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WEDNESDAY, AVGUST St, IM»S.
PEACE
Spain has shown a praiseworthy and ju
dicious determination to accept the United
States' terms of peace, perhaps the first
commendable action for which her minis
try haa been responsible since the war be
gan. Stupendous follies have character
ised the conduct of the Spanish campaign,
but ths supremest of all would have been
the continuance of a war that must have
meant her eventual annihilation. In lieu
of suicide, Spain agrees to make herself
scarce from the western hemisphere and
that the United States shall retain Manila
until the Philippine question Is settled by
conference. The Spanish conscience Is sat
isfied that the "honor" of the nation has
been vindicated; her people have realized
the terrible cost of tyranny and Its rebuke.
The glory of American arms, the splendid
strength of this republto and the Justice of
our cause have been demonstrated to the
world. A great and much-needed lesson
has been taught.
THE PRESIDENT'S FINESSE
In his understood purpose of shifting
to the shoulders of a, high joint commis
sion the responsibility for determining
the Philippine question—the most Intri
cate of all problems connected with the
peace negotiations—the president has
given new evidence of his political
finesse. The last analysis will of course
be made by the senate, but the president
Will take both the credit and the blame
for the treaty, and he seems to be quite
willing to minimize both the rewards
•nd the punishments. As conscious as
any one could be of the perils Insepara
ble from the policy of retaining the dis
tant islands, he is yet well advised that
a preponderance of Republicans favor it,
and he shrewdly calculates that by
handing the matter over to a commission
he will avoid any friction with partisan
leaders and at the same time save his
administration from the blame for a
false step.
A Washington special to a local Re
publican journal suggests that the pres
ident will, before concluding a treaty,
consult the members of the seriate re
garding the Philippine question, "since
it would be unwise for him to make terms
to which that body would not agree."
Thts Is obviously impracticable. The
basis of the treaty has already been
agreed upon, and it comprehends a ref
erence of the vexed question to a com
mission. Only Spanish assent is want
ed to give binding effect to the main
features of the pact, and the president
will have no opportunity to "consult the
senate" until the treaty is drawn. If,
as this correspondent alleges, a ma
jority of the senate "opposes returning
any captured territory to Spain," and
favors retaining the Philippines, there
will be a chance for a division when the
question of ratification comes up. But
we should say that this is altogether un
likely. It is more probable that what
ever disposition is made of the Philip
pines by an American-Spanish commis
sion tvill be approved by the senate. Such
a commission will never recommend
that the islands be annexed to the United
States. The president may subsequent
ly be censured for delegating his power,
but that will be less of a burden to carry
than the responsibility for having elthei
favored or opposed the absorption of
the Philippine archipelago.
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WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
The Seventh California regiment is
to sail for the Philippines next
v.ee£ This tardy attempt to
i . :n»dy a gross injustice cannot re
ilcveAthe authorities from the grave
. -u'Sff that the gallant boys of South
■l rjllfornla have not only been delib
. <$y slighted, but that they have been
:-gfu!ly neglected while under the
• ! ction of the secretary of war. It
'« 'y when the whole Republican in
p ! of this state was brought to bear
.! Washington, when it was pointed
: that Alger's despicable display of
:;i.te£n discriminating against the vol
tiers of Southern California would
,'. org havoc with Republican prospects
in tnV coming campaign, that the reluc
, :ant long delayed order was given,
i* the outcry against
Camp Merritt became so unanimous and
so vehement and another casus belli
with the administration was threatened
that the order's for the Seventh Califor
nia to sail and for the abandonment of
the camp were given.
Grave charges are made against the
authorities for the selection of the camp.
It Is alleged that this vilely unsanitary
and exposed site was selected In the in
terests of the street car companies, which
have reaped a rich harvest from the
constant traffic. The Republican ad-
ministration has had many obligations
to discharge for the campaign of '%. but
none more shameful titan this. The
most searching investigation is demand
ed as to the reasons for the selection of
such a state and for keeping the troops
there so long, after it had been con
demned by the health authorities.
