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force OF workmcn, according to the dis
patches, has lately been engaged day and
night in fortifying Santa Rosa Island, while
Forts Pickens and Barrancas arc being
strengthened. Wilmington, Savannah, Key
West, Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston
will also be fortified, to a certain extent,
under appropriations made last June.
The real difficulty is that there are not
many guns and mortars for any ports OF the
%seaboard, and especially that the supplying
of emplacements and Of carriages even for
these few has been improperly neglected.
But there has been no discrimination
against the South which should call for a
complaint from that quarter. The rudiments
of u defence were, indeed, first applied at
New York, Boston, and San Francisco, be-
cause these three ports most needed atten-
ton. But the Southern ports were among
those next attended to.
Yet IL the Convention to be held at
Tampa results in r~allying the representa-
tives OF the South in Congress to liberal
appropriations both for forts and ships,
and to the supplying OF men for both, It
may serve a good purpose.
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A s~p.n,.rd.s Defence or s,.,,.

To THE EDrroR OF THE sUs-sir. Your Ieadinr n
ecle OF wednesday morning does Justice to the Span
ish people In q frank. outspoken. and honorable wayt
but &c let's the prejudice of race crop out when 10
saya, Yet thero arc many black and bloody paRos
in the records OF Spain. . . . In fow nations havn
there been so many carrion kings as in SPAIN" Any
one conversant with the history Of the world will
md moro bloody pages and dark deeds and carrion
kings in tho history of the English nation, your an.
cestors, than in the annals OF any other country that
claims to be civilized. TIKI SUN says. also. " The CON
duistadors wore remorseless, the ruiers sent by Spain
TO the foreign possessions which abe onco held were
mostly rapacious miscresnts." Yet no ono can accuse
sbaniards Of discriminating the native peoples OF tho
countries they discovered and settled. as 10 the case
with the settlers OF North America. who have, by un.
tring persecution. almost completely done away
with the Indian race This 10 In marked contrast
TO what the Spanish missions have done in California.
The high tribute you pay to the good qualities Of
the Spanish people Is truly inspired by q desire TO do
Justice 70 q nation which 10 being roughly abused by
the American press In general: but again you ntnra
from wrong premises when you say: " Spain. how
ever. would make q mistake II she were to ofer do.
nancs to this country or declare war against 10 with.
out cause. . . We wish for peace with Spain. and
We say that Spain has NO reason to break the peace so
far as we arc concernsd.N BY this time 10 has been
made evident through recent disclosures. that tho
late war scare was born and bred In the United States.
AMI Spain was no party to IL. In fact, Spain has not
committed q single act To Justify the accusation that
she 10 seeking war with the United States. but on tho
contrary she has ever shown her good will and
friendly disposition toward this country. And all this
in spite OF the unceasing provocation given her day
after day by some newspapers and public men of this
country. Spain has two enemies TO fight against in
this Cuban question:: one IL openly in arms in tho
Cuban Businesses, and the other is carrying on an in.
sidious, sneaky. scheming warfare from the United
States. Suppress the latter. as good faith and o strics
compliance with our treaties would demand, and tho
former will soon be quelied. Your sympathies may
be on the side OF the 30. ono rebels who want TO divide
M n q Nfk .aA~l -. - s-sA- - -.
but the 100000 peaceful and loyal Inhabitants Of
the island OF Cuba are moro entitled to recognition,
and the sovereignty OF Spain has some rights thas
other nations are bound TO respect. A.Q
SEw York. Nov. 90.
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1t was the Hon. JAMES STEPHEN Hoaa,
then Governor of Texas, who prophesied that
the sky-abrading towers of Chicago would be
besprent with the "livers and lights' of pluto
Gratis u these persons kept on in their pluto
cratic career. Yet, In the last campaign, he
spoke n kind word for tho plutocrats. He 10
rapidly becoming q plutocrRt himself. and now
he knows how much circumstances alter cases.
