IS r, s STATE NEWS PICKUPS. 1 SUPPLIES DELAYED. Ilipy Were Ordered From the War De partmriit In lue Time by ISrnrilcy, Hut Have Not Arrived. rn.VNKror.T, Ivy.. May 13. Gov. Ilrad Icy received a tolerrai:i from the war di-pnrtnienthtatinjr that his requisition made in detail for the equipment of the Kentucky stale ruanl had been tilled, and shipment of blankets, etc, hudleen j-ent from I'hiladelphia on May C via fnst freight to Lexington. Tim equipments have not arrived, and loud complaint is now beinjr made by the soldiers, who are suH'erinr discom fiture for lack of equipments. (Jen. Collier held a conference with t'ov. 1 1 rati ley in rejrard to the matter. The governor .said: I have used all diligence to secure the equipments, and made the order at the first possible moment. They should have been in Lexington before the soldiers were encamped. The de lay is occasioned probably by the great rush of similar orders. The shipment has been slow, but is not the fault of this end of the line."' It is known here that the date set for the movement of the first regiment of Kentucky volunteers from Lexington to the south en route to Cuba will be Friday. May 20. Mr. Joe Siincox, formerly of Lexing ton, late stenographer to the governor, and at present a secretary of the state board of equalization, has been select ed for adjutant of thj Third regiment. I'tintlb for Ktjuipln? Tionju. Lorisvu.i.i:, Ky., May 13. The board of trade has passed a resolution pledg ing the city of Louisville to raise the "10.000 or $15,000 necessary to properly equip the Kentucky troops. The prop osition, if accepted by the authorities at Frankfort, will place the cit3 in the position of advancing the money to the slate. There is no authority for tak ing the money out of the city treasury without an act of the legislature. The money will be returned by the state as -soon as possible. This action pro vides a means of tending the Kentucky troops to the front fully equipped. Hills Incorrectly Enrolled. Fiiaxk foist, Ky., May 13. Accord ing to the clerks in the ofiice of the seretary of state a large number of bills passed by the late Ken tucky legislature have been incorrect ly enrolled, and all kinds of complica tions are predicted as a result. In one instance where the original bill pur ported to amend section 43 of an act, the enrolled bill makes it amend sec tion 4. Another in its title gives the year SOS instead of lS'JS. Gov. l'.radley vetoed several measuics because of similar defects, but it tipptars that many became laws either witn or with out his signature. Supplies Shipped From .J lTersonvEle. I.oiivii.i.i:, Ky., May Id. The rapid moving of the troops caused immense sui plies to be shipped Sunday from the government depot at leffersou viile. Karly in the day orders were received for several hundred escort wagons to be sent to Sa Francisco, to go from there to the l'hilippines. With the wagons went large quautities of miscellaneous supplies. Five thousand blouses, shirts, etc, hundreds of mess pans, pickaxes and camp utensils were sent to Chiekamauga and Tampa, to go from there to Cuba. tiood-ICy to the Legion. Lorisvu.i.i:. Ky., May 13. The .Lou isville legion, 1,200 strong, left for Lexington at 1 o'clock Friday. The order was issued by Col. Castlcman for the troops to assemble at the arm ory at that hour. The regiment was about CO per cent, equipped. The day was in the nature of a holiday. The public schools was closed and the peo ple turned out to say good-by to the boys. Ordered to Xahhville. PiNKVii.i.r., Ky., May VI In 1S00 Dr. J. I. Smith, of this city, sueccsifully passcd the examination at West l'oint for a position in the standing army as surgeon. At that time there were no vacancies and Dr. Smith's name was placed on file. He heard nothing more from it until Wednesday, when he re ceived a telegram ordering him to re port at Nashville, Tenn., at once. Dr. Smith left for Nashville Thursday. KnliKtmenls From Henry County. Emixkxci:, Ky., May 14. Ten of Eminence and Newcastle's bravest men left Thursday afternoon for Lex ington, where they enlisted in the army. They are George Dutton, J. C. llighficld, Ashley Kelly, Harrj- Gaines, Albert lloone, Tom Lacy, Charles Mar tin, Ed lillegood, Carly Mahoncy and Lawrence Mathews. A large crowd was in town to s-.'e them olf. There is great