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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-20

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
QUEER LITTLE CURACAO.
Once the Home of Pirates and Bucca-
neers.
From the Chicago Chronicle,

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Curacao is a Dutch colony and the
quaintest little island in the world. 1t is
not bigger than the District tof Columbia,
but has about 10000 Inhabitants and has
played an important part in the history of
America. 1t has belonged at different times
to England, Spain and Holland, and its
cozy harbor has been the scene Of many a
bloody battle between the navies of the
old world. as we'll as between the pirates
and buccaneers that infested the Carib
bean sea for two centuries. 1t has been
for 100 years and still is an asylum for
political fugitives, and many of the revo-
buttons that rack and wreck the republics
on the Spanish main are Matched under The
shelter of the pretentious but harmless
fortresses that guard its port. Bolivar,
Santa Anna and many other famous men
in Spanish American history have lived
there in exile, and until recently there was
an imposiI castle upon one of the hills,
called BoliVars tower. There the found
er of five republics lived in Punishment for
several years and waited for rescue.
The houses are built in the Dutch style,
exactly like those in Holland; the streets
shake hands through their windows with
the reighbcrs across the way, and the
walls are as thick as would be needed for
a fortress. The Dutch governor lives IN
solemn looking old mansion fronting q e
Shattegat, q lagoon chat forms the harbor.
guarded by a company Of stupid looking
soldiers with a few old-fashioned cannon.
The entire island is of phosphates and the
government receives a revenue Of S500,c0
frNr, 81 hot clair wa.
There is not a spring or a well of any
fresh water, and the inhabitants are en-
tirely dependent upon rainwater for exist
ence or upon supplies brought in barrels
by schooners from the Venezuelan coast,
ninety miles away, or upon distilled sea
water. AS sometimes it doesn't rain for
year or two, the natural supply is often
exhausted, and a glass OF. imported water
Is worth as much as the same amount OF
wine or beer.
Curacao gives it's name TO celebrated
hqpor that was formerly manufactured
from the peel of a~peculiar species of or
ange growing there, but most Of the fruit
trees have been destroyed by the droughts
and the supply now comes from other of
the West Indian Islands The Inhabitants
are mostly negroes. A few rich merchants.
representing all nationalities, are said to
have made their money by smuggling. IL
Is free port. No duties of any sort are
charged, and as the amount of merchan-
disc imported annually is about twenty
hve times as much as the inhabitants can
consume the harbor is constantly filed
with little schooners that seem to be al
ways loading and unloading, there is gooa
ground for the belief that contraband
trade with the main coast is still going on.
Each steamer leaves enough goods upon
me docks at Curacao to last the popula-
Ton an entire year. What becomes of it is
a question for the customs officers of
venezuela and Colombia TO answer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19

sponsible journal says so, making a gem
eral statement and avoiding details. The 10
per cent. authors fees on gross receipts
a rate of payment which the picked dra-
matte authors of England owe to the whole
dramatic authors of France-may be taken
as the maximum payment except in a few
very special instances. Sixty thousands
pounds would be the 10 per centage on the
full gross receipts of the Haymarket thea
ter for eight years. There are, of course,
the provincial fees, and The rewards from
New York land America, where the piece
is generally as well acted and is as intel
ligently appreciated as il is an England;
but, put them ell together, work them out
with counting house methods, throw in
bonus here and there, and see if the figures
reach 10 one-half of the newspaper state
ment.
There is the case of zola and the offer
to lecture in America. The offer is stated
al $4,000 for fifteen lectures. This, in
round figure is about fl20OO, or $500
lecture. Each lecture, we may assume,
will last one hour and forty minutes, or
one hundred minutes in all,
and this will give a reward, pay
ment, a honorarium-call 1t by what name
you will-of IS a minute. This may not
be much in country where DR.. Emmens
has discovered a high pressure method
for squeezing gold-juice out of Mexican
dollars, but it seems a good deal for Eng
land and even more for France.
The other case is that of the new chef of
the Savoy. Here the statement that Jo-
seph is to receive f6 900 a year for his valu-
able services is obscured by the further
statement that out of this he is to pay his
'subordinates." This is how the leading
toreros Of the Spanish bull ring are deal:
with, but it is probable new to those who
fight the bull and his kindred in pannilxins.
Joseph came from a place where figures
were not sufficiently respected. The great
Cafe Bignon would be alive now, under a
great Anglo-French company, if the two
proprietors had been more careful about
their bookkeeping. Their receipts were
enormous, their profits were enormous,
and their private expenditure was in pro-
portion. OF this latter they kept no ade-
quate record, but dipped their hands into
the till when they wanted money, with
the result that the examining accountants
could not agree upon a balance sheet. Jo-
seph started for himself, obtained the pat
ronage of the Prince of Wales, which
means even more in Paris that it does
in London, and is now at the Savoy, with
chance of amalgamating his Cafe MARI
vaux in Paris with the Savoy and the
New Claridge's.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
QUEER DEATHBED REQUEST.
Japanese of No Religious Belief
Leaves Directions for Burial.
From the Japan Times.

