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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10

iaI envoy down TO lay of Havana and
take notes. II was also to bring back a
full report.
And one night. while the envoy rested
from It's appointed task OF viewing Cuba.
the crash came. With great explosion
the beautiful white batneship Maine was
blown into the air and all that was LETT
of her and her splendid crew were atoms
and the wreckage of men. The Spanish
could nat wait in their impotence. lest
tie United States view Cuba and Cubans
too fav0rabiy.
And now cuba IS on the brink OF new
existence Tho president Of Cuba will be
a new parsonage In history. The cuban
president will be 4 man about whom you
win read and whose receptions you may
sometime attend when YOU VISIT the fair
little nation in the south. Cuban duties
and Cuban tariffs viii be things which
YOU must respect and from which you
may derive benefit. for they will be die
tated by friendly hands: and Cuba her
SELF our next door neighbor. viii be a
pleasant place 20 VISIT, gracious hostess
ever ready 10 see the people who recog-
uized her when she was yet a stranger on
the face Of the earth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10

The highest bidder viii be given The
Telephone franchise in Indianapolis. It's
system must De connected with cities
throuchout the state. a phone for the
business section must not cost over $40
year and residences must be gwen ser
vice for SzL The company VIII nave 10
nav the city 5000 % year.
The Western Union Company proposes
20 ask a reduction Of ne assessment from
$4,000 a. $4,000. II De- said the Stale
Board Of Assessors viii not only not re-
duco the Western Union valuation. buI
will. in an probability. raise u TO SlVoV-
90 where 10 certainly ought TO be'-hah-
sas CITY Times.
A single stone rs feet long ten feet
square al one end and four feet square
al tho other has been successfully CUT
from tho sandstone quarries az Hougn-
ION Point. Wis 10 S. supposed TO be the
longest monOnth ever quarried.
the English Board Of Trade announces
that In the TIC trade unions making re-
turns with an aggregate membership OF
iog SGD O.5l7 or "a per cent, were re-
ported a. unemployed al tho end OF feo-
mary. compared with 4ss per cent. at the
No OF January.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
CENTRAL PARK, HAVANA

tan Temperance Union at Buhalo' n. -
October 20. 1897. the late Miss Frances L.
willard. the president said: ~,
"Ab how magic dear these meetings an
such days in sooth -,
J7oreshape US for that larger nome
which men name Heaven 49,.
relieved Comrades happiest piace
T know of Is the Harvest Home OF our
cold Mother National
Every face smiles on every other' anu
al voices are kind. while each ones
e.iapce Is upward as II the hills OF nope
we're sighted. fair and beautiful on the
horizons rim. .,,,.o oor-
Ana vet we are workers IN q cause con
siJared tho most hopeless Of ALL the cause
80 tsrnrerauce or the moderate use OF an
tb,noe good and total abstinence from an
tbines harmful and IT'S twin reform the
cause of personal purity.
BECAUSE these two are not wrought OUT
into success. the world Is bewildered with
cracked maths and bcsmirched with per-
sonaI uncleanness: the blows Of ineorlate
husbands are falling on the helpless DooIeS
OF their wives and children ana that hou,
est thing on earth. the married love OF
two. is murdered by The deadliest lust.
How IS Il. then. that our white riooon
IS the badge OF q well nigh uniailing
cheerfulness? -i. E.-.-.--.-'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
sropc SPOTS OF INTEREST IN OUR NEW NEGHBoRs DOMAIN

the island die out; il saw the millions In
vested by capitalists in the fertile little
Queen Of the Antilles dwindle into less
than the value OF postage stamp: 1t
saw the men OF Cuba hunted down hke
wolves and slain like jackals; It saw CUBA
weep with passion and drip with blood'
q saw cuba die under the scorching sun
OF summer and freeze unprotected in the
winds of winter and did nothing. II must
wait to see Cuba try its mettle.
And then the great blow came! Uncle
Sam sent his messenger down to Ila-
vana TO see how the island lay. The
United states wanted TO know By Its own
ambassador where the rights and the
wrongs were The United States, with a
broad-minded. two-eyed policy, wanted TO,
Judge for itself; and It sent great sDea.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10