The death roll of the Seventh Cali
fornia is already as long as It might have
been if the regiment had been lighting
the enemy for three months. Pneumo
nia and typhoid fever, indeed, are as
deadly foes as tbe Mauser bullets and
the machetes of the Spaniards.
Seven deaths ln the Seventh Cali
fornia regiment, six of them during the
last month, are laid to the door of offi
cial negligence. Our men have been
exposed to vilely unsanitary conditions
and entirely unnecessary hardships.
Who is responsible?
CORPORATIONS AND WAR TAXES
The people of the United States are
treated to an exhibition of greed and
: unpatrlotlsm on the part of rich and
powerful corporations. Let us take ex
■ press companies as an example. The
. war revenue bill provides:
Express and Freight. It shall be the
duty of every . . . express company
... to issue to the snipper or con
signor ... a bill of lading . . . ;
and there shall be duly attached and
canceled, as ln this act provided to each
of said bills of lading . . . and to
1 each duplicate thereof, a stamp of the
value of one cent.
Notwithstanding this plain provision
.of the law the express companies
throughout the United States, by pre
vious agreement it would seem, refuse
to pay the taxes Imposed upon them by
' this law and insist in every case that the
shipper himself shall pay it.
Nearly every other corporation upon
which war taxes have been imposed has
made the same stand as the express
companies. On the other hand, every
individual has willingly and cheerfully
paid the war taxes Imposed upon him or
his business.
It will be remembered that, in 1896, the
same express companies, the same rail
road companies, the same insurance
companies and a thousand other kinds
of corporations, took a very active part
in the political campaign then waged.
These corporations, through their well
paid and smart officials, made them
selves the useful allies-of the Republican
party and had much to say and write
about honesty, patriotism, repudiation, j
fifty-cent dollars and kindred subjects.]
So interested were they ln these matters
and so anxious were they that the Re
publican golden rule should be and re
• main triumphant, that they even en
rolled their employes in their kinder
gartens of economics and Republican
morals, and threatened to discharge them
should they fail to graduate with Mc-
Kinley votes within two months or less.
But what a change two years has
wrought! The corporations which, in
1896, posed as the defenders of national
honor and integrity, and clamored for
the continuance of the fat gold dollar,
have now become defiers of the law and
the defaulters in the payment of their
Just share of the war burden. The cor
porations which In 1896 called the restor
ation of silver repudiation and denom
inated the payment of obligations In
fifty-cent dollars, robbery, have them
selves repudiated their obligations and
refused to pay them In any kind of dol
lars. What a change has been wrought
ln corporation economics and morals In
two short years!
ALGER'S ACCOUNTABILITY
oecieeary Aigei s management 01 tne i
war department has been bitterly as
sailed ever since the mobilization of the!
volunteer army began, for the evidences!
of Inefficiency in that quarter were co-
Incident with the first movement of the
troops, and the consequences have
seemed to follow events with such regu
larity as to give suggestlveness of de
sign. The strictures have by no means
been confined to opposition journals,
and the demand for a congressional in
vestigation comes from administration
papers.
Jobbery of the most flagrant character
is charged in the matter of the purchase
of food, clothing, medicines, ammunition
and forage, in the location of camps
and the movement of troops, while politi
cal favoritism has been so openly and
brazenly indulged in as to seriously im
peril the discipline of the volunteers. The
treatment of the Seventh California is
so fresh in the memory of our people
that they will have little difficulty in
believing that the desertion of 1300 men
of the Fifth Illinois, at Chattanooga the
other day, was due to the same causes.
The most serious charge that has been
made against the war department was
that, through the negligence of some of
its officials, a hospital ship loaded with
sick federal soldiers, was dispatched from
Santiago, recently, insufficiently supplied
with medicines for the Journey home, and
actually short of ordinary rations and
wholesome water, men 111 with yellow
fever being compelled to drink water
that was placed ln the ship's tanks last
May.