IL was the Hon. JAMES STEPHEN Hoao. not
then Governor of Texas, who spurned tho
bicycle, not many months ago, as "a drome-
Diary for dudes" But 1t is q useful and
tractable sort OF dromedary, and the Hon.
JERRY SIMPSON of Medicine Lodge, Kan,
a Populist In good and regular stand
Ing, Is ono Of the "dudes' who ride It.
Contrition begins to boil within the vast bosom
OF the Hon. JAMES STEPHEN Hoaa. He feels
that he has slandered q worthy steed and q
great institution. In tho moonlit nights and on
bright dawns he may be seen, on quiet country
roads. ponderously revolving on q quadrlcycle,
q most excellent device propelled by . Drank.
With time, confidence, and steadiness, he will
como to master the tricycle.. Then. II he 10 not
seriously injured In the trials, he will attain at
Inst unto the bicycle. 1t will be n great day for
rotation when he bursts upon the public on his
whnel
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Wool.

All but four OF the wool houses in Boston
have signed q petition for the passage of
the DINaLEY bill; and three Of the four
non-signing houses sympathize with the
majority. The signers assure the Finance
Committee of the Senate that, unless the
bill is passed at once, 1.-The American mar
ket will be flooded with foreign wool and
woollens, and business improvement re-
tarded by the excessive supply"
As far as the DINoLEY bill affects wool,
then, the case is this, accepting as correct
the opinion OF the Boston wool firms about
their own business: A duty on wool will
prevent a check to the reviving wool trade.
All question of the constitutionality or
purpose of any particular kind Of a tariff
aside, nobody in the Senate ought to
object to q proposal for the benefit Of
business. The imposition Of a duty on
wool will help the wool business by
giving It incidental protection. which the
Democrats cannot object to, or they never
would have consented to the present pro-
tective tariff. But the main object Of the
DNGLEY bill Is revenue. The main object,
therefore, Of the duty which it proposes to
lay on wool Is revenue. Here every Dem
ocrat or Popocrat who subscribes to the doc
trine Of a tariff for revenue only is caught
and forced to vote for a duty on wool, If
there is any consistency in him. Free wool
is an abomination. 1t is a privileged arti-
Gle, u deadhead at the Custom House, con-
%tributing not n cent to the purpose OF a
constitutional" tariff, revenue. Now,
then, can any Democratic or Popocratic Sen
ator vote to continue the carrying of wool
on the free list A tariff with a free list is
an unspeakable thing to the believers in a
tariff for revenue only.
Wool hould pay its way as the DINGLEY
bill proposes. And the whole bill should
pass. The existing tariff is full of protec-
ton, but deficient in revenue. TIL DINGLEY
bill is an attempt, and not a bad one, to sup
ply the deficiency.
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The Governor elect OF Idaho wears n hannel
ehlrt and NO necktle.- Boston RernLd

The Governor elect OF Idaho wears a flannel
enirt and no necktie.- Boston Herald
IT'S q light costume. such rs bents the sum-
mor-soaked reaches OF the Banana Belt. 1t is
useless to be too e~xacting In the matter of
clothes. Comfort is the thing. as the polar bear
remarked when he swallowed the thermometer.
was 1t not old Gov. BRIaGs of Massachusetts
who consented to fetter his free neck with a
stock but never would yield to a necktiep
The Governor Of Idaho didn't have his
= best clothes" on when his picture was
taken; and there is no reason to critl-
else his negligence of garb. Great minds
sometimes grow Aforementioned when the
moment for the knotting OF tho cravat arrives.
witness that President of q Tennessee college,
whose portrait was the front,splece OF the cnta-
logue OF his college some twenty years ago. The
portrait showed q goodly man in evening
clothes. but g~uiltless of q necktie. Fol-
lies OF the wise! II the Boston Herald IL
really an earnest student OF the eccentricities
OF costume, 1t should examine the leading case
OF tho Hon. BLowBr.ooD LEEpY. Populist. who
10 soon to become Governor of Kansas. This
gentleman always wears q cravat and never
wears q head.
