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Evening journal., 1898-04-01
GIFTS FROa EMRLOYES
PETER ]. FORD PRESENTED WITH
A SILVER SERVICE AND A
pHONOGRAPH

PHONOGRAPH.
Peter ]. Ford, who recently sold out
his interests in the Ford Morocco Com
pany to a Boston syndicate, was yes
terday afternoon presented with sill
yer service and a phonograph, gifts
from Mr.. Ford's former employees. The
ceremony of presentation took place in
the big yard Of the plant, where plat
form was erected. on which sat Mr..
Ford, his former associates and John
Biggs The platform was decorated
with American flags and bunting.
When the time came for the cere-
mony to begin, an of the employees,
about 700 in number, marched into the
yard and gathered around the plat
form. John Biggs, attorney for the
company, then presented the silver SER
vice and photograph to Mr.. Ford In
happy speech. Mr.. Ford responded.
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PREPARING FOR WAR.
Flying Squadron Ready to Go
to Sea at Once.
SPANS REPLY UNSATISFACTORY
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS STATE
THAT SPA1N'S REPLY WILL BE
MADE PUBLIC AFTER THE CABI-
NET MEETING.
Special Dispatch Evening Journal.

Special Dispatch Evening Journal
Washington, April 1.-The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations has
been in session since 1890 O'Clock. The
reply Of Spain is to be made public af-
ter the Cabinet meeting.
The Boston Journal this afternoon
states that Spain denies our right to
intervene. Also that the president says
that Spain's reply is unsatisfactory.
Secretary Long says that Spain's re-
ply will be made public soon. Assist
ant Secretary Day says that SPANS
statement will be given out after the
cabinet meeting.
The Evening SUMS extras are war
like. They state that Minister Wood
ford is preparing TO leave Madrid.
London, 3.15 p. m.,-Spanish AS are
up to 90. American stocks are boom
ing.
Washington, Special-The flying
squadron, under command Of General
Schley, is under orders to be in readi-
ness to go to sea at once to intercept
the Spanish torpedo flfotilla.
The squadron is now concentrating
at Hampton Roads.
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sTILLgM BUSINESS.

III. T. Sergeant, coal and wood,
removed from 1O6 to 1OS-10s Md. ave,
opposite w. & N. r. r. office. Delmar-
via phone, 40. Central office. Seventh
and King streets.
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no DOUBT ABOUT TIT. .

A. &sP. Elgin Creamery Butter Is the
best in the market. price this week,
2Oc) Sold only by the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co., SIS Market street.
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The tug Gettysburg. built by the
Harlan and HollingswOrth Company
for the Philadelphia aud Reading Rail-
road Company, will be launched to-
morrow.
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..Nn noIIBT ABOuT No

A. & p. Elgln Creamery Butter is the
best in the market. price this week.
20c.) Sold only by the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co., S15 Market street
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.eWIHAT CAN IT BE2y

Free. Easter week, comm 5ncing Sat
urday. April 2. Grand Union Tea Co.,
609 King.
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LEE WAS QUITE NERVOUS.
WHILE AT THE CLAYTON HOUSE
HIS ACTIONS oCCAsIoNED COM
MENT.

his ACllONS OCCASlONED OO,M-
MENT.
One week ago tonight James Lee
and Miss Laura Boothe played in Will
mingtOn in "rhe Founding" Company.
Now Miss Boothe is dead, some say
murdered, and Mr.. Lee, the suspected
person, is under $1,000 bail for his APP
pearance at court.
Lee acted strangely while at the
Clayton House last Friday sight. About
1.50 o'clock ii was noticed that he was
pacing up and down the corridor in a
worried and excited manner. Night
Clerk Mace White said to him:
Mr.. Lee, you look very much wor-
ried."
How Go you mean?" asked Mr.. Lee
Il don'tG;now," said the clerk. you
look restless"
"Why, I'm the happiest man in the
world" was the reply.
He then started to go upstairs.
do you want a call?' asked the
clerk.
NO" replied Mr.. Lee. Il stay up
until O'clock.
"Your hours are very much like those
Of a newspaper man." suggested a man
who boards at the hotel
YES" was the response and he went
upstairs.
Presently he came down, went out,
got something to eat, returned to the
hotel, went into the wash-room near
the clerks desk, and continued his pc
culiar actions until Miss Boothe and
two or three other women came down
stairs. He Joined them and all left
town on the 1.57 a. m. train.
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FREE, SATURDAY, APRIL 2,
Beautiful Panels to customers. Grand
Union Tea Co., 600 King.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo cuinlne Tablets.
Druggists refund money II It fails. 26c.
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Elevator Steam heat. Sun parlor.
Special Spring rates.
Write for illustrated Booklet and terms.
ALFRED WYMAN.
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SAN MARCOS HOTEL.