From the Japan Times.
Lieut.. Yoshibumi Fungawa of the
I. ]. N, left behind a curious request to
his family few days prior to his death
which occurred the other day in his ma
tive district of Hizen. He observed 10 his
family that as he had never had time
to investigate religious questions deeply
enough to enable him to determine which
faith he SHOULD embrace he was neither
prejudiced against nor partial toward any
form of religion. However, he himself
was of opinion that his soul would perish
with the cessation of life while his re-
mains would crumble to dust. Therefore
he did not wish TO have any religious ser
vice performed on his behalf.
The funeral also should be as simple as
could be and flowers and similar offerings
be strictly declined. No announcement
should be made of his death to friends
of his until four or five days after the
funeral. Two or three weeks after lis
death Ms relatives and friends should be
invited to a banquet and they should be
asked 10 enjoy the occasion as heartily
as possible. A priest might be invited
If the presence Of such a parsonage were
deemed desirable. At the funeral also 10
body should accompany the bier, except.
il considered necessary, one or two repre-
sentatives on behalf of the family and
relatives might follow the remains to the
grave. The tomb was to be of the sim
plest description, only the name TO be
Inscribed upon II. A memorial tablet was
entirely tabooed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
A TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
The Way PatagOniaRs Have of
Choosing Their King.

From the Bloomington Qll) Eve.
The system used by Patagonans when
selecting a king to rule them in peace and
lead them in war is as follows: Every ten
years fleet footed couriers are dispatched
throughout the length and breadth of Pat
agonia to summon the able bodied men of
the nation to a grand powwow at some
central point in the great plains When
the braves are all assembled and the King
has called the meeting to order volunteers
for the position of ruler for the ten years
to follow are called for
The King of Patagonia rules for but ten
years, and then new monarch Is selected
Nobody Is barred who wishes to undergo
the ordeal through which a ruler of these
people must pass, whether he be a mem
Der OF their race or not. The Patagoniana
love brave man above everything ana
likewise despise coward, and any man
ne his skin white black or brown, who Is
able to successfully undergo the terrible
torture to which all aspirants TO the lSingIy
scepter is put is good enough In the eyes
and estimation of these strange people to
be invested with the mantle Of sovereignty
over all the Patagonians and given a power
TO rule that might be envled by car.
=
Of the most revolving kind, and The man
who can go through the ordeal without
Wlncing must surely be possessed of q
heroic heart Two hundred or 800 of The
slalwart braves of the tribe generally vol
unteer to undergo the torture Each Is led
in turn TO a tree, against which he is told
10 stand erect, with his arms held straight
up above his head and against the trunk
OF the Tree. Then one of the old men OF
a nil al ia
form the ceremony, seizes a stone ham
mer of native mold and proceeds to nail
the aspirant to the tree with rivets made
of wood of wonderful hardness which is
found in that part of the world These
rivcts are driven through the hands of the
applicant and through the heshy portions
of his lower limbs
II the volunteer should stand this horri-
bic torture without murmuring and with
out giving external evidence Of suffering
he is hailed with a mighty reclamation
and pronounced fit to undergo the finish
ing touches of the ceremony. which con.
sist of a selected number of the braves
approa ching the transhxed applicant with
knocking gestures and cries of derislon and
each jabbing him In the heshy parts Of his
body with small sharp darts and spears
Often the whole number Of volunteers is
exhausted without finding a man with suf-
ficent bulldog grit. and stamina to go
through the ceremony without giving way
20 the physical torture and either faint
ing from the pain or begging TO be releas-
ed. fresh complement of braves willing
to be tortured for chance to be King is
called for.
When at last man Is found who is able
to go through the ordeal without a sign
of fear or an evidence of suffering, he is
al once released and is then and there pro-
claimed King of the Patagonians for the
ten years to follow. His power is abso-
lutte, and the reverence with which hin
subjects regard him amounts almost to
the worship of a god
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
"BREAKING 1T GENTLY
Thirty Hours of News at
Madrid.