Mr. Alger is a great man. That fact
is not debatable, for he himself acknow
ledges It. But he should be held to a
strict accountability for the conduct of
a department over which he presides,
and which has already scandalized the
administration.
NEWLIN AND REGISTRATION
We have already called attention to
the fact that County Clerk T. E. Newlln
has failed to appoint one deputy regis
tration clerk. He has had this matter
under consideration for two weeks. The
LOS ANGELES HERALD* WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3. (898.
Democratic committee who waited upon
him and requested recognition of the
Democratic party by the appointment
of one Democratic deputy out of the six
clerkships authorized by the board of
supervisors has from day to day pressed
Mr. Newlln for a dlreot answer as to
his Intentions concerning this appoint
ment, but has upon as many days been
politely told that he would consider the
matter and let the committee know the
result later.
The committee has never been, and
probably never will be, informed of any
result of those serious deliberations.
The committee mistrusts, as it has a
right to mistrust, that Mr. Newlln has
been playing politics with its members,
and that he never Intended, and does not
now intend, to appoint a Democrat.
If the committee be right ln its con
clusions, Mr. Newlln has placed himself
In a very unenviable light before the
public. The matter of registration is
a purely non-partisan affair. That
every party should have representation
ln the make-up of the great register no
fair-minded man will deny. Mr. New
lln, however, seems to have the idea that
he is the county clerk of the Republican
party of this county, and as such
must conduct hie office on partisan Re
publican lines.
Mr. Newlln seeks renomination at the
hands of his party, and If he receives it,
will offer himself to the voters of this
county aa a fit person to have possession
of that public trust for another four
years. We doubt very much if fair
minded Republicans approve of the con
duct of Mr. Newlin in playing politics
with the registration of this county, and
we respectfully submit these petty par
tisan performances to the candid judg
ment of the members of his party in
connection with his present candidacy.
FOR REVENUE ONLY
The Capital, a weekly publication o
j this city, which describes itself as "th<
, leading financial, dramatic and societj
j paper," has nominally passed out of th>
j hands of its owner, H. Patton, Demo
j cratic politician (for revenue), and is
I conducted by I. B. Wood, lessee. It li
- probable, however, that Patton stil
dominates the columns of the Capital, as
his leading financial characteristic
shine forth therein in a way that cannot
be mistaken. In the last issue, foi
example, there are several columns of
puffs of Republican candidates, which
may be taken as a happy combination of
i the financial and political proclivities of
j the journal, and alongside these is
| ranged an attack on the Silver Republl
j can organization. This probably com
ports with H. Patton's ideas of doing
politics, and is one of the methods by
which he hopes to boost himself into a
Democratic appointment. The thou
sand dollars which he swears he once
received by way of subsidy, has prob
! ably run out, and, as the present Repub
lican office-seekers pay cash on the nail,
they are the more available people to
"work." It must be reassuring to the
i men who jointly hold the equity, liens
I and lease on the Capital establishment
jto know that its editorial columns still
have a market value, although it Is to
Ibe feared that they will never again
i know the opulence of a thousand dol
| lar subsidy. That the editorial opin
ions nf this purveyor of the latest society
tw addle have great w eight with the pub
lic goes without saying, and they ought
! also to serve as a powerful influence to
' boost Patton into a good fat office at
the hands of the Democratic adminis
tration. Such a leading "financier" is
| deserving of recognition.
BROKE IT GENTLY
The administration displayed unusual
finesse In the matter of giving out in In
stallments the text of the terms of peace
agreed upon with M. Cambon. The im
perialistic policy has taken such a hold
upon the party organs and managers
that it was thought to be unwise to make
the bold announcement that the Philip
pine islands are not to be retained, and
that about all the country is to realize
In the way of conquered territory is the
island of Porto Rico, which could doubt
less have been purchased from Spain for
less money than the war will have cost.