they craved modern improvements, such
as lighted highways, drainage for their
cities and telegraphic communications,
they could appeal TO the distant COVER
nor-general who in turn would promise
ia law the matter before the crown; and
that would be the end Of ~.
Cuba I'm the meantime had her cities.
and good cities they were, the bays of
Buena Honda, Negrilla and ksperanza,
an had their cities. The capes OF SAN
tonic. Nase and CRUZ, all had me little
TOWNS situated upon them. and the in
babitants OF Cuba brought their produce
10 these towns and gave 1t up. Great
quantities Of these provisions were car
rled 10 Havana, hence 10 DO shipped TO
Spain. II was Always hated Spain that
was before them. always Spain that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
THE CONTEST UNDECIDED.
jackson Ward Matter Has Not Been
cettted-Names Must be Filed.

Az che iast meeting OF the city Demo-
Grad. Conn mittee the Jackson Ward con-
tro.srs, MS referred to the Executive
Committee for adjustment.
This committee has had meeting ana
heard both sides. but decision has not
been reached. Those nominated for tho
Council and the gentlemen who object
10 the methods by which they we're de-
feated all have agreed to accept the YER
dict OF this committee as finaL II is said
the ticket put up will probably DO up
held.
The Republicans in this ward are very
much split up. They win have at least
three Council tickets IN the feld.
The annual registration OF votes takes
place on the second Tuesday In May. that
day this year falling ON the 10th, ana
the registration must be posted by April
SOth. The election will be held on May
18th. the fourth Thursday In May.
All candidates TO be voted for at this
election are required by law 20 give no.
tice 10 the Clerk OF the Hastings Court
OF their intention TO bo candidates twen-
ty days before the election The notice
must be in writings signed by the can
dldate and two witness Unless this n
done the names cannot be printed on thV
ballots. -.-l<
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.ls,s u A.sZl.ss

Hamilton W. Mabie, the great essayist'
critic and orator Mr.. Mabie IS Lyman
Abbott's associate as editor OK THE out
look" and few men I'm this country are
better versed in literary lore. lie Is
ma OF rare culture and an orator Z
great power. His subject VIII be- Lit
erature as a Personal Resource
Steps are now being taken by the Ly-
ceum board TO reorganize for the season
OF lS9S-'99.
The Richmond Lyceum will send dele
gate to a meeting OF the representatives
OF the Southern Lyceums, 70 be held IN
Augusta, Ca, on May 18th. The gather
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
Oar Next Door N0igbbor, CQbQ.

ing Is for the purpose of forming a South.
ern circuit.
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The Last Lecture.

The last and. perhaps, the most hlghly
Intellectual feast which has been offered
by the Richmond Lyceum will be given
ON next Thursday night in the lecture Oh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10

Miss willard on Temperance.
in an address before the twenty-fourth
meeting Of tho National Woman'5 Chris
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

the fact that he was the nephew of the
Famous Admiral Topetesstha most d.ss
eingutshed naval officer Spain has had
in the last half century, His father
was the richest wine merchant in
Spain. For 200 years the house OF Ger
vera has existed as wine dealers n
Jerez. handling all the sherry which
comes from that district alone. Ger
vera was a handsome fellow then. He
was rich. bachelor. and his dinners
We're among HE finest given by d:p.o-
mats during Gen. Grants last term.
Cervera was recalled and entered the
Cabines OF Alfonso Nh in November.
1855.
While here Cervera haa a love affair
that was much talked OF at the time.
He became desperately enamored OF "a
charming young lady. the only chill! Of
one OF the proudest and haushties,
men who ever sat in the Senate Of the
United States. She was rot only .
Senator's daughter. but as cold and
proud as was her stately. aristocra,ic
sire. Whether she smiled or frowned
upon her picturesque. handsome span
'sh lover cannot now be told.
In those days Cervera played tie
guitar with the grace of his race ana
possessed an admirable light t.no
voice At an evening reception given
by Mrs. Fish. wife of the secretary OF
state. Ccrvera was asked to sing. He
compiled by fixing the attention of
every one near upon his inamorata. as.
gazing at her in the most fervid rnan
uer ne made her 4 deep bow and burst
INTO the passionate measures OF Tx
tnost sensational Of Spanish love songs
This was too much for the girl, and she
quietly got out Of the room and LEFT,
the house
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
HORSES co CRAZY
During the Hot Weather in Camp at
Tampa. Fla.
81. {ChIcago ChrOntc]c)