From the London Daily News.
Gen. Weyler has been reported as saying
he did not consider 1t his duty TO wrap
up rife balls in wadding lest they should
hurt the enemy. Spanish ministers are ap-
parently more considerate Of human feel
ings than Is Gen. Weyier. They also are
stanch believers in the virtues of cotton
wool. A crushing Spanish defeat would
be too great a shock to the nerves Of the
Spanish people, and so the IN news Is in
genicusly wrapped up in wadding uaul
II is transformed into a Spanish victory
The following diary gives the Spanish pre-
scrption of a humane method Of breaking
III news to a proud and excltab.e people,
Sunday (afternoon-Reports received in
Madrid OF naval battle in the Philippines
Minister OF marine highly pleased" and
telegraDhs his congratulations.
Sunday (evening)- Spanish losees.
but greatly increased enthusiasm, n
view Of the fact that the American equad-
ron was obliged to retreat"
Sunday Is p. m.)--"Our fleet engaged the
enemy in a brilliant combat They obliged
the enemy, with heavy loss. TO change po-
sition and maneuver repeatedly"
Sunday 00.3O .. m.)-Minister Of marine
announces the victory Of the Spanish
forces; difficult 10 conceal his joyful emo
ton"
Sunday ul.5O p. m.)-"spanish loss serI-
Gus, but honorable"
Monday (afternoon)-"Victory of the
Americans has been complete; Cavite RACED
to the ground; Manila in flames"
Monday evening)-Martial law pro-
claimed in Madrid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
NEW YORK JOURNALISM.



From the New York Press.
clever chap. hiding himself under the
pen name OF Waiter Avenel, brings up N
the May Forum the cd old subject, Does
journalism pay? The happy conclusion
reached IS that 1t isn't worth a row Of
pins. and that no young man of education
should become permanently occupied with
IT, While the Journalist exists on beef-and.
the doctor, the lawyer, the novelist ana
the commercial man luxuriates on mer.n.
que. Even preaching is placed ahead
OF journalism in the does ii pay" list.
notwithstanding the face that the mogt
important preacher in the United. States
receives only $1,000 year. Mr.. Avenol
props his opinions with figures and seems
10 present a plausible lace-bordered sachet
for both Scythians and Sybarites
Newspaper men--I prefer to call them by
that name because they smeli sweetor
than when PANIED off as journalists--ira sy
larger salaries in proportion to the amount
of work done than any class Of mental
workers, manual laborers and "lcgg..rs -
The reporter who gets 81 a week is gem
orally worth about s.. lie hangs around
The office all days and half the night wait
ing TO be used as a messenger boy bv some
editor at less than the American District
Telegraph tolls, and often charges two
hours or his bill. when thirty minutes
have been the extent OF his exertions. This
Is the beginner. Once ia the swim. once
having acquired the ability to eat space,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
ECcENTR1oITIEs OF EARNINGS.
Curious Figures About Authors, Lee
turePs, and Cooks.

turePs, and Cooks.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Figures were given TO US by wise and
benefcent Providence to enable us to OBJ
scure the truth and conceal the state of
our affairs. Their value ought to be instill-
ed into the minds of ell young people in a
stage of pupilage, so that when they grow
up they may be able to cope with chancel-
lors Of the exchequer. income-tax collec-
tors, company promoters, and a certain
class of auditors. The reckless use Of fig
ures is too often apparent in Journalism. 1t
is the piquant condiment which wakes
IN" the dry, matter-of- fact paragraph. 1t
makes readers stare, il makes gossips talk.
1t is the devied kidney of lunch and the
favorite "savory" OF dinner. Ii is the Wor-
cester sauce of our daily life
This reckless use Of figures has lately
been shown in three cases-in the case Of
an author and dramatist in the case of
chef and a maitre d'hotel Mr.. j. NJ. Bar
RE is the deservedly fortunate author of
.s,rhe Little Minister" now being charm
ingly performed at the Haymarket What
ever his profits my be. they are fairly
earned by the sweat of his brain. He is
an inlSv-handed son OF toll and is worthy
Of his hire. No man. woman, or child
would be otherwise than delighted to know
that his profits on that piece viii reach
feO eco; but will they? A leading and re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19
Curacao.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The Spanish fleet would like 60 linger at
Curacas. The capital of the island is the
most licentious spot on earth; worse than
Bridgetown, Barbados. The Inhabitants
heat their already over-hot blood by
drinking curacao. which Is made Of native
oranges and orange peel dlgested in sweet
ened spirits with a small quantity of Gin
narnon, mace or cloves A little Of q goes
long way, its sweetness making the ka
bstual drinker Of plain liquor an easy VIC
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19