We are not deploring the outcome,
being disinclined to regard the loss of
the Philippines as a calamity, but refer
to it only to accentuate the disappoint
ment of the Republican jingoes, who
have been so willing to pervert an alleged
war for humanity to the purposes of ter
ritorial aggrandizement.
The fact that the Spanish war office
has been busy day and night in getting
an army of 40,000 men to throw Into the
Philippines, once peace Is concluded—
and it is vouched for by the London News
—squints very directly at the retro
cession of the islands to Spain, or at
least to a Joint occupation with the
troops of the United States. The official
statement of the terms presented to
Spain, in our news columns this morning,
gives no encouragement whatever to the
imperialists that the Philippines will be
more than temporarily occupied by the
United States.
THE RATE OBSTACLE
Superintendent Foshay Is doubtless
warranted in his apprehensions that Los
Angeleß may lose the National Educa
tional association convention through the
unwillingness of the railroads to make
satisfactory rates. It Is a contingency
that should not be overlooked. The
combined efforts of all our people, indi
vidual and associated, may be required
to produce the desired result.
The real difficulty is the extreme length
of the average haul and the many divi
sions of the rate agreed upon. Thus will
the fare paid by the Boston delegate be
apportioned among four or five systems,
each providing the maximum of service
for the minimum compensation. It Is
easy to see it is not a desirable business
for the roads. And, again, their excep
tional prosperity this year seems to in
crease theln independence rather than
their liberality. They seem less inclined
than usual to make concessions. The
management of the Omaha exposition
complain of their inability to get as
favorable ratee for their great crowd
collecting enterprise as have heretofore
been conceded to associations of a hun
dred men. . •
But the difficulties must be overcome.
Los Angeles must not be removed from
the maps as a convention city by the
illlberallty of the railroads.
An exclusive dispatch to a Republican
journal says the president will make the
building of the Nlcaraguan canal "a
strictly partisan question." That is
good. There are no wars that will com
pare with Republican wars, no canals
like those built by Republicans with
Republican money. But the same dis
patch tells us the president is com
mitted to the bill of Morgan, a southern
Democrat. Is the senator to change his
politics or part with his title to the bill?
We begin to feel apprehensive.
United States District Attorney Flint,
ln an interview had with him since his
return to the city, emphasizes the warn
ing given by thts Journal that the "test
case" plea of the express companies
Is but a ruse to gain time, that any test
case will be appealed to the supreme
court, with no prospect of a final ruling
for two years, during which the people
will pay the tax, and at the end of which
the company will pay a fine of $50. Mr.
Flint advises merchants to make a case
of every Infraction of the law, and he
offers to look after all of the cases so
brought.
The brilliant paragrapher of our twi
light neighbor grows hypercritical ln the
heat. Deploring a misprint In an En
glish magazine, the scribe himself Is
engulfed by inaccuracy. The Pall Mall
Gazette is an evening daily journal; the
Pall Mall Magazine, in which Sampson
is misprinted Hampson, is a monthly
magazine. Of course, typographical
errors are damnable in any evening pa
per and inexcusable in an English
monthly magazine.
i Referring to the problems of the fu- |
,! ture, Tom Reed yesterday expressed the
11 hope that they might be worked out
I "consistently with our time-honored and
'dearly bought institutions and with the j
: traditions of our wise forefathers." It i
, begins to look as if Tom Reed had gone '■
j Democratic.
The official announcement of the terms !
Jof peace proposed by the United States
jdoes not materially differ from the text
|of the statement sent out by the Asso- :
I elated Press the morning after the presi- 1
j dent's interview with M. Cambon. The
Associated Press is a pretty reliable old
coach.
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The New York World says: "Sylvester
Scovel is no longer connected with this
newspaper." That is the irony of fate.
Kicked out of army headquarters for
lying, and kicked out of the World office
for being found out!