enthusiasm. Henry Wuttenton'4 Son. Lexington, Ky., May 17. Col. Castle man has received the following from Editor Henry Watterson: "My Dear Sir: I wish to say for my fon, Harvey Watterson, a minor en listed as a private soldier in the First Kentucky regiment, that he did so with the full knowledge anil approval of Mrs. Watterson and myself. Sincerely "Hkxrv Watterson." Col. Gait her' Staff Complete. Lexington, Ky., May 14. CoL Gaith rr's stair is now complete and will be mustered in on Saturday, as will the several companies. Edgar L. Urown, of Cincinnati, who is to be sergeant major to CoL Gaither, arrived Friday night. Arthur W. Sharpley, of Frank fort, also arrived Friday night to serve as adjutant to one of the battalion majors on Col. Smith's staff. In an in terview Fridaj- night CoL Gaither btated that the election of lieutenant to the Paris company has been set aside and that Gov. IJradley will fill the vacancy by appointment. This in sures Charlton Alexander the place Hied of Lock j .nr. Shemiyvili.k Dki'ot, Ky., May 12. I.yland, the seven-year-old son of Dr. li. D. Tratt, a prominent physician of this place, died Wednesday morning of lockjaw. While playing he ran a nail into his foot, but no attention was paid to it at the time Three days ago the dread disease manifested itself, and despite all medical skill, resulted fa tally. - Kentucky Sons of Veteran. Louisville, Ky., May 12. The Sons .of Veterans of Kentucky arc in session here and are transacting business be hind closed doors with great secrecy. Amos Kiss Secures a New Trial. Fkaxkkokt, Ky., May IS. The court of appeals Tuesday rewrscd the lower court in the case of Amos lliggs, of Maysville, against the commonwealth. Uiggs was sentenced by the circuit court of Mason county to hang for murder. Uiggs is a noted criminal and is said to have killed several men prior to the killing for which he w::s on trial in the present instance. The reversal sends the case back for a new trial. About a year ago lliggs killed Win, It. Hoy and a son of Uoyd.the latter being Uiggs' son-in-law. The opinion is by ludge llazelrigg and the reversal is granted on the ground that evidence was admitted in the trial below which was incompetent and pre judical to the substantial rights of Uiggs. In the case of Tims Hayden of Ohio county, the death penalty was u Hi rul ed. He killed his mistress. The M. V. 31;narch .VMiigiimenr. O'.vkxpiioro, Ky., May IS. M. V. Monarch has made a general j craonal assignment for the benefit of his cred itors to'.Iohn A. Lyddane, who accept ed the trust. The Sour Mash Distill ing Co., one of the Monarch corpora tions, also made a general assignment to the Columbia Finance antl Trust Co., of Louisville, which was accepted. No schedule of assets or liabilities in either case. The Sour Mash Co. was incor porated in 1SS0 anil is capitalized at SloO.OOO. The M. V. Monarch Distill ing Co. assigned June 3, 1S'.7, antl its affairs have since been in litigation. Until recently M. V. Monarch and his friends hoped he could save himself and his other corporate interests. Kentucky Dentist Meet. LorisviLi.E, Ky., May IS. The twenty-eighth annual nieeting of the Ken tucky State Dental association began Tuesday afternoon at the Louisville College of Dentistry. The session Tuesday, which was organized at 2:30 o'clock, was given up to the reports of the executive committee and the state board of examiners, after which president, Dr. John C. P.lair, made lils report and delivered the animal address. Must Give Them Up. FnANKror.T, Kv., May IS. Cant Kersey, of the Frankfort company, 2nd regiment, came down from Lexington Tue.-day in search of several of his soldiers, who left Lexington after be ing rejected by the surgeons, and took their uniforms and guns with them Capt. Kersey served notice on them Tuesday afternoon that the guns and uniforms must be returned by Wed nesday morning or they would be ar rested. Tney Deny It. Camp Coli.ieu, Lexington, K3., May 18. The j ublished report that a statu of dissatisfaction exists among the o.f- ficers of the Third regiment and that there is likelihood of these olliccrs re signing is round!