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Michigan ought to be, and presumably is,
q proud and happy State. She has Jewels
beyond price. She has, for example, the Hon
RUSSELL ALEXANDER ALGER. who put down
tho civil wal. with his unaided arm, employed an
unrlvalled corps of campaign biographers to
embalm his deeds In print. and has kindly con-
scented. at various times. to serve his country as
President, II it would only take the trouble to
bockon him. There is PoTATo PINoREE, the
noblest statesman of the Pingree school that
the world has ever seen. Two Jewels these,
such as any State would yearn to owns: and one
more precious ornament is soon to be restored
to the e~xultant Wolverines. THuRBER, tho
nfrable, beautiful, comely, delightful. elegant,
felicitous, graceful. handsome. impressive,
%jaunty. kindly, lovely, melodious, nice. orna-
mental, pretty. quick-sighted, reverherant.
shapely, twinkling, unique, vivaoious. wide-eyed,
xenodochic. young. Jealous THuRBER. the flower
OF private secretaries, is going back to Michigan
on or about March 4. 1897. He will carry clouds
of glory with him. He is o vision and . good
decd. and Michigan must rejoice in him and
make much Of him when he comes marching
home.
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A summing up of the casualties which
have occurred in this part of the country from
bicycling since last spring leads to the query
whether some OF the laws governing cycling in
other countrles might not wisely be adopted
here. In Germany, for example, tho law re-
quires thst leach bicycle must be provided
with an easily managed brake. operating
quickly and powerfully" 1t also regulates
coasting, thus: At very steep down grades
the cyclist must dismount and guide his wheel
until the descent is passed."
Scores OF accidents to wheelmen could be cited
which have occurred about New York within
the last three months because of c~oastlng, but
tho misfortunss Of the riders are not the main
argument for regulating it by law. II is no
more reasonable that coasters should be toler-
ated on hills where other people are liable to
travel than that men should be allowed delib-
erately TO SGT their horses 10 running away. The
possibility OF accidents 10 others Is too great.
GPhere arc expert wheelmen who have made
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The Tampa Convention.

The meeting of delegates from the South
ern States. called by Governor MITCHELL of
Florida for Jan. go, with the purpose of pre-
senting a memorial to Congress on the lack
of harbor d~efences at the South, is not alto
gether needed. 1t is true that the coast be-
tween Norfolk and the Rio Grande is i'll pro-
vided with modern guns, but hat is also
true of the New England coast, the section
between New York and Hampton Roads. and
the Pacific seaboard.
Besides, there has recently been started a
decided movement to fortify the Southern
ports. Work is going on most vigorously
at Charleston, and Sullivan's Island will
soon have a battery of powerful Zinc
rifed mortars. Again, ut Pensacola, in
Governor MIrcHELL's own State, a large
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The republic of Bolivia Is a lively little
institution, though crooked and crippled. It's
Government has an argument with two neigh
bors, each of them too strong to be- tackled.
Bolivia Is angry with Chill for postponinR the
time when she will obtain possession OF q desir-
able port on the Pacific, which was captured by
Chill when the two countries were at war.
She is offended at the conduct of Argentina in
demanding that she shall surrender q piece OF
territory OF doubtful ownership, which she had
annexed because it was needed for the Improve
ment OF her shape. Chill has taken a Arm
stand in the case of Antafoga-ta, and Arsen-
tina In that OF San Antonio. The now Presi-
dent Of Bolivia. therefore. would ind It adyis-
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From the Hartford Daily Times.
inc NeD York Journal free silver published q
table a day or two since giving the subscriptions 10
tho Republican campaign fund In the late election
contest The aggregate was Si6. 900. 900. and Con.
necticut's share. by Morgan q. Buckley, was s 1000.
ooo' Tho Journal said the Connecticut nowspapsrs
had published Gov. Buikeloy's subscription (raised
from various sources in this state) as amounting IN
Si'ooO.ooO. The Journal publishes these extravagant
hsures seriously 1t was reported. during the can.
