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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Silver fraction lower. Wheat about the Barley futures advancing. Oats Corn and Rye unchanged. Hay and Feedstuffs firm. Bayo Beans Higher. Chinese Rice advanced. Heavy exports of Cotton Hides scarce in the East Potatoes and Onions about the same. Poultry and Game still weak and dull. Oranges and Apples quiet. Dried Fruits dead again. Provisions more active than ever before. Wool and Hops unchanged. Mutton and Veal advanced. Spring Lamb scarce. Hogs doing better again.
 Twenty failures last week.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGS-Calcutta Grain Bags, 1898 delivery, 5S@5%c Wool Bags, 27G3oc. The price of San Quentin made wheat bags for the season has been fixed at 530c and single orders Him. ited to 5000.
 COAL-WelIngton, $1o; New Wellington, s10; Seattle, $6 50: Bryant. ss 50 Coos Bay s5 75; wallsend, s9; Cumberland. $1o in bulk and $11 50 in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg,
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SAN FRANCISCO. MEAT MARKET.

Mutton and Veal are higher and very firm. A few Spring Lamb coming In and selling at the quotations. Hogs hrmer again, as will be seen. There Is no change in Beef.
 Wholesale rates for dressed beef stock from slaughterers are as follows:
 BEEF-First quality. s1z@7c: second do, 5s@ Go: third do. 415c lb.
 vEAL-Large, 6G61kc; small. 7G75c per lb
 MUTTON-Wethers. 7Q71hc; ewes. 6ta@7c per ID.
 LAMB-Spring. 15c per lb.
 PORK-Live Hogs 494hc for large, 31k63%c for small and 3%Q37sc for medium; soft Hogs, 3lkc; dressed. do. 5led6c per ib.
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Flour
 FLOUR-Net cash prices Family extras $4 55@D4 65; Bakers extras. $4 30Ql4 40 per bbl.
 MILLSTUFFS-Prices in sacks as fol- lows usual discount to the trade: Graham Flour, s per 100 lbs; Rye Flour. s2 50 per 100; Rice Flour, $5 75; Cornmeal. $2 25: extra cream do, s3 Oatmeal, S3 30; Oat Greats, $4 Hom- iny. s 10d3 30; Buckwheat Flour. s4; Cracked Wheat. s3 5o; Farina. s4 30: Whole Wheat Flour 8 25: Rolled Oats (bbls), s5 25@5 65; in sacks, s5 05G5 45: Pearl Barley, s4; Split Peas. s3 75: Green Peas $4 25 per 100 lbs
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Evening Posts London financial cablegram says: The stock market here was quiet to-day. The feature a sharp rise in Grand Trunk and Cana dian Pacific on cables reporting the outbreak of rate This is dsbelieved here it be- ing understood that the dispute merely refers to small sections of line while the Grand Trunk is understood to be willing to submit any question of rates to arbitration Fries were bid for here reports of a dollar divi- dend in Erie preferred. The other markets were featureless
 The dearth of American bills continues and cables report that fully $40, 600 900 worth Is held in banks in New York
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POTATOES. ONIONS. VEGETABLES.
Prices for all descriptions remain about the

same
 POTATOES-Early Rose. e5G75c: River Reds. A5q56c; River Burbanks, soG75c per sack: Ore gon Burbanks. 60c@sl Salinas Burbanks, 75c@ Fl 10; Petaluma Burbanks, 50675c; Sweet Pota- toes, Soc per ct for Rivers and 50QS5c for Merced; new Volunteer Potatoes, per lb
 ONlONS-S2 65Q2 75 per ctl; cut Onions, s2@ % per sack.
 ETABLES-Marrowfat Squash, s12G15 per ton; Hubbard Squash. s12915 per ton; Dried Peppers. 3Q10c per ID: Dried Okra, 15c; Cab bage, 6o@75c per ctl Carrots. 25G6Oc per sack: Garlic, 3a4isc per lh; Asparagus. 200 per ID. 200; Tomatoes, 75c@s1 50; Green Peppers 171kG 25c per fb Summer Squash Sc; Egg Plant 25c per ID; Hothouse Cucumbers. S1G1 50 per dozen.
 PERFORATED VEGETABLES
 Potatoes. sliced raw. 12c per ID in lots of g IDS; sliced desiccated. 16@1Sc; granuated raw, l5c: onions, Soc Carrots, old. 13c new. 1Sc Cabbage. soc: Sweet Potatoes. BOG; turnips. 25c: String Beans. BOG: Tomatoes. Soc
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

