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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-29

L. $. Ross, chapter Of the Daughters
Of the ConfederAcy, held meeting
Tuesday at the residence Of Mrs. J. W.
Johnson and installed the recently
elected officers. A committee was APP
painted 10 arrange for an entertainment
10 be given early in October for the
benefit Of the Chapter, the members
desiring ~ secure a room for a regular
meeting place, with view to collecting
and preserving Confederate relics, his
tories. literature, etc. A part Of the
funds raised 10 this manner will be do
mated, We understand, 10 a fund 10
place a fountain IN the city park. The
Committee is composed Of Miss ". siel.
IA shepard. Mrs. NJ. W. Sims, Mrs. j.
W. johnson and Mrs. ~. Buchanan
The following committee on member
ship va also appointed Mrs. J. +
Parks. Mr.. Amanda True, Mrs. Ira
Gooch aud Mrs. X. X. Chatham.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14
A A T is A WONDER.
lsms Things About IL That Are Not Gen.
orally Known.

lsms Things About IL That Are Not Gen.
orally Known.
Open your watch and look at the lit
tie wheels, springs and screws, each an
indispensable part Of the whole won
derful machine. Notice the busy little
balance wheel as il flies to and fro III
ceasingly, day and night, year in and
year out. This wonderful little machine
is the result Of hundreds Of years OF
study and experiment.
The watch carried by the average
man is composed Of 50 pieces and its
manufacture embraces more than 1900
distinct and separate operations. Some
Of the smallest screws are 30 minute
that the unaided eyes cannot distinguish
them from steel filings Or specks Of dirt.
Under . powerful magnifying glass .
perfect screw Is revealed. The slit in
the head is 2-l00 of an inch wide. It
takes S0S, 600 Of these screws to weigh
. pound and q pound il worth u. 5s5.
The h~airspring is q strip Of the finest
steel. about 9n inches long, l-lo0 inch
wide, 27-lO, 600 inch thick. 1t is coiled
up in spiral form and finely tempered.
The process of tempering these springs
was long held as a secret by the few for
tunate ones possessing it, and even now
is not generally known. Their manu-
facture requires great skill and care.
The strip is gagged TO 2 0-lO0 Of an inch,
but no measuring instrument has as yet
been devised capable Of fine enough
gauging to determine beforehand by the
size Of the strip what the strength Of
the finished spring will be. A co. 900
part Of an inch difference in the thick
ness Of the strip makes . difference in
the running Of q watch Of about six
minutes per hour.
The value Of these springs when fin
ished and placed in watches is enormous
in proportion to the material from
which they are made. A comparison
will give q good idea. A ton Of steel
made up into hairsprings when in
watches is worth more than l2h times
the value of the same weight III pure
gold. Hairspring wire weighs lao Of a
grain to the inch. One mile of wire
! weighs less than half o pound.
The balance gives five vibrations every
second, 800 every minute, is, 600 every
hour. 4sa, 900 every day and i57. $50,
900 every year. At each vibration 1t
rotates about IA times. which makes
1877, 100, 900 revolutions every year.
Take, for illustration, q locomotive with
8 foot driving wheels. Let its wheels
DO run until they have given the same
NUMBER of revolutions that q watch
does In one year, and they will have
covered q distance equal to rs complete
circuits Of the earth.
All this q watch does without other
attention than winding once every "a
hours. Jewellers Review.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14


John p. Green. an Ohio politician Of
some note, not long ago was appointed
to q fairly good place in ono Of the de-
partments ut Washington. At home
Green is O criminal lawyer and Is
known by his success in influencing the
feelings Of the jury. He weeps natural
tears at the right time, rends his hair
and does other things which successful
lawyers do. His department position
pays ~. 500 ayear. Green told his Ohio
friends that he earned as much at home
from his practice. They thought he
ought to have had something better.
'Of course I ought" said Green. "and
l hope to get something better, but let
me tell you this, the ts, 500 l get now
comes Q good deal easier than the -. 500
I earned at home. I tell You, this thing
of shedding tears and tearing your hair
before . jury Is no easy business. II
will wear any man out II l had to
keep at IL much longer, IL would surely
break down my constitution. You don't
know what IL means to me TO get that
81, 500 without tears. Between %. 500
with tears rs = prac,icing member Of
the bar and "a, 500 without tears in the
employ Of the government l choose the
latter every time. - Augusta Ca
Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14
NOTHING MORE.