- denounced by them as absolutely false. Col. Smith and his stall' feel that they have been done an injustice by the publication of these reports and deny that any disruption anywhere exists. A Chance for Civilian. Louisville, Ky., May IS. Lieut. W. R. Johnson, United States navy, Mon day received advices from Washington that in a few davs the government will provide examinations for men desiring to go into the army as second lieuten ants. This will be the first opportun ity in years that civilians have had to become lieutenants in the army. The salary is from SI 14 per month up. No Colored Man Admitted. Lexington, Ky., May IS. Rev. R'ch ard Adams, colored, has registered a kiclc lie claims that when he visited Camp Cirtlier he was admitted and courteously treated, but that when he asked for admission to Camp IJradley, where the Louisville legion is quar tered, he was denied. lie says the sentinels words were: "My orders are to admit no colored man." Drank Cinnamon. West Luiekty, Ky., May IS. Jack son Pevton and Stephen Jones were killed Monday by drinking cinnamon It is said they drank several bottles of the stuff and were soon after seized with convulsions. JUeuical aid was summoned and everything possible was done to save their lives, but both died in a few hours. Dewey Hay at Lexington. Lexington, Ky., May-17. The cham ber of commerce at its meeting Tues day night arranged for a celebration of the victory of Ad 111. Dewey on Sat urday next, on which date excursions will run from all points in central Kentucky. There will be a mammoth parade of soldiers, secret and public societies. Condemned Man Respited. Fhankfoiit, Ky., May 18. Gov. Brad ley has respited William Tntt, who was to have been hanged at Mayfield May 20. The respite is for 30 days. It is claimed that new evidence in his favor has been discovered since his trial, and the governor will investigate this. Kentucky l'o-it mast era. Washington, May 18. The following postmasters for Kentucky were com missioned Tuesday: L'mecrcek, Pu laski county, Columbus Randolph, vice P. Bullock, resigned; Magan, Ohio county, J. II. Roach, vice J. It. Ralph, resigned. Third l'enusylvania at Chiekamauga. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 18. The Third Pennsylvania volunteer infan try, CSC officers and men under com mand of Col. Robt. Ross, arrived short ly after noon Tuesday and was taken on to the park a short time later. Nearly eight thousand men are now in the park. Spain Appeal for Help. New Yokk, May 18. A Paris cable dispatch to the Evening Journal de clares that? Spain is imploring help' from France, Germany and Russia, of fering in return for such assistance to surrender to the powers named all tho territory in the Philippines, excepting Manila and its immediate vicinity. Dr. MavimJgenis, 100 years pf age, is the last survivor of the men who fought in thfc Greek war of Independ ence. He lives with a sister ten years older than himself. The son of the sultan of Zanzibar, who is in.'England, will remain in that country for some time and when lie returns home will try to introduce the ideas of English civilization among his countrymen. 'I lit lt3 ut, l.r-xismo.'J, Ky., May 10. The See pifl regiment, divided up into battal ions, will Irs us follows: First batalion, Maj. J. Kmbry Allen, L.xington, Leb anon, U inctifster and Paris com panies, Carroll Powers, adjutant; Sec ond battalion, Maj. William C. Owen , Georgetown, Cynthiana, New port and Williamsburg companies, Howard Gaines, adjutant; Third bat talion, Maj. E. S. Helburn, Middles borough, Covington, Lancaster anil Frankfort, James Johnston, adjutant. It is not 1 ossiblc to give the letter of the companies at this time, since they will be lettered according to their rank, and with the exception of the first two or three can not be placed. However, there is much disapproval being ex pressed by the men of vhe plan to change the letter of the companies. It is argued that each company has one or more Hags, the lettering on which will have to be changed. Company E. Lexington, has just been presented a Hag costing 50 by the young women btudents at Jessamine female institute which would be worthless if the initial letter were changed to D, as the rank n. qui res. Commander Todd a Keutucklan. Frank tout, Ky., May 14. Com mander Chapman C. Todd, of the Wil mington, ranking officer in the unfor tunate lleet which attacked Cardenas, is a Kentucky product, having been born and reared in this city. He is a brother of ex-Mayor George D. Todd, of Louisville. lie