Beans rule firm and Bayos have again ad- vanced There Is no further rise in Pnks.
 BEANS-Bayos, s3G3 10; Small Whites, s1 350 l 45; Large Whites. s1 3091 40; Pinks, S2 70q2 so; Reds. s2q2 25; Buckeye, g 40Q2 50; Buffers, s1 4041 50; Limas, s1 6591 75; Pea s1 40Gl1 55 per ctl.
 .SEEDS-Brown Mustard. 8 per ctl; Yellow Mustard, s2Q2 50: Flax. s2d2 10 Canary Seed. 2LQ2%c per ID; Alfalfa. 3Q6c: Rape. 292Ac; Hemn. Sc; Timothy 51ac. l 40 per ctl.
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THE WEEKS FAIIIpEs.

The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency reports 20 failures in the Pacific Coast States and Terri tories for the week, ending yesterday. as com pared with F for the previous week and 2S for the corresponding week of 1897. The failures for the past week are divided among the trades as follows: Fruits, g. dry goods, 1; grocers, 4; mems furnishings. g. saloons. ?: hotel. l. restaurants, 2; boots and shoes. 1; cigars, l. stock raiser. l: contractor and builder 1; print ing company, l. wood and coal, l.
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NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4-FLOUR-Receipts II. 12s barrels; exports, 7731 barrels Steady but quiet.
 wHEAT-Receipts, 5os57 bushels. Spot firm; No. red, q 03h. Options were up and down over a narrow range all day. After a firm opening cables the market declined sharply under big Northwest receipts and short selling by bears. who were finally scared In by heavy export transactions, rumored at 70 loads at all ports. The close was firm at MQssc net advance. No. red, May. s5 7-16Q 96kc closed 96Ac. HOPS-Steady.
 WOOL-Steady.
 METALS-While the market for Pigron war rants remains very dull the rest of the Metal list shows some improvement. The New York Metal Exchange reports the closing to-day as follows:
 PIGIRON-warrants very dull at ss 4596 so LAKE COPPER-Firm at Sl0 95@11.
 TIN-Firmer at SIS 90q13 95
 SPELTER-Firmer at $4G4 10.
 LEAD-Stronger at B 60Q3 65. The firm that fixes the settling price for miners and smelt- CTS quotes Lead at $3 45.
 COFFEE-Options closed steady, with prices P9ints P its higher tG gGnts net lower Sales Rio. steady: No. invoice. 6asc; No. ! job ping, 67sc; mild. steady: .Cordova. S1kQ15c. SUGAR-Raw firm, held higher; fair refn- ing. 3 s-16c; centrifugal. s6 test. 11-16c; re- BUTTER-Receipts. 25oo packages Firm: Western creamery. 1412q21c; Elgins. 2oc; fac EGGs@Receipts, $500 packages Firm; State and Pennsylvania, 19c; Western. Shc
 DRIED FRUIT.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-california Dried EWA,poRATED EVA, APPLEs-common. s97xc; prime wire tray, slhc; wood dried prime. SIC; choice, SAC: fancy. sQsHc.
 APRICoTs@Royal. 51s@7Mc; Moorpark. 90 PEAcHEs-Unpeeled. 791oc; peeled. 12a2oc.
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NORTHERN WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb 1.-The wheat market continues in such condition that it is diff cult matter to make an accurate quotation All sorts of prices are being paid, buyers being governed entirely by their individual needs, the range for Walla Wala being from 73c to 15c. Valley and blue stem are not in as good de mand at the usual difference in price and 77c was the top quotation for those grades to- day ,,.,., Cleared - British ship Linlithgowshire. Queenstown, 22. .259 barrels of flour.
 WASHINGTON.
 TACOMA Feb. 4.-Wheat-Nominally un- changed No. Club 73c; No. Blue Stem, 76c.
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RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
, FAMILY RETAIL MARKET.

Coal is higher than last week. as will be seen.
 Butter is rather cheaper. Eggs remain about the same.
 Meats of all kinds have tendency to ad- vance
 Fruits and Vegetables sell at about the old prices.
 Fish is scarcer.
 Following is The Calls regular weekly retail price list:
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BANK CLEARINGS.

NEW YORK. Feb 1.-The following table, compiled by Bradstreet shows the bank clear ings at eighty-seyen cities for the week ended February I. with the percentage or increase and decrease as compared with the correspond ing week last year:
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THE TIME BALL.