Winter at the seashore. A Delightful
Season.
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CLAYTON HOUSE.
CLAYTON HOUSE.
CLAYTON HOUSE.


Cafe or main dining-room. ONLY SOC.
English Beef. Cream of Potato.
Baked Delaware Shad, Potatoes Julienne
Spring Onions Pickles. Chow Chow.
Bacon and Spinach.
Curry of Lamb with Rice.
Savory Stew with Dumplings.
Banana Float.
Strawberry Water Ice.
Prime Ribs of Beef Dish Gravy
Baked Leg Of Mutton, Braise, Brown
Sauce
Spare Ribs Drowned Potatoes.
Mashed Potatoes. Drowned Sweet Pota-
toes.
String Beans. Mashed Turnips.
Cream Puffs.
Apple Pie. Sweet Potato Custard. Cherry
Pie.
Vanilla Ice Cream.
Jelly Diamonds.
Assorted Nuts Layer Raisins. Fruits.
Crackers.
Tea. Coffee Cocoa MIX.
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New York. April 1.


Funeral services of Laura Boothe, the
actress who was found dead recently in
the New Amsterdam Hotel. took place
yesterday morning at the home Of w.
w. Beach, of the Standard Oil Com
pany, No. 1912 Western Boulevard.
They were conducted by Rev. DR.. Rob
ert s. Macarthur, of the Calvary Bap-
tist Church.
Besides the minister. there were but
six persons present-Mr. and Mrs. J. w.
T. Boothe parents OF the woman, from
Holyoke, Mass. and their sons William
and Edwin, and Mr.. and Mrs. Beach.
Many floral pieces were sent 10 the
house by friends of the woman Scme
came from Holyoke. One was from the
members OF THE Founding" Com
pany, with which Miss BOothe played
Intefment was at Woodlawn Cemetery
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. ]
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Atlantic City. N. ].
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FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

HOUSES and lots for sale or exchange.
AMBERT j. FOULK, 919 Market street.
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Pacific and Massachusetts Avenues, At
lantic City, N. j.
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|FOR RENT.-Stable, with five stalls
d carriage shed. Apply 5l9 Pine street
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WINTER RESORTS
SCARBOROUGH.

Beach front. Maryland ave.
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Near the Beach. Elegant and Modern.
Hydraulic Elevator. Hot Salt Baths.
sun Parlor. Steam Heat. Open Crates.
Cuisine and Service First-Class.
A. GRUBB, Mgr.
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Open All the Year.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

| HAVE several bargains in houses and
TO offer. LAMBERT J. FOULK,
sl9 Market stkreet.
FOR SALE.-The licensed saloon prop
|ty 16 East Front street. Possession
zen March % next. JOHN M'YEY.
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OLD AND NEW WARSnIPS.

vigorous attempt to get control Of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, which,
it was thought. would become theaters
in the war. Accordingly, contract
was awarded to James b. Eads, of St
Louis, for the construction of several
ironclad steamers suitable for river
navigation.
In October, 1861, forty five days after
laying the keel the ST. Louis was
launched. This was the first ironclad
owned by the United States. The I'M
fortunate abandonment OF the Norfolk
navy yard, however, had given to the
insurgent forces possession of several
vessels, notably the fine steam frigate,
Merrimac, a vessel built like the Wa
bash. The Confederates were busy
transforming this vessel into a broad
side casemated ironclad, with slop-
Ing roof calculated to cause the enc
my's shot to glance without injuring
the vessel, when the Monitor type of
iOnclad came into being. Captain
Ericsson had been given contracts for
the construction of two broadside iron
clads and one vessel of special design.
The Monitor, which later defeated
the Merrimac. was Of special design"
and 1t was this same Monitor and her
successors during the civil war that
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Aa >ij3f NJ AzIffg,vyI 1G177 FRS