received his early education in the city schools here and as a ichoolboy became famous locally as a left handed slugger. It is said that he never allowed himself to be u hipped in school day scrimmages and since grown up to manhood he has lost none of his courage. His wife is now living with her brother, Dr. Samuel James, of this city. Commander Todd's relatives are naturally very much distressed over the ending of the Cardenas attack. Capt. Michael G. Hauer Dropped Dead. Louisville, Ky., May 17. Capt. Michael G. Uauer, secret service agent for Kentucky, dropped dead in front of the custom house Monday. Several days ago Capt 1'auar had a hemor rhage of the lungs, but Monday morn ing was as well us ever. When near the entrance to tlia government build ing he fell, blood issuing from his nos trils and mouth. Death soon followed. Capt. Uauer was about 57 years of age nnd one of the most noted secret serv ice men in the country, being mainly instrumental in running Miles Ogle and the famous Hrokway gang of coun terfeiters to earth many years ago. lie !iad been in the secret service for 20 rears, though not continuously. Third Keglmeut to Ite l'resented With a Fias. Dowi.ixo Green, Ky., May 10. The people from all the cities of southern Kentucky that are represented with a company of soldiers in the Third Ken tucky regiment, now encamped at Lex ington, nre raising money to prcsjnt the regiment with a fine regimental tlax before it is .sent away. Each city will contribute its pro rata and mo?t have already raised the money. The Hag will cot S3'J0 and a committee from each city represented will ba ap pointed to go to Lexington antl make the presentation. Not a 1. bet. Louisville. Ky., May 17. Judge Toney dismissed the suit of Council man Charles Cimiotti against the Falls City liillposting Co. for 55,000 damages, l'he company used yellow posters and large type, giving the names and amounts of debtors. Cimiotti was one Df the unfortunates. The court de cided that it did not constitute a libel. A similar suit of Emma M. Unrtman against the American Credit-Rating Co. was also dismissed. Granted Three Days Furlough. Lexington, Ky., May 10. Mustering Officer Uallanee has granted a three days' furlough to all volunteers mus tered in, in order that they may go home again if they so desire before be ing ordered to move south. ISlt-u His Drains Out. I'aducaii, Ky., May 14. John Ilu :hanan; a prominent young farmer of Sharpe, Marshall county, ton miles from the city, committed suicide Fri day, blowing his brains out with a shotgnn. No cause is assigned. They Did Not Figlit. Laweenceiil'EG, Ky., May 17. A report spread that Dr. C. D. Purdue and James C. Gudgel engaged in an alter cation lately dftl them an injustice. They had no fight. Loth are highly respieted citizens. New Master Commissioner. Hoi'KiNsviLi.E, Ky., May 10. Circuit Judge Cook has appointed Frank Rives, a prominent young attorney, master commissioner of Christian county, vice Judge T. J. Morrow, 'de ceased. Disemboweled by a Musket Discharge. Ei.kton, Ky., May 12. While climb ing a rail fence with an old musket the son of Shennock Harris was dis embowled by the discharge of the Weapon. Another Kcntuckian Honored. Washington, May 14. The president has sent to the senate the name of Gordon Vorhees, of Kentucky, to be an assistant adjutant general with the rank of captain. Postmaster at Mlddlesboro, Ky. Washington, May 17. The senate Monday afternoon confirmed the noTn- ination of L. V. Colson to be post-t master at Mlddlesboro, Ky. New Kentucky Post Office. Washington, May 14. A post office has been cstablish-d at Shelly, Grayson county, and John R, Conklin appoint ed postmaster. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAK First One Ever Fought in the Cause of Mercy and Humanity. Tho Same God Who Has Guided This Na tion Heretofore Will Not Desert It When Encaged In a Noble Mis sion Talmage's Sermon. Most pertinent to the excitincr times through which we are now passing is this Vrmon of Dr. Talinarc. in which he proposes to cheer the people who arc saddened bv the horrors of war. Text: Psalm xxvii., 3: "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident." The rinsr of battle axes, and the clash of, shields, and the tramp of armies, are heard all up and down the Old Testament; and you find gedly sol- .!:(' .lll.t! Miisco. Iiinl .los'iiiia. an.l t'aleb, iiiid Gitk-oii. and scoundrelly mil-dier.