vass' that Gov. Buikeley had promised the National,
committees million OF dollars from Connecticut. The
''meS interviewed him. and with q s~srcastlc sort OF
smile he said: "You can say that I'VE 70, most of ,na
miiiion' ANA the rest OF 1t Is In sight. | viii have Il All
by tomorrow night"
IL was we'll understood here that the Governor
iookod upon the report as Ridiculous. and no treated
v ~ sueh hut the New York paper accepts 10 a.
serious and true; and II its other ngures are a, All.
surd' its table OF the election fund Is not worth muoh.
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The suspicion that Porto Rico is secretly
preparing to follow the example Of her
~neighbor in throwing of the foreign yoke,
may well excite uneasiness at Madrid.
With Cuba and the Philippines taxing her
resources, a revolt in Porto Rico would In
deed fill the cup Of Spain's colonial disas-
ters. Perfect quiet in the Ladrones and the
Carolines and at Fernando Pc might then
be a novel exception for her. Porto Rico,
too. could call for o serious division
of Spanish military and laval re-
sources to suppress any uprising there.
1t is true that the island, at the eastern end
Of the Greater Antilles, Is only about ninety
miles long and less than two score across.
Hence, in spite of the interior hills, a
Spanish army would have far less trouble
there than in Cuba. On the other hand,
although possessing not one-twelfth part Of
the area of Cuba, Porto Rico contains about
half AS many people, it being o rather
densely populated island.
1t is true that the proportion of Spaniards
is large in this colony, and that Spain al
way has a moderate garrison there, and,
we believe, at least one vessel. But the
sympathy between Porto Rico and her sister
island would naturally lead many of her
people to covet independence for her, should
Cuba achieve it, or appear to be in the way
of achieving 1t. Like Cuba, she looks largely
to the United States as a market for her prod
ucts. 1t is said that during the former war
in Cubs some of her revenues were diverted
to operations there. Spain may we'll keep
a watch on Porto Rico In these days Of
revolt among her colonies.
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Jonah In the SHARK. Belly.

To THE Enron OF THE sUS-Sir: think It would Be
better II both DR.. Harsha and Mr.. Noouan would road
Gods Word for themselves, instead OF taking the ron
derinG Of the higher critics. who among them have
left us no Bible at all.
Jonah. l., IL. reads: snow the Lord had prepared
q great nSh TO swallow up Jonah. and Jonah was In
the belly OF the nSh three days and three nights."
Turning TO the Imperial Bible Dictionary. under
head of Jonah" we end the following regarding the
nsh OF the Mediterranean "Photius expressly applieu
IL to the Cacharias, which is a species of shark. usually
called the white shark. This hsh abounds In the
Mediterranean, and 10 very likely the kind of creature
referred TO. Its voracity is notorious. and, growing,
as IL often docs. TO the size of from go to so feet In
length and 5000 to 5000 pounds in weight, Il is quite
capable OF swallowing an entire man. Indeed, speci.
mems have been caught. one with q sea calf In 10 OF
the size OF an OK. another with q horse entire. and
several others with the body Of q man, unmutllated
and dressed. such facts aptly meet the shallow obJec-
ton that has sometimes been raised against the credi.
oility OF Jonah's being received for = time into the
nsh'H belly. on the ground of their being no nsh large
enough or with q throat cApacious enough for such a
purpose. Bus 1t leaves untouched the miraculous
nature OF Jonah's preservation for three successive
days. or parts OF these. IN such q habitatlon, and his
subsequent eJectment on dry land. This necessarily
involved q supernatural interpolation on his behalf.
Win those who on philosophical grounds are opposed
TO any action that can be properly called miraculous
no arguments OF a moral kind could avail to oonytnoa
them OF the reality of the things related. But for
those who are open to conviction on the matter tho
main question will DO whether the occasion appears
to have boon such as to call for q special interference
OF Heaven TO accomplish tho resulls."