Hooley is show ing himself to be
a graceless scamp that the fact gives]
color'to his stories on the stand. Cer-|
talnly no sane man would go into one
of his directorates without being well!
paid for it. j
m' »
The son of his father is doing goodj
service as a wedge. He may not be
j large enough to completely split the Re
| publican trunk, but he is likely to some
: what disturb the coheslveness of the
fiber.
As between the Philippines and the
continuation of preferential tariffs, the
Dingleyltes are quick to decide. They
begin to see that they can't well have
both.
Prince Herbert Bismarck will assume
all of the obligations of his father to the
kaiser, including the duty of snubbing
him upon the slightest provocation.
Movements of the war department
looking to the reinforcement of Merritt
appear to be based upon the idea that
this Is to be a thirty days' war.
The Democratic majority in Alabama
Will reach 60,000, which is within 10,000
of the plurality given for the fusion
presidential ticket in 1896.
Spanish 4s are steadily gaining on the
European bourses, a sure indication of
continental confidence in the success of
the peace negotiations.
The Santiago prisoners may reason
ably object to being transported home by
the French line. They would rather
walk Spanish.
If Don Carlos ever intends to strike,
now is his time. The Spaniards couldn't
be weaker if they had been boarding at
a sanitarium.
The Carlists claim to have money and
arms, "and only lacks officers." A requis
ition on Kentucky will be honored at
sight.
The delay in answering America's ul
timatum would Indicate that Spain Is
still at sea, and a trifle short on trans
ports.
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Government expenditures In July ag
gregated $70,000,000, and exceeded the
revenues from all sources by $25,000,000.
Spain made an obvious blunder in not
accepting our first ultimatum. The last
one comes a trifle higher.
General Miles reserved the easiest Job
for himself. He promises to conquer
Porto Rico hands down.
Commodore Watson is willing to com
promise on a commission to the Paris
exposition.
If Miles is at all shrewd, he will move
rapidly away from the telegraph instru
ment.
Zola might slip down to Madrid and
write another "Downfall."
Spatn asks (or peace ln both French
and Spanish.
Happy day when the treaty is rati-
SIDEWALK TALKS
"Yes, I hear that Johnny Wray has won
everything for McLachlan. I was with
some friends the
R. J. Waters: other day buying
some cigars—by the
way, have one—when Johnny came
up. He would not look my way at
first, and Anally I went up to him
and took him by the shoulders and
turned him so that he faced me, and said:
'Hello, Johnny, how goes It?' He replied
that he was fighting hard, and had things
all right. He pulled a bunch of keys out of
his pocket and shook the watch chain to
which they were fastened, saying he had
pawned his watch to help the fight, bu
that it was all right. I congratulated him
and felt better. Have another cigar?"
o o o
"I am surprised to learn that our over
land was wrecked near Williams. Why
the track there Is as
E. W. Sir Gee: straight as It can be
and is ln perfect
condition. I had not been over the line
for live years past until a few weeks ago,
when I went east, and you know how per
fect our roadbed Is between here and San
Bernardino? Well, it is now the same
thing all the way to Chicago. All east of
Albuquerque Is rock ballast. But on the
line of the old A. and P. the greatest Im
provement has been made. Those freight
wrecks last week? Why, no railway can
avoid freight wrecks once in awhile. Look
at the Pennsylvania. They have them.
You get all sorts of old box cars from
other lines, and you cannot possibly look
after them in the same way that you re
yard passenger coaches and a smash-up
will come. They come anyway. I am sure
that no foresight could have prevented
this wreck at Williams. The rails were all
new and very heavy, the track straight,
the roadbed Is constantly watched, so you
see that it must have been one of those
perfectly unavoidable affairs that are
really no one's fault—that Is speaking from
the Information at hand about it."
o o o
"Will I run for sheriff? That's a question
that Is too personal for me to answer.
I'll tell you one thing.