-; like Sennael.eri'.-. and Slialma ncser. and Nebuchadnezzar. Tin; 'high priest wo.'.! I staud at the head of the a: my and say: ''Ik-ar O Israel, 3-e approach this day unto battle against your enemies; let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye tcriiiiod because of them!" and then the ollicers would give the command to the troops, saying: "What man is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedi cated if.' Let him go and return to his house. lest he die in brittle and an other man dedicate it. And wiiat man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not eaten cf it? Let him also go and return unto his I101.se, lest he die in tlu battle and another man eat of it. And what mini is .here that hath betrothed a wife and ha ill not taken her? L'jthitugo an.l ivturn unto his ouse, lest he die in l he battle and another man take her."' Great armies marched anil fought. In time of Moses and Joshua all the men were soldiers. When Israel came out of Hyypt they were f.00,000 fighting men. Abijah commanded 400,001). Jeroboam commanded S00,0U() men, of whom .'jSIO, 000 were slain in one battle. Some of thec wars God approved, for they wciv for the rescue of oppressed na tions, and some of them He denounc ed, but in all cases it was a judgment upon both victor and vanquished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text: "Though war should rise against me, in this will 1 be confident." David is encouraging himself in stormy tim s, and before approaching battles administers to himself the con solatory. Fo to-day my theme is the "Alleviations of War." War is organ ized atrocity. It is the science of as sassination. It is the convocation of all horrors. It is butchery wholesal.. It is murder glorified. It is death on a throne of human skeletons. It is the coi'iin in ascendancy. It is diabolism at a game of skulls. Hut war is here and it is time now to preach on its al leviations. First, I find an alleviation in the fact that it has consolidated the north and south after long-continued strain ed relations. It is '.'" years since our civil war closed antl the violences are all gone and the severities have bojn hushed. IJut ever and anon, in oration, in sermon, in newspaper editorial, in magazine article, on political stump, antl in congressional hall, the old sec tional difference has lifted its head; antl for the first time within my memory, or the memory of any one who hears or reads these words, the north antl the south are one. I!y a marvel ous providence the f amil that led in opposition to our government U0 years ago is represented at the front in this present war. Nothing else could have done the work of uuifieat'on so sud denly or so completely as this conflict. At Tampa, at Chattanooga, at Rich mond and in many other plaeis the regiments are forming, antl it will be side by side. Massachusetts and Ala bama. New York and Georgia, Illinois ami Lonisianu, Maine and South Car olina, northern and southern men wiif together unlimber the guns and ' rush upon the fortifications and charge upon the enemy antl shout the tri umph. The voices of military olliccrs who were under Sidney Johnston and Joseph Hooker will give the command on the same side. The old sectional grudges forever dead. The name of Grant on the northern side and of Lee on the southern side will be exchanged for the names of Grant antl Lee' on tho same side. The veterans in northern and southern homes antl asylums arc stretching their rheu matic limbs to see whether they can aain keep step in a march, and are testing their eyesight to find whether they can again look along the gun barrel tosuceessully take aim and fire. The old war cry of "On to Richmond!" and "On to Washington!" has become the war cry of "On to Ha vana!" "On to Potto Rico!" "On to the Philippine islands!" The two old rusty swords that in other day clashed at Murfreesboro and South Mountain and Atlanta, arc now lifted to strike down Hispanic atnbominations. Another alleviation of the war is the fact that it is the most unselfish war of the ages. While the commercial rights of our wronged citizens will be vindicated, that is not the chief idea of the war. It is the rescue of hundreds of thousands of people from starvation and