! was used as roCeiving-ship at the
Norfolk navy yard until 1920 Steam
vessels soon came TO be of great i'm
portance In the cOaStiig trade of both
Europe and America, and in 1910 a
steamer of 300 tons called the Savan-
nah made the passage from New York
to Liverpool In twenty-siX days. but she
WAS heavily SPARED and depended
largely on her sails.
In 1S-i0 vessels with screw propellers
came into vogue. Captain John Fries
son made a proposition to the English
government TO apply the screw device
To war vessels. but his scheme was
secuted as visionary. In 1913 Ericsson
came to New York ard built the Prince
ton, which was the first screw man-of-
war ever constructed. The Princeton
proving success In every particular,
England built the Duke Of Wellington,
which outranked the Princeton. the lat
ter being adjudged unscaworthy in
1919.
The Crimenn war demonstrated the
usefulness of the screw propeller, al
though it was several years after that
the naval authorities of the world were
willing to trust to a full-poWercd screw,
unaided by sails. About this time the
Great Eastern, also called the Won
der ship was built. She was CON
structed of iron ana wood was G92 feet
long and carried 12.0OO tons of coal
She Piled between England and Aus
tralia and. although not Il man-of-war
properly speaking, was Il formidable
vessel.
The day of the wooden wheels came
TO a close. however, when in 1860 the
French built the llrst sea going iron
clad, which was christened La Gloire
She was originally intended to carry
ninety guns, but was cut down and
plated With several inches of iron She
was provided with full steam power
with auxiliary sails and carried forty
guns. Not to be outdone, England.
ever Jealous Of her mistressship of the
sea- constructed the Royal Oak and
later the Warrior, the latter being
faster than any wooden vessel atloat
and vastly superior TO La Gloire.
France replied with the Solferlno, re-
markablc for her ram bow and for the
fact that up to that time she was the
only ironclad carrying guns on two
decks protected by arlnor. The Mino-
taur war vessels We're then introduced
by England, but they were too I'M
wieldy for service and were aban-
doned.
This see-saw competition was going
on when the rebellion broke out in the
United States and we found ourselves
without single lronclad vessel and
practically without navy. At the out
set, the Federal government made a
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revolutionlzcl the naval warfare of
Europe. The Monitor was sliahtinalY
characterized n cheese box OH Il ralt'
but it proved to he the strongest choo So
that ever was placed In "A naval SarI-
wlch. The turret system. which WIS
the essential feature of the original
monitor. is familiar. and does not re-
guirc description here. The hroalsidc
system was said 10y contemporary crit
les 10 excel the turrrt system for ocean
service. but the value of the cheese
box" ironclad for close fighting IN sinai
low water was never disputed. Some
of our monitors. such as the MiAn.ouo-
NAH, were constructed Of wood and
the voyage of the MiautonomIh 20 Ell
rope and of the Monadnock To- san
Francisco via Cape Horn showed that
these vessels could go to sea as we'll as
fight in shallow waters.
OF the TWO broadsides constructed by
Captain Ericsson. one was failure.
and the other, New Ironsidos. a decided
success. After passing through the
siege of Charleston and doing excellent
service she was laid MP in ordinary nj
League Island and afterWard destroy
cd by fire. England converted one of
her liners into a monitor of the turfet
shape and called her the Captain. She
was constructed according to plan
proposed by Captain Coles. hut Went
down ut sea with 500 on board, thus
showing the incompatahility of sailing
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Millionaire Actors

Some of our actors are WeallD!
Joe Jefferson is rated at $2,OO0w
Sol Smith Russell is close Nv
with something over S1,JOOWU v
credit. /.
Joe Murphy, of Kerry gov
while not as rich as Jefferson "
sell, is in no danger of going "
poorhouse. He has made near!
lion out Of Kerry Cow ana
brought him in 100000 for man!
An amusing story is told OF ulp
ular actor. 1t was his custom
ago to ostentatiously borrow %o
Rialto every morning from q :"
manager, and always return
evening. \ noticeable point "a'
in asking for the money MURPHY
lowered his voice or seemed W W.
keep the matter secret from p''
ing actors. After this thing hao
on for some time the manage
for an explanation. "WelL WV
said Murphy, IF these fellows ~
l had money about me. they y
me for loan, but when the! = ,.
borrowing myself, they thlnA y
USE"
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opd turrcts in which the big guns or
VA. enemy are mounted. while the
y,,oll-bnrp rnpid-nring guns are used To
1y.enn the decks and very often to iird
tho range of the enemy. In sea fight
inr the small guns are used first, the
,dr runs keeping silence until II range
Fl Onn vnrd~ or thercahouts * reached.
In the great fight which Cpmmod"r"
Dnvnv mnlr in Manila bay neither
Snaiu nor the United states had an
ornornd ship. Drwcy'S boats were
nrotrcted cruisers with steel decks and
Communicates small guns.
Early NAVAL warfare. in which sailing
vessels were used. lad To deal practic-
ally with gums alone. and the measure
If STRENGTH WIS the weight of me tai
fred In one hroadsidc. To-day the de-
sirner has to reckon with shell power
ram power. torpedo power and power
of resistance The modern battlesh!p
j. therefore compromise Thus,
roughly spcaking. the weight allowed
for or,unr determines the defensive
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SECOND CITY OF CUBA.
Matanzas Noted for It's Qnaintness
and Superb Beauty.