Place mo beneath the apple trees
In pleasant summer weather,
Where xcphyrs come and wild ices han
And phloxes bloom together.
Give me my favorite book TO read.
My Tennyson or Browning.
a Whit of the far Indian leaf
The summers fragrance browning.
Ny chiidren's voices let me hear
That on the lawn are playing
And joining in the merry sport
The bounding collie baying.
Let me behold the blue above.
Fair ships on dreamy seas.
No more I ask Of kindly fate.
But only Joys like these.
IT. p. Johnston in Chambers Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14

Mr.. Anthony Hope once coached un-
dergraduatea From the age Of Is he
practically supported himself by his
scholarships and exhibitions. In regard
to his call to the bar Mr.. Hope told an
interviewer that his first ease wal 1t
Aylssbury, where the judge commits
stoned him TO defend some rufians who
we're indicted for q murderous assault
N . policeman. They were all con-
victed." he says cheerfully. ''and very
properly 90"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14

A drawing master who had BEEN wor
rying . pupil with contemptuous re-
marks about his deficiency Of skill in
the use of the pencil ended by saying:
III you were 70 draw me, for exam
pie, tell me what part you would draw
FIRST"
The pupil. with . significant meaning
in his eye. looked up TO his teacher
face and quietly said,
Your neck, sit. Pick Me Up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14

THE deaf and dumb wonder ia aw.
fully i'll tempered today" twittered the
albino. BY way Of opening the convsr.
satiou-
what fors" inquired the dog faced
man.
Some visitor" continued the abb
no, "wroe on his slate that his photo
graph was . speaking likeness, Mad!
Say New York Post,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14

Watches are adjusted &c heat and
cold by being allowed to stand first in
q room heated with dry heat to 100 de-
grees and chen in cold storage. being
regulated after each treat ment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14

The tower Of Babel At Babylon was
composed of eight square towers, one
upon the other, the pile being $50 feet
high. Babylon was . square, Is miles
on each side, the walls being 50 feet
thick and $40 feet high,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-14
General Repairing & Horse Shooting


A good residence on Mill street 10
Jasper. for sale cheap, and o n reasonable
terms. The lot has on it a good drilled
well costing nearly 800, furnishing an
unfailing supply Of good water. Fol
price and terms apply 10 G. DoASx-
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
POLITICAL SOIL
 PREPARED FOR PEACE

Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor don Bennett
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

States cruiser Newark opened fire into the city with her S-inch guns.
 The signal corps officers stationed on top of the ridge reported the effect of the shots.
 The New York, Brooklyn and Indiana participated in the firing at intervals of five minutes.
 The bombardment lasted for two hours, when General Shafter reported that the shells were mostly falling in the bay and doing but little damage. The last shot, howevertstruck a promi- nent church in the heart of the city, which was heavily stored with powder and ammunition, causing tremendous explosion. The extent of the damage is not yet known.
 When the warships ceased firing and before General Shafter had begun a land attack, a flag r truce was seen coming from the ity.
 The object of this was not known to- day at noon. At 2 o'clock this after noon the auxiliary cruiser Yale. with States protected cruiser Columbia ar rived.
 Rear Admiral sampson visited Gen. eral Miles immediately on his arrival, and then the Yale went to Siboney, General Miles and his personal staff landing in pouring rain.
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plan merely to give the Spaniards an idea of what they might expect when the American land and sea forces made their final attack in the morning.
 During to-day's firing, however, the dynamite gun did great damage in the city as did the shells fired from the fleet from position off Aguadores
 There is little question in the minds of the officers of the American army that General ToraFs troops evac- uated the city, Vile the Spanish com mander was parleying with Gen. eral Shafter over the terms of surren- der. This belief is strengthened by re- ports from Aguadores, which place has been abandoned by the Spaniards. Bands of Cuban soldiers report that the enemy before evacuating the coast town placed timbers over their in- trenchments to represent guns.
 In my dispatches the fact that the Spanish commander has authorized his men to loot Santiago was mentioned.
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question, said that the moment had not come for discussing terms of peace, but have the best authority for the state ment that the Government is in accord that such time will be ripe when the impending fall of Santiago or the sur render of Manila has taken place-in fact, any further disaster which brings home to the nation and the army the hopelessnesS of further resistance against the unlimited resources brought to beSr by the United States Sagasta is an out and out patriot, and, according to the words of one of his Cabinet, has to take into consideration not only the dignity of the army which has fought so heroically, but also the future of large body of Cuban volun- teers, far outnumbering the rebels, who gave their services to the mother coun- try and who cannot be left to the mercy of the insurgents.
 It is said to be possible that Austria might be mediating power. The Gov ernment knows from inquiries made that the spirit of the people in the country is favorable to peace, and the partisans of the war would quickly be reduced In the army the sentiment is universally in favor of a continual ton of hostilities. Within four days the Ministers have placed their resig- nations in the hands of Sagasta, who has held them over.
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NEW YORK, July 1.-The Herald S Washington correspondent telegraphs: All chance of interception of Camara' s fleet in the Mediterranean by the East ern squadron has disappeared as the result of the departure from Port Said to-day of the Spanish men-of-war. The longer Santiago holds out the longer Commodore Watson's command will remain in Cuban waters. The author ities, however, are making every effort to get the fleet ready to sail by the lat ter part of the week.
 The Naval War Board was in com munication with Commodore and Rear Admiral Sampson last night regarding the supplies needed by the Eastern squadron and the plan it will follow on it's cruise. It is understood the cor respondence which has passed related to an increase of Commodore Watson's s squadron. The department will de- termine within the next few days whether 1t will be polite or not to in- crease the force, but naval officers In Washington strongly recommend that the fleet be made more imposing and stronger, so that 1t may without any possibility of failure destroy Admiral Camara's s squadron without injury to itself. The need of protected cruisers such as the New Orleans, Minneapolis and Columbia is especially pointed out. These ships, the officers say, would be especially useful in overhauling and destroying the swift Patriota and Ra-
 +, to C~I umbia of the Hamburg American line, which can run away from any of the ships now attached to the Eastern squadron.
 An official with whom I talked told the Spanish coast indefinitely if need be. its first work will be to destroy the remnant of the Spanish navy now under the command of Admiral Ca mara. and, when this has been accom- plished. to cripple the Spanish mer- chant marine, to destroy ships now under construction at Ferrol, Cartha- gena and Cadiz, and, if necessary, to lombard coast cities.
 Admiral Camara's destination, ac- cording to information received by the State Department to-day, is Carthe- gena.
 A dispatch from the American con- sular agent at Port Said announced that the battle-ship Pelayo, the of the Spanish men-of-war at Por. Said. left that port this morning and Joined the remainder of the fleet outside the harbor. and proceeded on it's way to Carthagena The officials also received word of the departure of torpedo boats from Messina, Sicily, on their way to the same port. It Is expected Camara' s
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
FALSE RUMORs ABOUT
 0VERTURES FOR PEACE
Dispatches From Madrid Calculated to Sound the Disposition of
 Uncle Sam