A. W. Marsh: I am going to get into
the mountains as
soon as I can. For nearly two years now
I have been shut Up in the court house,
and I believe indoor life In a steam-heated
building In this country will do up the
strongest man. I am no chicken, as you
can see, but I have lost twenty-seven
pounds iately, and lay it all to being in a
iteam-heated building all winter. I firmly
believe that there is no cure like the open
:ilr one. Let a man get out ln the open and
sleep rolled up ln his blankets, with the
<ky his only roof, anil breathe the pure air
>f the regions far away from any vitiation
it crowds of humanity, and he is bound to
?et strong, unless his time has come and
lothing will avail him. Politics? I don't
mow much about them, except that It does
ook as if (iage was going to get there."
o o o
"What do you think those freeholders
A'ill do about the Initiative and referen
. ... . dum? I am afraid
A Stieet Car , ,
~ , . that there are not
Conduct 'r: . m "
enough of them who
'avor those principles. Tea, I do, and I
hink the Cnlted States ought to take up
>verything new that Is good as fast as
possible. How do I know these principles
uf government are good? Well, of course,
I don't know for sure, but they sound good,
iml so many people believe ln them that
[ guess there cannot be any mistake about
t. You see most of the poor people and
hinklng people want the initiative and
•efereii'lum, and their judgment ought to
)c good enough. THE RECEIVER.
Poker in Vienna
j Poker has fallen on bad days ln Austria.
The authorities are about to banish it
I from the land, where It has been a craze
and an unmitigated evil ever since its
Invention. It was the game of the cafe,
and the man without a private hobby or
the comforts of the modern home sought
his solace in the fascination of what has
been called the most Irresistible card game
of latter days. In Vienna poker has be
come one of the great sins of the people.
It tilled up the private life and the leisure
moments of the family, corrupted the young
man and swallowed up his scanty earn
ings, and it counted among the frivolities
of the budding housewife. The tricks, sub
terfuges, betrayals, swindles and family
cilmes that have been committed ln its
name in Vienna would make up a story
more, weirdly fascinating than the rec
ords of even "Roaring Camp." It must
therefore go, say the authorities, who are
about to prohibit It as a game coming
under "Hazard-spiel."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Aguinaldo's Insignia of Office
Once upon a time a Malay belle attended
divine service conducted by a young mis
sionary from America attired ln one red
garter, and the other belles turned green
with envy. President Aguinaldo sees that
such costume Is primitive and not agreea
ble to eyes polite. Besides, a red garter
would not be fitting for one of exalted rank,
a power and potentate, one of the great of
earth. So he sensibly discards the garter
and puts on the gold collar with a trian
gular gold pendant with a sun and three
stars. And his majesty will be symbolized
by the gold whistle and a stick with a gold
tassel. There won't be a prettier prince on
earth than President Aguinaldo when he
assumes his new clothes.—St. Louis Post-
Dispatch-
Winnie Davis and the Veterans
The entrance of Miss Winnie Davis was
the signal of a remarkable demonstration.
Miss Davis was escorted to the front of the
stage by General Gordon, who Introduced
her as the "Child of our Immortal chief
tain, and our own child." He said that In
the name of the organization he would
grasp her hand. "Kiss her, general,"
shouted one old veteran. "I have already
done that," replied General Gordon. Miss
Davis smilingly bowed her acknowledg
ments to her admirers.—Atlanta letter to
Mobile Register.
Value of a Child in Jersey
Mr. Justice Gummere does not assert
that the New Jersey statute Is the final
word of legislative wisdom (as guided and
Illumined by the corporation attorneys)
upon this Interesting subject, but he sug
gests that It Is ln harmony with the
statutes of other states and is baaed upon
common sense. We do not yet hear that
the Jersey City Traction company has
brought suit against Mr. Graham to re
cover compensation for Its services in re
ducing his household expenses by the re
moval of one child, aged 5 years.—Hartford
Courant.