multiform maltreatment. A friend who went out under the Hag of the Red Cross two years ago to assuage the suffering in Armenia, and who has bjen on the same mission, un der the same Hag, in Cuba, says that the suffering in Armenia were a comedy and a farce compared with the greater sufferings of Cuba. At least 200,000 graves are calling to.us to conic on and remember by what process their occupants died. It is the twentieth century crying out to the nineteenth: "Do you mean to pass down to us the curse with which j'ou have been blasted? Or will you let me begin under new auspices and turn the island of desolation into an island Edenie?' It is a war inspired by mercy, which is an attribute in man im itative of the same attribute of God. In no other age of the world could such a war have been waged. The gospel of kindness needed to bj recog nized throughout Christendom in order to make such a war possi ble. The chief reason why most of the European nations are not now bauded together against us is because they dare not take the part of that be hemoth of cruelt', the Spanish gov ernment, against the crusade of mercy which our nation has started. Had it been on our part a war of eontjuest, a war of annexation, a war of aggran dizement, there would have been by this time enough Hying squadrons com ing to this country across the Atlantic to throw into panic every city on our American seaboard. The wars of the Crusaders were onh to regain an empty sepulcher: the Na poleonic wars, with their 0,000,000 slaughtered men, were projected antl carried out to appease the ambition oi one man; of the 2.,000,00 slain in Jew ish wars; and of the 00,000,00b slain in wars under Julius Caesar; of the 1SJ,- 000,000 slain in wars with Turk and Saracens; of the 50,- 000,000 slain in wars of Xerxes; of the 20,000,000 slain in wars of Justinian, and the 32,000,000 slain in the wars of Genghis Khan, not one man was sacrificed by mercy; but in this Hispanic-American war cverv drummer boy, or picket, or gunner, 01 standard bearer, or skirmisher, or sharpshooter, or cavalryman, or artil leryman, or engineer who falls, falls in the cause of mercy, and becomes a martyr for God and his country. An other alleviation of this war is that it is for the advancement of the nal w'orl 1, the doom of lh reigning house of Spain was pronounced iu t ncs of thunder which that night rullod out over th i sea. Another alleviation is the fact that wo have a God to go to in behalf of all thos.- of our countrymen who may be in especial expesure at tho front, for we must admit the perils. It is no trillng thing for 100,000 young nun to be put outside of home restraints, antl sometimes into evil companion ship. Many of tho braw of thu earth are not the goo.l of the earth. To be in tlu sanu tent with thosa who have no regard for Go.1 or home; to hear tiu-ir holy religion sometimes slurred at; to be placed under in lluenees calculated to make one reck less: to have no Sabbath, except such SubbaJi a- in mo.t ciieampnieuts amounts to no Sanbath at all; to go out from hom:-.s wherj all sanitary laws are observed into surroundings where questions of health arc ncv.r discussed; to invade climes where pes tilence holds ptsscssion; to make long marches under blistering skies; to stand on deck and in tho fields under fire, at the mercy of shot anil shell We must ad mit that those thu.s exposed need especial care, and to tho Omni present God we have a right to com mend them. Postal communication may be interrupted, and letters started from camps or homes may not arrive at the right destination; but however far away our loved ones may be from us. and however wide and deep the seas that separate us, wc may hold communication with them via the throne of God. A shipwrecked sailor was found float ing on a raft near the coast of Cali fornia. While in the hospital he told his experience and sai I he had a com panion on the same raft for some time. While that companion was dying of, thirst he said to hit::: "George, where are von going?" and tho dving sailor said: "I hope I am going to God." " If str'dlnw principle 01 Vibf-rTy, which w ill y. t ei''ir iU-the earth. Not only will this unr free Cuba, but finally will free Spain, l'.y what right does a dynrstv l;ke that - tarn7, and a corrupt court dominate a pi o;,le for centuries, taxing them