NEW YORK, July 1.-The Washing ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: There is no foundation for the report from Madrid that the United States has made demands from Spain as to conditions for peace, contempiat- Ing the cession of Cuba and Porto Rico, with a port in the Canaries, the pay ment of indemnity of e4S,O00,000 and retention of the Philippines as guaran- tee or payment of the indemnity.
 This was the report sent out from Madrld last night. l was informed by member of the Cabinet tonight that this Government had made no proposi- tion whatever, either directly or indi- rectly, concerning peace, nor has any proposition been received from Spain, either directly or indirectly.
 The only basis for hope of the admin istratien that Spain will soon sue for peace is the conviction that all classes in Spain are rapidly being convinced of the hopelessness of continuing the struggle. This conviction is based on the tone of the Spanish papers and on
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Special cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted 1898, by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 WITH GENERAL SKATERS ARMY, BEFORE SANTIAGO, Sun day night, 10 o'clock, by The Call Her aid dispatch boat Somers N. Smith to Port Antonio, Jamaica, Monday, July 11.-Major General Shafter believes that the main body of the Spanish army has abandoned Santiago, and that it is now fleeing to the west ward. It is the expectation as I write this dis patch that the American army will be in full possession of the city by noon to- morrow. A joint attack by the army and navy was made upon the city late this afternoon, and much destruction must have been wrought by the Amer ican guns on land and sea. To this at tack the Spaniards made only a feeble reply. Our loss was insignificant. No really earnest attempt to reduce San tiago was made to-day. It was the
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information received through press dis patches from Madrid and other sources of the sentiment of many leading men in Spain.
 The report from Madrid that Senor Sagasta's Ministry has resigned is be- lieved here to make the prospects for early peace more favorable. It is thought probable that Senor Sagasta has stepped out of the way to make room for a Cabinet which will nego- tiate for cession of hostilities and that the dispatch from Madrid purporting to give demands made by the United States was inspired for the purpose of feeling the temper of the United States by seeing how such terms would be considered here.
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These terms are regarded as impos- Sible
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MADRID, July 1.-The papers which state that peace negotiations are act ually going on are not strictly cor rect. The actual condition of affairs is being diligently prepared in view. of the solution which may bring about peace.
 The word peace is written in big letters at the head of the leading ar ticles in the principal newspapers. The Government wishes peace deeply, and Is intensely anxious to know what terms the United States are willing to grant. If America sees the way to anything like terms which may save Spanish honor the war is at an end. If, on the contrary, the terms are harsh and sweeping, that Is, if the American jingoes dictate terms, their confreres here will inevitably come on top with their programme of war. If the mod crates In America gain the day the moderates here will predominate.
 Premier Sagasta, on leaving the council this morning, in answer to
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
MAPPED OUT FOR WATSON'S
 EASTERN FLEET
First of All 1t Must Destroy the RemnuDt of tbe Spanish
 Navy.