Branch Photographic Office, U. S. N. Mer- chants Exchange, San Francisco, February 4, 1898.
 The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped exactly at noon to-day-i. e, at noon of the 120th meridian at exactly s D. m. Green wich time w. s. HUGHES,
 Lieutenant. IL s. IL. in charge A
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LONDON, Feb. 4.-Consols. 112%; Silver. 26 1-l6d; French rentes 1O3f 521sc.
 LIVERPOOL, Feb. 4.-Wheat. firm; No standard California Wheat, SIS; cargoes off coast buyers and sellers apart; cargoes on passage easy for white, quiet for red; English country markets, quiet; French country mar kets, easy Wheat in Paris. firm; Flour Tn Paris, firm.
 COTTON-IJp)ands T-32d.
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Cash quotations were as follows: FIour' barely steady No. 2 spring wheat. slgs3c; No 8 spring wheat, S6Ge3c: No. red. eSc; No 2 eorn 27sss So Sats 24 24c 4as NC No hsfss whiss. 2e92sc; No 1 haxseed, sl 24ia; prime timothy seed g 80: mess pork per bbl. s1o 2OQlo 2s: :: lard, per 100 lbs. s4 STA; short ribs sides sides ed), s4 75(l5; short clear sides (boxed). sb 259 5 35: whisky, distillers' finished goods. per gal.
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MINING STOCKS.
LONDON MARKET.

BOSTON, Feb. 4-Atchison. 127s: Bell Tele- phone. PSI Burlington. lo0ss; Mexican Central, 57s; Oregon Short Line PA.
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On the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter market was firm; creameres, 13G1ec; daires. 11017c; cheese, quiet. Sdstc; eggs. steady, fresh, l51bc
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WEATHER REPORT.

G2oth Meridian-Pacifc Time)
 SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 4, 5 D. m. The following are the seasonal rainfalIs to date as compared with those of the date last season and rainfall during the past twenty-four hours:
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COINAGE OF THE MINT.

The coinage of the local Mint in the first seven months of the current fiscal year was t27 TSP 798 against S27 2So. .O3s for the time last year. g nd consisted of the following de-
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Feb 4.-Opening trades in May wheat were at from Ac to 1ec over yesterday s closing figure. May ranging all the way from e47Ac to e5hc, in different parts of the pit
 quite a good trade at those figures. The mar ket was helped by the unexpected advance of Esd at Liverpool where decline was look ed for. It supposed this strength was due to the falling off in Argentine shipments ex- ports from that country last week being but 672 900 bushels nearly 100000 bushels under those of the week before. Traders here looked for figures close to the million mark and the shortage a pleasing surprise to holders
 Notwithstanding this Liverpool strength the market for time after the opening appeared to be in the control of the bears. The Kansas crop very favorable and there was an early 1ac drop at St. Louis. The effect of this was that inside of thirty minutes the Liverpool advance was disregarded and prices declined, May selling at 94hc about II o'clock. A fea- ture which had tendency to increase the weakness was early figures on the visible sup ply, indicating a rather small decrease next week. Before noon the market began to re- cover. At bottom prices brokers for the Letter interests commenced bidding. and aided by a lot of late bulIish news and marked strength In provisions and the coarser grains started an upward movement which carried the May
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SUN, MOON AND TIDE.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Times and Heights of High and Low Waters at Fort Point Entrance to San Francisco Bay Published by Official Au- thority of the Superintendent.
 NOTE-The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street wharf) about twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point: the height of tide is the at both places.
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FEBRUARY-1sgs

NOTE.-In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time. The second time column gives the second tide of the day the third time column tIe third tide, and the last right hand column gives tho last tide of the day. except when there are but three tides. sometimes occurs. The heights given are additions to the soundines on the United States Coast Survey charts. except when minus sign e precedes the height and then the number given Is subtractive from ths depth given by the charts.
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PoRTLAND'S BUSINESS.
FOREIGN MARKETS.

PORTLAND. Feb. 4-Exchanges. s4o45is;
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FLOUR AND MILLsTUFFs

The China steamer took out i5.57o barrels
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Castle Gate. g 50910 % Pleasant Val g 50Q10 % Southfield
 Wellington -@12 co Coos Bay.... 70 ' 75 | Common Eggs ... 221t Ranch Eggs, per do2 ..............2 .25@30 Honey, comb, per
 10 ...........-... R015
 Do. extracted. .. 8Q10
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-17
THE "HooDoogDn eATTLEsHlP.