"A Rum Go"
Madrid cannot comprehend why Santiago
surreadered., There was ao food, no water
and no ammunlton, but the runt still held
ova—Milwaukee Sentinel. _
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■ thus making room for our heavy fall stock, soon to
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([ . QUESTION—How long bu jrour School been In operation? i
V ANSWER—Sixteen years. It is the oldest Business College In Southern OalHor- I
| ' nia Th's does not utcessarily make it the BEST, but we Inter Irom your question m
. | that you at* trying to ascertain tho relative merits of sohoo s. and while It may not .
< seem modest on our part to say that our school Is superior In everyway, yet THAT T?
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(' QUESTION—When is the best time to enter your school? 0
0 ANSWER—NOW! provided you arc ready. Our School is in perpetual motion, at
m) August too hot? Not a bit. We have nice cool rooms, reached by elevator, and even
J the laslest person—but if yon are lazy don't oome. You will do us more barm than ?
•* good No. August is all right. We have a goodly number ln attondance just now P
0 who are doing splendid work, YOU ARE NOT. These answers come irom the A
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THE VOICE IN BATTLE
Witih the modern rapid-firing guns there's
little firing by men ln mast except when the
company "rallies" to repel an attack. Then
a circle or semicircle Is formed round the
officers and the bullets are sent ln every di
rection as fast as they can travel. In the
"extended order" on the skirmish line It is
possible for a man to "hear himself think,"
but with a line extending rods away to the
rlgiht and left, and with a strong wind blow
ing, to say nothing of the musketry, the of
ficer's voice cannot be equal to the emer
gency. So he resorts to signals—visual,
with his sword, when smoke and landscape
will allow; otherwise with the bugle, or
with a hoarse whistle ln the hilt of his
sword. Properly drilled soldiers of 1898
readily Interpret the signnls. Those with
the sword are simple;those by the
bugle or whistle are combinations of
long and short blasts, as for example, one
long one, "Halt!" Two long ones, "For
ward!" Two short ones and one long one,
"To the rear!" Two long ones and two
shore ones, "Commence firing!" One
long one and two short ones, "Cease tir
ing!" The non-commissioned officers along
the line, hearing these signals, repeat the
commands to the men.
Aboard ship there Is also great economy
of vocal power. If the steel sides of th*
vessel are not being pounded by shot and
shell the officers can make themselves
heard between shots, but their words are
few. As for the men, the experience of
an observer aboard one of our vessels at the
destruction of Cervera's fleet is to the point.
He said he expected to hear the men rush to
quarters with a yell, and thencheer as they
saw the enemy's discomfiture. On the con
trary, the only sound was the boom of the
guns, the men golngon with their work like
silent machines.
Yet the human voice has Its value. Who
shall say .t,jhat It Is any lessthan those from
metal throats? It comes when there's a
lull In the firing, when bayonets are fixed,
When men nerve themselves and start ror*
ward at a run over the short but shoNswept
space between them and the enemy.. Then
the voice will make Itself heard—no rules
or regulations ever could prevent it if they
tried. Seemingly It Is the sliouts that car
ries the men onward, upward, over the
breastworks.—Hartford Courant.
Santiago Center Shots
Spaln is rapidly realizing how it feels to
be a reconcentrado herself.—Chicago
News.
General Toral held on till his fingers hurt.
Then he let go all holds and dropped into
Shatter's net.—Evansvllle Courier.
Spain's expenses are being reduced at all
events. She will hereafter have to pur
chase less coal for her navy and less ra
tions for her Santiago army.—Savannah
News.
The class ln geography Is now ready to
take a few lessons on Porto Rico and the
Canaries.—Pittsburg Post.
The dons don't seem to disdain the
Yankee habit of making the best bargain
possible under given circumstances.—
Richmond Dispatch.
Shatter's men have rather brusque man
ners, but after all they are a taking lot.—
Salt Lake Herald.