Matanzas is the second city of Cuba
in size, wealth and commercial import
ance and is noted for Its healthfulness.
quaintncss and beauty. Before the
war the population of the city was CO.,
coo, but 1t dwindled to one-half, thou
sands of its best citizens having Joined
the insurgent army, and other thou
sands having been scattered or killed
owing to the eXigencies of war. The
province has always been noted for its
patriotism.
The San Juan River divides the city
into two parts, the Pueblo Nuevo-new
tOwn-and Versailles, and the river
Is spanned by several handsome
stone bridges. Pueblo Nuevo contains
the railway depot and one Of the most
beautiful avenues In all Cuba-the Cal
zeda de San Estevan. For two miles
it is lined with imposing villas, all with
pillared porticoes In front, paved. like
the terraces. with mosaic Of black and
white marble. or blue and yellow tiles.
These casas of the old-time titled gar
dens are colored peal Dkp. sky-bluc,
rose-pink. lavender. plifrle, t@'Soel
strawberry, and yellow, but the colors.
which elsewhere would seem to stand
eternally swearing at the landscape,
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pared with the English and French
ironclads, the American vessels drew
less water. but We're more effective
than the foreigners In shallow water
After the civil war Russia went wild
over ironclads and built large number
of the naval cheese boxes.
SO much for the early navy of the
colonies and civil war period At the
close of l7S3 we had practically no
navy at all; In 1874 we had five first
rate war vessels, carrying forty-fivc
guns With 5000 tons displacement
thirty-one Second-rate vessels carrying
twenty guns with 1900 tons displace-
ment, twenty-four third-rate vessels
carrying eight guns with SEQ tons dis
placement and five ffth-rate vessels
carrying four guns with 400 tons dis
placement. Our total strength was
forty-eight irOnclads and twenty-six
other vessels. Many Of these. however
were unseaworthy and the term iron
clad" was used more on account of
courtesy than respect for the facts.
At present we have in the regular
navy eleven tirst-class battle-ships Of
1886 tons displacement. two armor-
ell cruisers of 1T.471 tons displacement
twenty coast and harbor defense yes
sells with 80, 7J9 tons displacement. and
protected cruisers and gunboats Of ST.
600 tons displacement. We have thir
teen protected cruisers. twenty gun
boats and light protected cruisers. one
dispatch boat, and twenty-five torpedo
boat destrOyers The ttleships Illdi-
ana. Massachusetts and Oregon have
each displacement of 10000 tons. a
belt arnor Of eighteen inches steel and
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T IS q far cry from the old wood
en- frigate Constitution 10 the
\ great iron-clad oregon. a shot
from one of whose thirtccn-inch guns,
well aimed, would easily persuade the
old-tmcr she had missed her callin4
and had better "heave to-" And John
Paul Jones, whose victory over the
Scraps in revolutionary times has
made his name familiar to every Amer
lean schoolboy, would NO quite as
much passe on board Fighting Boh''
Evans Iowa as the Bon Ifomme Rich
ard, his flagship, would be in Rear Ad-
miral SIMPSONS squadron.
Time makes thl1fStS that the best of
naval commanders cannot parry. and
the most that any man can hope TO do
is to keep Up with the times. From the
great, unwioldy wooden frlgatrs and
schooners of the revolutionary period.
with their nine ard twelve pound guns,
and from go to 1000 tons diSplacc-
ment, our navy has progressed to the
type of the Iowa the Indiana and the
Oregon whose mammoth steel hulks
uISpl'itc Al.'to tO4iS VI w ditI 'llitl
whose terrible ritle-borcl guns throw
metal projectileS weighing LOCO
pounds.
This remarkable evolution IN naval
warfare was uot the result of acct
dent. II followed In obedience to the
theory that nations. as individuals,
must fight the devil with fire." yea,
with his own fire, I've II ever so fierce
and destructive. Moreover. naval war
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here tone ii so perfectly with the tropic
sky and foliage that you fail to notice
the violent contrasts. All the houses
are set flush with the pavement but
each has its beautiful garden at the
sides. filed with flowers and stately
palms, surrounded by tall iron ratings
and stone pillars topped with urns.
After the great conflagration of for
ty-three years ago, in which more than
half of Matanzas was burned. the we'll
TODD losers rebuilt their homes on the
heights above the city, where ocean
breezes blow fresh and cool and the
wide-spreading bay affords a charm
Ing picture. Unfortunately, perhaps,
the old and uncomfortable public build
ings remained untouched by the flames.
The musty cathedral, whose corner
stone was laid more than three CEN
turtles ago. is imposing by reason of
maSsivenesS and rude architectural
beauty. The custom house. erected
near the beginning of the present cen
fury, is long and low, with overhang,ng
roof of red tiles and pillared inner cor
ridors. Matanzas rejoices in the DOS
session of Il splendid new thcater.
which Is said to be the finest in tho
West Indies, not even excepting Ua-
bana 'Theater of n Hundred Doors {"
Ihere are several handsomely appoint
ed club houses and casinos, too: for in
Cuban cities, as in Paris, London and
Madrid, club life fourishes, at the OK.
pense OF domestic institutions. The
view of the city from the summit of
the hills above San Severino Castle is
magnificent and includes more than
thirty miles of undulating shore line.
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turret arnor of seventeen inches. The
following table shows the armament
carried by our armored vessels:
Weight of No. Total W,
Totals ..... -. 146 44 .S3l