These long hot days of Southern sun
shine dripping out of the cloudless
skies are driving insane the army
horses tcthered in the trcclass camps
herea bouts.
This is a new difficulty to confront
The army veterinarians say it is an un-
usual thing. They say the species OF
insanity exhibited by these horses is
attributed to the heat and the sand.
All of the horses are not affected in
this extraordinary manner. 1t is only
those in the camps on the sand, which
have no trees near and no shade what
ever. 3...H
The symptoms Of the insanity are
restlessness irritnbility ana vicious
ness. The number OF hours Of sunshine
In day here are SO many and all these
hours the horses are forced to stand
where the sunshine pelts them on the
back of the head. Then the fine sand
carried in the air irritntcs the mem
branes the nose. throat and lungs
and when the nerves of tho poor horse
give way he Is accounted insane.
General Wheeler. commanding the
cavalry corps, visited the camps ex-
posed to the uninterrupted sunshine
today and decided the only way to
prevent the horses OF the army here
from becoming lunatics was to put
them In shady places.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
MARKSMANSHIP5
Has Always been the Feature OF the
American Navy.

Has Always been the Feature OF the
American Navy.
tSt. Louis Republic.)
i:e terrible losses sustained by the
spanish in the battle of Manila EN-
ihasze the awful tragedy Of naval
warfare. And still the risk Of life does
not seem greater relatively than in the
days Of wooden ships ans! hand TO hand
conflicts.
Take f.: example the battle of the
Nile: In this battle the French lost
'.22a men and the British s95. In the
battle OF Trafalgar the allied French
and Spanish !css is estimated to have
been between 5000 and 1000.
From the first. American gunnerS
have ranked high. In the war OF 1912
'her TIE frigate Constitution enga ged
~" British warship Guerriere the for
in"r had only seven killed. while the
after had fifteen killed and sixty
fought bT the Constitution there were
n'lly GO killed and wounded while the
'nur opnOsing ships had BIG killed and
wounded
In commenting on the difference. the
london Times of October %. 1913. said l.:
The fact seems to be too clearly es-
.ab!iei'>a that the Americans have
"ann"t be too anxicusly employed in
discovering to what Circumstance that
'''ne"ioritv is owing"
''r"tH that day TO this. even English
nen haze feared the American naval
s""n"r II was craftsmanship that
.:n'lrhf "uch fearful havoc in the civil
H'"r. Rut now that the skill is turned
'-'"'"s; . common enemy. with III the
superiority Of modern equipment. the
first great sea battle will witness ia
ncnsc destruction on ships which OPP
pose themselves to American guns.
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A VOYAGE
tWritten for the Richmond D,spatch +,

A VOYAGE ssss
written for the Richmond Dispatch,
On peaceful stream boat is floating
the helm is little child
His tender heart Is beating lightly
His youthful face one sunny smile.
On the banks the flowers blossom.
And fill the air with sweet perfume:
And the ripping water is always sing
ing
To the child soothing tune.
Thus he sails out on life. a river.
His guileless soul so free from care:
When all the world around is peaceful.
And all the future seems so fair.
But soon the waves begin to rock him,
Dark clouds dim the brilliant sky,
And on his face they show their shad-
ows,
And cause tear-drop in his eye.
And now the boat is on the ocean.
Battling with the~I aging Storm
And the little child #ffo once was steer
Has grown into a manly form.
He casts wistful look behind him.
To the days when his life was free
from care;
When calm the waters were around
him,
And the future seemed so fair.
| And he wonders why fate did not sink
him
On that gently flowing tide,
And save this trip across these billoWS
That scarce his little craft will ride.
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: 7-~~----------7--
THOSE MuPRO CASTLES.
How There Happened to Be So Many
OF Them IN cn6a.
(Clevc:1nd Leader