tim. The people of Willemstad do the
rest. All the Partisan and Roman vices
prevail, and strong as Vermont marble
must be the virtue of the American consul
who comes back from there with his self
respect, his conscience and his health 1t
is just the place for the lecherous Span
lard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-19

ct hate to bother. you. pa" said the
small boy home for the holidays, but real
w I'd like TO know" "Weli, what2"
How it is that baby fish don't get drown
ed before they've learned TO swim. Tit
Bits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-01

a moments notice. but nothing In the way o.
loading supplies the transports was done
to-day. The report tha' the leavy artillery u
under orders rather lends color - the theory
that Santiago de Cubu. in which harbor the
long -sought-for Spanish feet is securely hello
by Schleys squadron. is to be the objective
point Of the expedition. ana that regular
siege Is to be- laid to the city.
That the War Department expects pro-
tracted campaign is evident by the immense
amount Of comnissary supplies that have been
received he'll. Rations for an army OF 10000
men for three months are now stored IN the
Govern 0,en: warehouses or await unloading.
while hundreds OF carloads more are expected.
II Is probable that the regiments ordered south
from Chckamauga to be attached TO the
Seventh Corps will not come through 10
Tampa unless movement from here takes
place in the meantime. but will DO stopped at
jacksonville and go into camp there at some
point along the east coast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-01
SEVENTY.FIRST v. Y. AT TAMPA.
GENERAL MILES TO REVIEW TROOPS TO-
DAY-NO INDICATION OF IMMEDl-


ramra Fla. May 81 (SpeciaD.-Press censor
shin here has been made far more rigid. and
most OF the wires are down. Part OF the ISL
Regiment New-York Volunteers which arrived
here to-day from Lakeland. Is sleeping IN 'he
moonlight tonight Water is hard to get nut
this deficiency will soon be supplied. the site
Is a uleasant one. but the body Of water ABOUT
Lakeland will he missed. The trolley line 10
Tamna ends about two blocks from the camp so
the boys may casionally get dinner al q h"'ei
and sec metropolitan sights. A regiment u
Regulars is encamped near by
The "a Massachusetts, arrived al hpoi wy
yesterday afternoon. 1t has been chahseu ~ al
artillery regiment ard Will aid the hee"i"i' .,
manning the ,i-inch siege guns. for'y-e's"' "a
these are to be with the army or inVaS'o' anu
there are not enough men IN the batteries -
hooy,. artillery "a operate them. Sixteen hun
dred mules will be required to drag tne'n' As
o. ner cent Of the ID Massachusetts are marks
men. thev rather regret having TO lay ASIDE
their rifles.
General Fitzhugh Lee left Tampa al .
O'Clock this morning. with his stan TOT
jacksonville where he Will establish MS heau-
quarters Part Of his corps is here. ana VIII re-
main for the present He has four regiments III
Jacksonville. The separation Of the Seventh
from, tho Fifth Corps made up Of Regulars. WIN
the exception Of two regiments. VIII doubtless
be to the advantage of the service. and Will GER
tainly hasten the equipment OF he volunteers
General Lee was ordered TO report to General
Shafter and naturally has not had Tree haiu
to manage the affairs OF his camp
The complete equipment Of the Regulars was
regarded as If first importance ana me Noiuh-
teers have been forced TO wait. Some OF them
nre therefore still In poor shape i'T service
lacking even shoes in certain instances. "heh
General Lee gets TO Jacksonville he VIII ara"
his slpplies directly from Washington, instead OF
getting them through the Fifth Corps ana VIII
therefore be able to avoid delay.
General Nelson A. Miles and his staff are eX-
pected TO arrive in Tampa late tonight or carry
in the morning The train bearing the Iohi-
mn ader-in- Chief Of the United States forces Is
being given the right OF way over eVelythns'
and unless some accident happens should arrive
in Tampa several hours ahead OF schedule Time
Tomorrow all the troc s in the Filth Army
Corps will he inspec,cd by General Miles
Brigade drills Of both infantry and cavalry VIII
be held, the 9th cavalry coming up from for'
Tampa for that purpose, while the artliieI!
and signal corps will be Inspected IN the AFTER
noon
There were no indications OF an immediate
movement to-day. and orders FOR breaking
camp are not expected until after teneral
Miess arrival 1t is reported that orders nave
been issued the four batteries OF heavy
artillery at Ybor City Ia he ready to move al