Our united armored ships can throw
one and onehalf pounds Of metal for
every pound that Spain can give us in
return, although the dons have 100
guns. If our armored force We're re-
duced TO an average we would have a
ship of $3.50 tons, with ten-inch belt.
ll.5-inch turret, ten guns Of eight-inch
caliber, throwing a projectile weighing
800 pounds, while Spain would have a
battleship Of 1856 tons, with 9.6-inch
belt, 9.7-inch turret, thirteen guns of
seven-inch caliber, throwing a projec-
tile weighing $50 pounds
The guns Of eight-inch caliher and
over are used to attack the belt of Il
ship in order to disable the machinery
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they founded a line of kings. IN
ly Vengeance incarnate talked
rian. They were swept into cnaa
remained there until it occurred
rus to change the Euphates q
With Alexander, who chased
hither and thither, came more
When the Roman eagles pollncea
their prey there was more. IneO
always more. In history there u
else. OF justice or injustice ne
word. Spain knows 1t. II
that made her. But might IS no
nal. Even Hercules is dead.
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act. War is the paradox Of
denco. 1t sanctions that whIrI
forbidden: honors that which
isles, and rewards that vhbJ
proves. Its criterion Is Tho
There is no question of iustioI
injustice. There is a question
of victory or defeat. The n
who, whatever their faults mai
been. were not casuists, sumud
in Il Scntence-vae victis-vs
vanquished. War and human
congenital. They appeared d
together. In the Old Testaul
most ancient chronicle Is a tale,
der. There two brothers aN
face. Their ideas conflict. 0,
the other. The brothers are
ed by families, the latter b.
There are tents and passions
are races, nations, empires.
ways the conflict Of ideas, alv
battle which enSueS. HiStOU
lnonOtOny of the Internal reHs
is made up of groans. The lessd
diSengagcs from 1t is the d
might. There never has been
er. The early warriors had h
wind for ally. The moon VI
servant. To aid them the ~
still. The terror of Sinai CLEAN
fAD<1lkIAlAkA !Nn cegn
their faces and live. They enc
and conquered. On the rOcsAu
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Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast is a long way from
the Cape Of Good Hope. The latter is
one of the termini of Eastern Africa
the former IS wholly in Western .Afri.
ca. The Gold Coast takes its namq
from the precious metal having been
discovered there in abundance by the
early Portuguese and English naviga.
tors
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Cheese Eyported from Rome

The value of the cheese exported
from Rome Is only $1,000 less than the
value of the paintings, cheese being
second article on the list of exports
from Rome.
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The RIGHT OF MIGHT.
war in All It's Horror Has Been with
Us Since the Birth of Time.

war has been defined as murder
glorlhed. The scaffold replaced nv n
triumphal arch would perhaps he moro
ngurative. A condition of things quail
uea as eXtra-lcgal would be more OK.