 fleet will occupy eight days in making the voyage and will arrive at Cartha- gena on Tuesday of next week. It will be impossible for Commodore Watson to reach Spain before the early part of August
 In accordance with the departments s instructions the Yankee has taken on board $50 tons of ammunition for the Oregon, and the Massachusetts is under orders to proceed to Hampton Roads, where she will await the coaling of the colliers now at Norfolk. Thursday is fixed by the department as the date of sailing of this portion of the feet
 PORT SAID, July 1.-The remainder of Admiral Camara's fleet has sailed for Spain.
 MESSINA, Sicily, July 1.-The Span ish torpedo boats sailed for home to- 0aV
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ADMIRAL DEWEY AND
 VICE ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Suggestion of the New York Herald Finds Hearty Endorsement
 From All Quarters.

NEW YORK, July 11.-From all parts of country come prompt and hearty inducements of the Heralds suggestion that the grades of admiral and vice ad- miral in the navy should be revived, and that Dewey should be made admiral and Schley vice admir-. Tribute is uni versally paid to the splendid work of these two officers in the destruction of Spain's fleet, and all agree that the high est possible award should be given to them,
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BRITISH CONSUL TELLS
 WHY HE LEFT HAVANA
Says His Term Has About Expired and His Departure Is Not Due
 to the War Situation.

Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor don Bennett
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
COMMANDMENT OF
 THE WARSHIPS
Many Shells Fall Into the Bay, but
 One Causes Big Explosion
in Santia %.

Copyrighted, 1898. by the Associated Press.
 OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, via Playa del Este, July 11.-At 9:30 o'clock this morning after several range-find- ing shots over the ridge protecting Santiago from the sea the United
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ShQfter Believes TOrQl'S Forces Are Rapidly
 Retredting.
Fearful Havoc Wrought by the Cups of the Besiegers on the
 Hills and on Wdrships.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY BEFORE SAN-
 TACO Sunday July by the CalHerad dispatchboat Somers N. Smith, to Port Antonio, Jamaica Monday July IITo-days attack Santiago began with premature voey from the rifle pits No then waited for the bat
 tery signal Within thirty seconds, distance of five
 miles, the batteries beced hail of shells There sharp reply of Mauser bullets for five minutes but this died away and the Spanish trenches silent Our guns pounded In twenty minutes had finished and the Rough Riders cheering the trenches. Either the Spaniards have moved of the city, leaving few
 their they have withdrawn into the city and waiting behind bacades This street fight of the bonbardnen dynamite
 gun hit of the enemy big guns fairly under the lip and threw thirty feet in the air. This caused cheering the . camp of the Rough Riders. Q RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor don Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12

Special cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted. 1898, by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 KINGSTON, Jamaica. July 11-Sir Alexander Gollan, British Consul to Havana, was asked to-day why he left Havana.
 My term in the Consular service has almost expired" he replied, and that is the reason for my departure from Havana. I have been tkere eight years, and now am going home to enjoy my self. I have not been recalled, nor is my departure due to conditions in Ha- vana.
 T will say the stories of starva- tion in the Cuban capital are much ex- aggerated. Of course, privations and want always exist among the lower classes, and these conditions are inten- sified by the blockade, but the situation is not as serious as I have seen it re- ported to be, although hundreds are dying of starvation"
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-12
STAINS CABINET HAS TENDERED ITS RESIGNATION
 TO THE QUEEN REGENT
Negotiations May Soon Be Comrnenced to Termi- pate tbe Wdr- Alleged CondtoDs of Peace
 DemuDded by the UDited States

q LONDON, July 12.-The Mad ( Q rid correspondent of the Times ( . telegraphing Monday says: Senor ( o Sagasta went to the palace to- . day and rendered his resigna- ( q tion and that of the Cabinet It [ . is said that he advised the ( q Queen Regent to appoint a new ( . Cabinet, largely consisting of ( q the military element, which ( . would not necessarily mean the z . adoption of warlike policy, but < . probably the reverse. ( p It is generally expected that ( . the resignation will be accepted. { q but the result may possibly be { o merely a partial reconstruction { . of the Cabinet The Ministers are { q now in council, and Senor Sa- { . gasta has doubtless communi- { Q cateG to them an account of his { q audience with the Queen Regent. {
 MADRID, July 11.-It is asserte, that the United States makes the fol lowing demands as conditions o peace:
 First-The possessions of Cuba an, Porto Rico with a port in the Canaries
 Second-An indemnity of 948,000, ,00 (about $24O, ,O00, ,0OO).
 Third-The retention of the Philip the indemnity.