OF Them IN cn6a.
(C!evc:an nd LsHler)
feaderS OF wal E:NS must be St1ucr
by the number OF MORO Castles" wi h
which our forces. have to deal. Hava-
mas fort OF that name Is the best
known building In Cuba. When Ad-
mtral Sampson went down to Porto
Rico to shake up the Spaniards there
the principal fertilization he had to
deal with was another MORO Castle.
And now comes word of an attack by
American warships on third Moro
Castle at Santiago de Cuba the most
important port In the southeastern part
OF the island. Some readers have prob
ably wondered how it happened that
no such castles were encountered at
Matanzas, Cardenas and Cienfuegos
The explanation Of this recurrence OF
the name MORO Castle" Is found In
the fact that the woru MORO" means
''promontory." Many OF the harbors OF
Cuba are remarkable landiocked bays.
opening to the sea through narrow
channels. usually long and deep. They
are shaped somewhat like mans
hand, with the fingers more or less
spread and the wrist reduced in size
AT Havana, Santiago and some other
ports. one aide OF the channel connect
ing the inner bay with the sea ends
In n bold rocky headland. The oppo-
site point is lower and less conspicuous
Where the higher aid sleeper angle OF
the shore. between the channel Of the
harbor entrance on one side and the
open sen on the other. is crowned by
an elaborate fort, formidable in the
times when IT was erected, this forti-
f1cation is usually and naturally nam.
MORO Castle. or The Castle Of the
Promontory." .
AT Cieufuegos there is no such fort
although the harb0r is one OF the typi-
cal bays Of the Cuban coast, with Il
narrow entrance. One reason is that
the city Is comparatively new. and il
has become place OF Importance
since the era when Spain fortified her
American possessions with the massive
and picturesque stone castles which
modern artillery has rendered nearly
useless. Besides. the shores are much
lower there than at Santiago or even
Havana. San Juan. the chief city OF
Porto Rico. has plenty of room for a
Castle OF Promontory." and it was ma
tural that there should be a MORO
Castle" to fight at that port Matan-
Zas and Cardenas are on rather low
parts or the coast, and the latter Is a
small place. So they have no MORO
Castle"
This explanation il sufficient to show
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a MoOpEN PoKER

One of the small things confded by a
trained nurse is that to poke an open
fire In the inyalid'S room a wooden
stick makes less noise than the usual
metal poker. This will Ignite. perhaps
put may be promptly put out by thrust
ing into the ashes. and in some emer-
gencies where the patient would other
wis be aroused from a much-neded
sleep the knowledge of the stick poker
is useful
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cERvERA's YANKEE LOVE.

WASHINGTON. June 5.--The inter-
est which Admiral Cervera Is said to
be taking to effect the exchange of Ju-
nior Lieut.. Hohson, United States
navy. who was taken prisoner after
sinking the Merrimnc. recalls the time
when. as a Lieutenant Commander,
Cervera was naval attache at the
Spanish legation here nearly twenty
five years ago.
The yong officer owed his position 70
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
MY FRIEND.

Written by Colonel w. S. Hawkins
c. S. A.S{prisoner OF war at Camp
Chase a friend of fellow prisoner
NhogWas engaged to be married to a
;sonthern lady. She proved faithless:
to him" The letter arrived soon after
his death, and was answered by Colonel
Hawkins in the following lines: 5s .g
Your letter came. but came too late.
For Heaven had claimed its own:
All. sudden change from prison bars
Unto The Great White Throne.
And vet. think he would have STAYED
For one more day of pain,
Could he have read these tardy lines
Which you have sent in vain.
Why did you wait. fair lady,
Through SO many a weary hour?
Had you other lovers with YOU
In that silken. dainty bower,
Did others bow before your charms,
And Irvine bright garlands there?
And yet, I ween. in all the throng.
His spirit had no peer
I wish that you We're by me now
AS draw the sheet aside.
To see how pure the look he wore
Awhile before he died.
Yet the sorrow that you gave him
Still has left its weary trace.
And weak and sanity sadness
Dwefls upon that pallid face.
Her love" he said. could change for
me ......
The Winters cold to Spring"
All! trust of thoughtless maidens love,
Thou art bitter thing!
For these volleys fair in May.
Once more with blossoms shall wave.
The northern y;olets shall bow
Upon his humble grave.
Your dole Of scanty words had been
But one more pang to bear.
Though to the last he kissed with love.
This tress of your soft hair.
did not put it where he said,
For when the angels come.
would not have them find the sign
Of Falsehood in his tomb.
I've read your letters. and I know
The wiles that you have wrought,
To win that noble heart of his,
And gained 1t: fearful thought!
What lavish wealth men sometimes
give
For a trine. light and small.
What manly forms are often held.
In folfy's fiimsy thrall.
You shall not pity him. for now
He's past your hope and fear:
Although wish that you could stand
With me beside his bier.
Still, I forgive you. Heaven knows
For mercy you'll have need.
Since God his awful judgement sends
On each unworthy deed
Tonight the cold wind whistles by.
AS I my vigils keep
Within the prison dead house, where
Few mourners come to weep.
a rude. plank coffin holds him now.
Yet death gives always grace.
And had rather see him thus.
Than clasped in your embrace.
Tonight your rooms are very gay,
With wit. and wine and song;
And you are smiling Just as II
You never did Il wrong.
Your hands. so fair. that none will
think
1t pennd these words Of pain
Your skin, so white-would God your
Were half so free OF stain.
I'd rather be this dear. dear friend,
Than you in all your glee,
For you are held in grievous bonds,
While he's forever free.
Whom serve we in this life, we serve
In that which is to come,
He chose his way: you. yours; let God
Pronounce the fitting doom!
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why the name made familiar by Hava-
ma $ picturesque old fort is appearing
continually in the dispatches. and why
IT Is necessary to discriminate between
the various MORO Castles. which fig-
ure in the news OF the day.S}
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TWO NATIONAL POLICIES.