to death, riding in gilded chariot over the necks of a beggared popu ation? There are 10,000 boys in Spain "rowing up with more capacity to govern that nation than will the weak boy now in the Madrid palace ever pos'ess. ILfore this coniliet is uvvr the Spanish nation will be will on toward the time when a con stitutional convention will assemble to establish a fiw: govornm -nt. instead f the worn-out dynasty that now af llicts the people. The liberty of all atious, transatlantic as well as cisat lantic, if not already establish -d. is on the way: and it can not be stopped. Napoleon HI, thought he had suc cessfully driven the principle out of I'rance, when on the second day of Dx'ct'inli'.'r. lS.'il, he rode down the Champs Elys -os of Paris, constitution al government seemingly crushed un der the hoofs of his stejtl. l!ut did it stay crushed? Let the batteries on the heights above Sedan answer, and the shout of 250,000 conquering hosts antl the letterof surrender to Em peror William tell the story. "Sire, My ISrothcr: Not having been able to die in the midst of my troops, it only remains for me to place 1113- sword in your majesty's hands. 1 am, Your Ma jesty, your gcod brother, Napoleon. Sedan, 1 Septt mber, 1ST0." That mon archy having fallen, then the French republic resiunid its march. Another iftk'viaticm is that the war opens with a great victory for the United States. It took our govern ment four years to get over the fiasco at Hull Run. A defeat at the start of this j resent war would have been dis heartening to the last tL-gree, and would have invited foreign interven tion to stop the war before anything practical for God and humanity had been accomplished, antl would have prolonged the strife, for which we are hoping a quick termination. In the most jubilant manner let this victory of our navy be celebrated. With the story of the exploded battleship fresh in the minds of the world, it iv qui red no ordinary courage to sail iut'j the harbor of Manila an 1 attack the Span ish shipping. That harbor, crowded with sunken weaponry of death; to en ter it was running a risk enough to make all nations shiver. I!ut Manila is ours, and the blow has shaken to the foundation the palaces of Malrid, and for policy's sake the doubtful nations arc on our side. For Commodoro Dew ey and all who followed him let the whole nation utter its most resound ing huzza; and more than that, let us thank the Lord of hosts for hisgiiiding and protecting power. "Praise ye the Lord! Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord?' Another alleviation is the fact that in this war the might is on the sitle of the right. Again and again have lib erty and justice and suffering human ity had the odds against them. It was .so when It-'iihauad's Syrian hosts, who were in the wrong, at Apheck, came upon the small lvgim "tits 01 Israel, who were in the right, the It.ble put ting it in one of those graphic sen tences for which the boo'v is remark able: "The children of 1 ;rael pitched before them like two little Hocks of kids, but the Syrians filled the whole country." It was so in the awful defeat of the Lord's people at Gilboa and Megiddo. It was so recent ly when gallant and glorioas Greece was in conflict with gigantic Moham medanism, and the navies of Europe hovering about the Rosporui were iu practical protection of the Turkish government, fresh from the slaughter of 100.000 Armenians. It was so when in 1770, the 18 colonics with no war shipping and a few undrilled and poorly-clad soldiers, were brought into con test with the mightiest navy of all the earth and an army that commanded the admiration of nations. It was so when Poland was crushed. It was so when Hungary went under. It has been so during all the struggles hereto fore for Cuban indepond nee. l!ut now it is our powerful navy against a feeble grou of incom petent ships, crawling across the Atlantic ocjan to meet our llotiila, which have enough guns to send them as completely under as when the Red sea submerge 1 Pharaoh's army. It is so in these times, when only a few thousand Spaniards at most can reach our hemisphere, and we go out to meet them with 125,000 armed men, to bo backed up s. ccdily with 500,000 more if needed. We do not have to ask for any miracle, but only a fair shot at the ships headed tiiis way. and time enough