Spain might now put Weyler at the head
of the government and then open all the
valves for the rest of the run down the de
clivity.—Philadelphia North American.
Santiago proves that Manila was not an
accident. Some of our European critics
had begun to say we couldn't do it again.—
Milwaukee Journal.
Uncle Sam's personally conducted excur
sions to Spain promise to eclipse ln size
all other transatlantic parties this summer
—Boston Journal.
A Blow at the Belt
"When I struck this town fifteen years
ago," said the man with the dynamite
necktie, "I had 65 cents in my pocket."
"And now?" queried some one ln the
group.
"And now?" echoed the other, with a
pitying glance at th* questioner, "Noth-
In', only I've got the dad-dlngedest finest
saloon in the ward."
"And you had only 65 cents in you*
pocket when you came here?"
"That's all."
After a prolonged silence the man who
had his feet on the table asked him:
"How much did you have In the belt
around your waist?"— Chicago Tribune.
Where the Idea Originated
She—lt seems to be the general belief
among the Spaniards that Americans are
merely a lot of savages.
He—Yes; I guess they must have been
dealing with some of the eastern summer.
hotel keepers.—Chicago News.
Well Punctured
When Admiral Dewey writes a letter he
is always ready to add a postscript ln the
shape of a solid shot.—New York Sun.
The Peace Working Schleys
Miss Jessie Schley and her uncle, the
commodore, off Cuba, are both"worklng to
ward peace, but In widely different ways.—•
Boston Globe.
Miss Schley, the peacemaker, who has
gone to Spain, Is a cousin of Commodore
Schley, also something of a peacemaker.—
Syracuse Standard.
Miss Jessie Schley Is at Madrid working ln
the Interests of peace, but we venture to
say that she Is not doing nearly as effective
work in the interests of peace as has been
done by her relative, Commodore Schley, at
Santiago.—Chicago Post.
Miss Jessie Schley, the peace advocate, is
on one side of Spain with an olive branch.
(Tncle Wlnfleld of the navy Is on the other
side with thirteen-inch guns. Thus do we
get the enemy coming and going.—Chicago
Record.
That hysterical young woman, Mlse
Schley, of Milwaukee, a relative of the vic
torious commodore, who went to Spain on a
mission that she supposed would bring her
glory, has been properly rebKfed by the
authorities at Madrid. She may have
thought she was doing a very noble deed,
but It was not only Qulxonei ff'was crim
inal-Philadelphia Inquirer!^l>'' : '^' l ' ,
ON, ONWARD STILL!
A Cry of Battle 1
On—onward still!—Ye hearts of fire,
Time, Right, and dauntless blood conspire!
The days are come:—llls the hour!
When God's right arm shall show His
power.
On, onward still!
The starry herald of the free
Streams—name-like, on the breathing hillf
God's might shall work His righteous
will:—
His battle smokes along the sea;
On, onward still! ,
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America! Thou, first of all . ""]
To answer the dtspalrlng call
Of trampled Liberty—Thine eyes
Shall read God's message in the skies.
Press onward still!
Press on—till round the belted world
Thy lightning spirit shall be known:
Till from each soul-oppressing throne
The blood-stained tyrant shall be hurled.
Press onward still!
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There Is no turning backward, now;
Whoso his hand puts to the plough
And once looks backward, is not fit
For God's great work, remember it-
Press onward still!
God's ways are strict. A crown of light
Upon thy temples He hath placed;
About thy breast His hands have laced
The shining mantle of His might.
Press onward still!
Unfearlng. let thy deeds deserve
God's favor always: never swerve
From thy set course. It Is God's call;—
The Nation that heeds not shall fall:
On—onward still!
In heaven thy stars shine, day and night.
Girt ln thy strength—still watch and prays
Thy way is God's appointed way:—
Like thine own Eagle's tireless flight-
On—upward, still!
—Robert Burns Wilson, in Louisville Cos*
tier-Journal,
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