Tho trouble 10. the world 10 trying TO understand
the Bible with its own worldly wisdom. and nothing
was ever accomplished on this line In this way, LIE,
DR.. Harsha and Mr.. NoonAn. with this in view. read
l. Corinthians. t., 1881. prayerfuiiy asking God that
He will give them His wisdom to understand Hs
Word. l want TO call their attention 10 verses 20.
10 and 30 especially. / would Also call Mr.. Noonau's
ATTENTION 10 ii. Peter. ILL.,, ., and Ii. Peter. H., l2.
EAST PEMBROKE. Nov. 30. Amman
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Squire ELLINGTON OF West Liberty, KY,
deserves honorable mention, and he ia going to
get II right here. Squire ELLINGTON is a hearty
younRster OF eighty, whose speciality seems to
be nephews, but he is not without other male
relatives, and evidently he brings them all up
In the way thoy should 20. At the last election
squire ELLINGTON sent to the polls one brother.
thirty-one cousins. and seventy-hve nephens,
anu the whole collection, as we'll as the Squire
himself, voted for MCKINLEY and HOBART. So
squire ELLINGTON furnished 1os votes against
Reputation. He will be unjust to himself and
To the rest of us II he consents to live less than
108 years. He IL a man.
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Some important experiments have Just
been made In France with a now naval howitzer
for throwing shells charged with a new and
most powerful explosive. Tho old frigate
Panama, which WAS selected for the expert
ments. having had her ports and all other OPEN
ings closed. her hold was filed with empty bar
rels, floats and other things to provide against
her sinking. She was then towed out to sea
about $500 yards Off Cape Brun. and
there anchored broadside on In about
twenty-five fathoms of water. Dummy
sailors were also distributed through the
ship to ascertain tho probable effects on tho
crew. The Dragonne, which 10 armed with the
new weapon. made the ex experiments, which. ac-
cordinR to the Official reports, were most i'm
portant and successful. Zach time Tho Ora
gonne delivered her fire, tho Commission
appointed to report went on board the Panama
TO record results. The number OF shots fred
was altogether SO. while the Dragonne was
either ut anchor or moving at distances varying
from 1900 TO 900 metres; 81 shots struck
the mark, which. considering the swell OF
tho sea that was on NJ the time, was
considered remarkably good shooting. The
result finally was that in spite of all
that was done to prevent the Panama
sinking. she was so shattered that she rapidly
filled and went to the bottom. As the prOjectiles
were only partially charged with the new ex-
plos!ve. the damage caused by each shot was of
course much less than 1t would have been had
the shells been fully charged. The Dragonne 10
a new class of vessel. was put under construc-
ton by orders of VI. LoCKRoy at the time he
was Minister of Marine, and 1t is considered
that the report of the Commission will lead to
the construction OF others of the same Kind.
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The Captain from Hanger.
Sing no, sing no!
And nrau lanai

Sing no, sing no!
And & tanfrail taut!
Sing no. sing no!
And a llbboom caught
In the swirling sea ana the vino that blows
kor'noreast IN tho good ships moss;
Sing 90, sing no!
For our Captain brave;
Sing 10.
For the man who rides tho wave;
And he asks no saddle or bridA q too.
when he canters on on the ocean blue.
oh a shiny sail and a Uriny dsep
For the Captain bold who's booked to keep
The log or the good Mckinley boat
As soon as she ever gets afioat,
For a brave old salt Il, Cap. Boute!le,
VINO always failS his vessel we'll;
And II no gets this naval trust.
He'll do tho Job up brown or bust
Sing no. sing no!
For the ml2zen top;
Sing no, sing no!
Tor tho marlin mop:
The winds may blow and the waves may dash
on the rocky shore with a salty splash,
Add men may come and men may 20.
And some may sail and some may row,
But let them DO whatever they 10,
In matters pertaining TO the sea,
There siu't nobody that knows as we'll
The navy business as Cap, Boutelle.
Will