to demolish tlum. This is one of the casjs in the world's history where might and right are shoulder to shoulder. Another a'leviation is in the fact that such an atrocity as the destruc tion of 200 lives in Havana harbor in time of peace can not with impunity be wrought in this age of the world's civilization. The question as to who did that infernalism is too well settled to need 3113- further discussion. Hut what a small crime it was, compared witn tne systematic putting in to their graves of hundreds of thousands of Cubans or leav ing them unburied for the buz zards to take care of! If Spain could destroy 200,000 men, women and chil dren, the slaughter of 200 people was not a very great undertaking. Hut this one last deed will result in the liberation of Cuba, and the driving- of Spain from this hemisphere and the overthrow of that government, which will soon drop to pieces if it does not go down under bombardment of in sulted nations. There was danger that the long-continued oppression of our neighbor;, in Cuba might be continued from genera tion to generation without sufficient protest on our part and the pronounced execration of people on both sides of. the Atlantic, but that bursting vol cano of destruction in the harbor of Havana fired the nat'on and shocked the whole civilized world. All nations will learn that such an act can not be repeated without the anathema of ill Christendom. 'As individual crim inals must be punished for the public good, and we have for them courts of Oyer and Terminer, and pen itentiaries, and electric chairs, antl hangman's gallows, so governments committing high crinus against God and humanity must be scourged and hung up for the world's indignation. When in Span ish waters our battleship, look ing after our commercial interests and Jl B Good, Lexington, Ky intending nothing but quietude, was hurled into demolition and the men on board, without time to utter one word f prayer, were dashed into" the "ct.-r- you do." sniil tins r-scwcd sni.or, ' I you ask Him to svnd some watt' After the death of bis companion, tho survivor said, the rain came in t jr rtnts, a id sl;.l:ed his thirst and k- pi him alive until h was taken to safety. The survivor always thought it was in answer to the message he bail sent to Il-javen asking for water. Thank God, we have direct and instantaneous communication with' the Lord 4 mighty through Jesus Christ. HisorJF begotten Son, and in that faith we may secure the rescue of our imperiled I::. tired. Is not that a mighty allevir.ti' ? Until this coi.liict is ended let us 1 o much in prayer for our bt lovcd coun try. Do not let us depend upon t'.! friendship of foreign nations O.ir hope is in God. Out of every mis: jr tune He has brought this nation to a better moral and financial condition, and so let us r.rav that He will lift in out of ffn.s valley 01 trouble unto higher mountain of blessing. It is a mystery that just as this coun try was recovering from a long seas-m of hard times, so many of our indus tries should now- be halted; that bu , -ness men who thought they could r o their way to pay their debts and buil 1 up more prosperous enterprises and endow their homes with more advant ages should have to halt and wait un til the perfidious oppressors of Cuba shall be turned back. Hut individual and national life is always clothe 1 witii mysteries, and we may make our selves miserable by stabbing c;i--selves with sharp interrogate 1 points, and plying the cvfe lasting questions of "Why?" aiw "How?" and "What? and "Whet.?" While we must, of course, try to lie in telligent on all publio affairs, it is a glorious thing to do our duty and then fully and co ilidently trnst a!! in t! hands of God, who has proved liimsi If the friend of our country from thu time when the Spanish government fitted out an expedition to discover it. to this time, when Spaniards would like to destroy it. Smflun Mutual not Co? OF LEXINGTON, KY. PLAN LIFE INSURANCE REVERSED. $97,000.00 Paid in Maturies. $36,000,00 Reserve and Surplus. Coupons Redeemed April, 1898. Xamc. Address. J II Nelson, Rultimoie. .Mil Rcorsc I Hines. Wintk-M. Tenn Con-gill & Spencer. J.e.xlnston, Ky Terry Crosthwnir, Lexington, Ky J.M...V: John Skaln Lexington. Ky Margaret Johiifon. Louisville, Ky Mollie Simeon. 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