The second class battleship Texas is the
surviving twin of the Inflated Maine, and
there were no other ships in our navy just
like them. It is strange that while great
things were predicted for the Maine, a
very general newspaper hoodoo befel the
Texas. If a barnacle caught on her keel,
or corkscrew disappeared from the
cabin, or sailorman's claypipe fell and
broke, or a cockroach flew across the ca
boose, it all meant to the pessimists and
newspaper naval hypercritics that the
battleship Texas was hung with hoodoos
and haunted by nautical spooks. The
officers assigned to her were doomed SUBJ
jects to certain and mysterious i'll fate,
while the sailors and marines well, no
sailors and marines in the world would
ship on hoodooed craft
Thus the ill-omened little battleship
had to hide away, hooding her name and
her movements and her hopes from the
evil eyes of the big lynxes of the press,
for whenever they made out her form or
he funnel or her flyer they would cry
aloud: "There's the Texas she's hoo
doo!''
Where now are the evil-eyed lynxes?
We all know what of the Texas. She's
SIMPSONS little battIeship gem to admire
and Phillips jewel in battle. Wherever
there's hot place and whenever it's at
close range, watch for the hoodoo battle
ship and hear the roar and rattle of her
shoodoo gunsl She isn't bigger than some
body's royal barge, but she's hoodoo
beauty right at the top of the fight
This war is going to knock out carlots
Of fake prophets.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-17
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES.

Mrs and Miss Coursen have returned
from their trip to Vermont
Mrs. Marmaduke Tilden Of Madison
had large dinner party Saturday last.
Miss Sallie Whitney of Glimpsewood
Manor gave very pretty dinner last
week
Mrs. Livingstone of Madison avenue
has issued invitations for dinner party
this evening.
Mrs Joseph B. Dickson Of Normandie
Heights entertained large party Of
friends at dinner last Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Willis James have is
sued invitations for reception to NOR
row, from until Z o'clock, at their
country place, "Owunda.
Mrs. Robert Fl. McCurdy gave beau
tiful luncheon last week for Mrs. Hib-
bard Among her guests were Mrs.
Richard A. McCurdy, Mrs. Hughes.
Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Vanderpool
The dance at the Golf Club Friday last
was very pleasant and very informal,
some of the young girls going in bicycle
and some in evening dress. There will
be another this evening and the final
dance takes place next Friday.
Miss Underwood of Macculloch ave-
nue. gave a beautiful luncheon last
Wednesday Covers were laid for ten
and the table was particularly pretty.
Among the guests were Miss Helen
Shelton, the Misses Willis, Miss Macy
and Miss Hoy.
Morristown society will have an op-
portunity of hearing charming lecture
on charming subject next week. On
Wednesday afternoon, from 5 to 6, at
McAlpin Hall, Mrs. Semmes-C Craig will
lecture on American Artists. Mrs.
Craig comes from the high old Southern
families and has rare reputation as a
lecturer and entertainer. Her voice,
too, is rich and sweet, carrying the in
imitable tone of a notable line of South.
ern ancestors. Paul Hallwig, the artist.
is now painting her portrait for exhibit
in the Paris Salon. Several local society
women have interested themselves in the
lecture. Admission will be by card
only, no tickets being sold at the door.
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Home for Firemen at Boonton.

It is understood that Ex-Governor
Werts, vice president of the committee
to secure a State home for fremen,
favors the extensive estate of the late
William G. Lathrop at Boonton. The
choice of this property would be an
admirable one. The house is roomy and
SO arranged that additions as needed
could be made without detracting from
its beauty. The location is magnificent,
as it commands one of the most extended
views to be found in the State. 1t would
be well for the 6remen's organizations
throughout the county to secure the
location Of the home in this county, and
as yet no more desirable property has
been found than that mentioned above.
We are glad to learn from the Boonton
Bulletin that the committee purchased
this property for $3.50 900, about half of
the original cost.
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LOCAL RELIGIOUS NEWS.
souTH srREEr pREsaYrnRIAN CHURCH.

SOUTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday, service morning and evening;
preaching by the pastor. Sabbath school at
p. NJ. Y. P. s. G. E. at 6.45 .. m.
Thursday at p. M mid-week prayer
meeting.
Tuesday at $50 a. M. regular summer meet
ing of the Presbytery of Morris and Orange in
the lecture room.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The usual services will occur at 10 80 a. m
and 4 p. m. Sunday, the pastors afternoon
subject being IA Thin Life Sunday school
service at z. As; Y. P. s G. E. at 6 45. Mid.
week PRAYER service at 7.45 Thursday evening
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
Second Sunday after Trinity, June 49, morn
ing prayer, sermon and Holy Communion at
10 30. Evening prayer at 5. Sunday school at
8 IS p m. Morning prayer and litany We'd
nesday at 10.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The pastor will occupy the pulpit on Sunday.
Morning subject, "Life's Calm Evening.
1.-THE Alarm Sounded 2 The Sunday school
and Bible class at 2.45 o'clock. The Y. P. s..
@. E, at 30 o'clock.
Ladies' prayer meeting and Bible study on
Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock in the
church.
Junior Y. P. s. 6. E. Thursday afternoon at
8 As o'clock. Prayer and praise service on
Thursday evening at As.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION.
Masses at $50. $50 and 1890 p M; sermon
at last mass Benediction at p. M. Sunday
school at p. m.
ST. MARoARET's CHAPEL.
Masses on Sunday at I 80 and Q 30 a. N.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-06-17
DEWEY'S GREATNESS.

It is true, of course, that nothing which
may occur in the progress of this war
however effulgent. however picturesque,
it may be will suffice to supplant or to
efface the weIl-won fame of Acting Rear
Admiral Dewey, commanding a battle
tried American naval squadron 1000
miles away from his nearest home sta
ton.
And yet the great victory in Manila
bay was only an incident in the meteoric
career of this renowned commander. The
clearing away of the smoke of his gun
merry has revealed in Dewey, beset as he
is by conditions that never before con-
fronted an American officer in military
authority, genius for civil and orderly
control of affairs creditable in the highest
degree to his disciplined methods and
sterling and commanding nature. Under
circumstances that are daily perplexing
the diplomatic world and puzzling his
government this supplemented, level
headed officer has not once given sign or
token of anxiety, has not cried aloud for
troops, has not once Wanted his deeds or
his designs, but has never doubted him
self. Without feathers or fuss, without
red wires or red tape, he has taken the
Philippine problem out of present compli-
cations. and keeps it out; and whenever
one is asked What is to be done with the
Philippines? the retort is effervescent:
"Ask Dewey"
It is solace to the whole situation to
contemplate this serene, contained, gifted
and confident commander. as potential
and genial in civil control as he is quick
and powerful in naval action, who asks
neither odds nor favors, and yet holds in
obedience to his judgment of propriety
and right two armies arrayed against
each other and one of them against him
self, 10000, 900 of people representing all
the nations Of the earth, of whom about
100000 are native barbarians. All this
Dewey does without swearing or firing a
gun!
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The "INsuReENTn IN THIS WAR.

That Spain, with the blazing lights Of
nineteenth century vil'zation beating
upon her dominion and bronzing her
skies, should have ia revolt two main
colonies situate 1900 miles apart is Gu
mulative proof of her decadent brutality
and incapacity for national government.
And yet in neither Cuba nor the Philip
pines are the insurgents likely to cut any
considerable figure for their own indie
pendence. 1t is no secret that the Ad-
ministration has recently, though with
reluctance, come TO realize this probable
ity, and it is understood that the military
authorities have decided TO rely wholly
on American troops and marines for sue
cess in armed operations everywhere in
the present war.
And yet it appears to us that the sur
prise and reverse of body of American
marines landed at Guantanamo must be
due to return of confidence. somewhere,
that the insurgent. if an entity, should be
at some point and might possibly appear
in fact at that. Certainly, it seems that
the marines enormously thought that
friendly outposts surrounded them. They
doubtless counted on line of seasoned
and yigilant patriots" keeping tao on
the Spaniards. The outcome proves that
a can-opener is less loud yet more relia-
Bile army tool than machet, save for
pairing nails.
Seriously, if there are Cuban patriots
in Cuba that are really more tangible
than the phantom ships of Munchausen's
Madrid squadron, the guns of Sampson
Numbered hoarse enough to shake them
out of the hills down into the green val
ley of Guantanamo Yet not an answer
ing signal saluted the American salyos.
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CONGRESSMAN PiTNEY-
The New York Press remarks that

The New York Press remarks that:
"Some Philadelphia newspapers still
are under the impression that Congress
man Pitney lis an acknowledged candi-
date for Governor One journal has
assurance that he is looking up delegates
in Morris county. "
Congressman Pitney is in Washington
paying strict attention to the discharge
of his Congressional duties. Should Mr..
Pitney wish the delegates of Morris
county or of the Fourth Congressional
District they would be his to man, and
it would not require any docking up on
his part, either. The Fourth District
realizes the able representation it has
had in Congress at the hands of Mahlon
Pitney, and it will ever be ready to
honor him in the future.