History Shows which Has Been Fol-
lowed by the United States.
Jacksonville Times UnionD
A contemporary feurfully bids US
take keer how we lounch the United
States upon the troubled seas of a
British policy OF acquisition" Let us
heedfully examine the caution. What
is the American policy? Is it one of
contraction. or rest. or expansion?
From Spain. In l819.we acquired Flor
ida. and she abandoned her claim to
all the territory between the Rockies
and the Pacific.
Texas was annexed In 1915
From Mexico in 1913, we acquired the
territory now embraced in the states of
California. Nevada, parts Of Colorado
and Wyoming Utah. New Mexico and
Arizona. The Gadsden purchase of 1855
gave us that portion south of the Gilc
river.
In 1867 we purchased Alaska
Do not these various acquisitions out
line the American policy" which is
now assumed to be one Of rest or con-
traction?
Having taken or bought all we de-
Gently can on the continent, shall the
policy be stopped by the waves of the
sea, as If the American spirit died out
ut our breasts ut the sight of blue
water? Is 1t worse to annex Hawai-
than Texas? Is it more dangerous t.
set up our flag on the Philippines thar
in Aiaskao
Dewey does not think SO. and we are
glad to believe that he is typica
American.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

Why does the cook manage to ruin
every dish when she starts in. so that
out of the whole meal there isn't one
decent thing to eat.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

1t does seem as though the person
whom you desire to please is the one
with whom you most often SiEnally
fail
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

When a man starts ont in the morn
Ing he is good for all day, but a girl
must fix" herself every half hour
anyway.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

Japan was originally civilized by
way OF China: today Japan sends
scholars and men of science to in
struct the Chinese.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

a woman's favorite novel is the
one in which she thinks the heroine
resembles her.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

1t is hard for a man under a cloud
to see the silver lining.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

neither. '''e
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
Houses For Sale.

Nine room dwelling on saith street
near West avenue. Has all modern
conveniences and will be ready for oc.
cupancy June /. Price 5000.
Six room house on 29th street. AN
modern conveniences. Price $780,
Six room house on 28th street, new
and nicely located. Price 81 400.
Tenement dwelling on leased ground,
renting for $50 a month. Price 5000.
RMS property pays 80 per cent. net
after deducting ground rent.
Several new houses in East End.
ranging In price from $500 to $4,000
We can make very easy terms on the
properties advertised above. Small
cash payment and the balance in
monthly installments will be satisfac-
tory.
Houses and stores for rent in all Sec
lions Of the city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

About the only time man Is indis
penSable to woman is when she has
a heavy ralise to carry and Il train to
catch.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12
Spend Your Idl6 Moments

IN one Of Ptlmer's Celebrated Ham
m m. Prices rs cents, S1.OO,
$l.5O, $500, $3.50, $500 and
$500. according to quality and
size.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-12

Camp Chase. December. Isl
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I'd rather be this dear. dear friend,
Than you in all your glee,
For you are held in grievous bonds,
While he's forever free.
Whom serve we in this life, we serv
In that which is to come,
He chose his way: you. yours; let Go
Pronounce the fitting doom!