.
We also make the richest und tlnest
pastry, fancy cakes. wedding cakes,
loaf cakes and tnaecaroons to be found
anywhere. We cater to the most fas?
tidious palate and never fall to please
our patrons.
A. B. WILHINK,
217 Twenty-seventh street, near Wash?
ington Avenue.
WONDER NEVER CEAS1J
Everybody has an idea, that Uncle
Sam and John Bull were waiting for a
chance to fly at each others throats,
but now it seems they have discovered
that ca. h is the best friend the other
ever bad.
Time works wonders. It isn't so long
ag.. that nobody?not even outsiders?
Would have believed that we would
ever be abb* to sell such rare* values
in high grade, handsome, durable bi?
cycles, at the wonderful low price that
now rule here.
Newport News Gycla Go
Fred <i. Kipper, Manager, So e
Agent for Sotifliensteru Virginia, 'ilt
Twenty-seventh street.
Mackey's Cafe
ii. f. vt ins.Vir. i? r.>PittKt*.-?*.
The Kese-Knoan Saloon Man
Ut Newport /Vetos.
Y/lnes, Liquors, Cigars.
rlrtr.M EXPORT tstfR MflDB.
Comfortable Pool and Hi 1 liar J
Parlors Adjoining Cafe.
R. J. MACK BY.
II
? H0US6
Like Pulling a Tootli
to get some men to Insure.
But when they do secure a policy they
feel as much relieved as a patient who
has departed with a diseased molar.
Don't prolong the worry. Get a pol?
icy now and you can snap your fingers
at the work of the fire fiend.
We represent the liest companies and
guarantee that claims will be adjusted
promptly and on a very liberal basis.
MARYE & COYNTON.
Room No. 1. Braxton Building.
By buying one of these
attractive dwellings:
Seven room dwelling near West ave?
nue $2,?0(l.OO.
Nice bouse on Forty-fifth street $1.
700.00.
Modern flve'room bouse on Twenty
ninth street $l,''.r.0.00.
Six room dwelling on three lots, in
good location and anly been built a
year; price only $1,400.00.
Modern dwelling, all improvements,
nine rooms, near West avenue; price
? l (100.00.
Before investing call and look at
oui- list of improved and unimproved
property for sale in Newport News.
Von will find many attractive pur?
chases on it which yield a large per?
centage on the amount Invested.
Irwin Tucker ft Co.
Real Estate. Fire. Rife and Accident
Insurance Agents,
?th Street and Washington avenu?.