The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-11

little suspected, where they were a. seclud-
ed as somewhere in the heart of Africa
afterward learned that this was but one OF
the three intrenched camps around Nikols-
koye, and not the largest. The men were
leading the life of soldiers on active serv-
Ice. and were ready for mobilization to the
last button.
~ LOng-Distance Steaminx.
From Casters Magazine.
The recent performances Of the United
States battleship Oregon and the gun
boat Marietta in steaming from high up
| along the North American Pacific coast
| around Cape Horn to the West Indies have
very properly challenged the admiration Of
the whole world. Until quite recently much
more had been heard of the falings Of war
| ships than Of their good points, and one
was almost tempted to believe that the av-
erage modern naval vessel was so delicately
constructed and so complex piece Of ma
chinery as to be scarcely fitted to with
stand in due measure the rough usages of
war or the knocking about of protracted
sea voyage under the pressure of high speed
and with all kinds of weather. When, sew !
eral years ago, the United States cruiser
Columbia crossed over from Southampton to
Sandy Hook, at the entrance to New York
harbor, in a little less than days,
racing successfully against one of the crack
Atlantic liners, her performance stood I'M
paralleled in naval history. 1t bordered, in
fact. on what had for long been considered
the impossible. What the Oregon and the
Marietta have DONE however, is worthy
counterpart Of that earlier magnificent per-
formance, and admirably demonstrates what
may be accomplished by good engineering
even when subject to the eXacting condi.
lions of naavl restrictions.
FreemasOnry in Philippines.
From Golfers Weekly.
The ''Siglo Future" ascribes the native rev.
olution in the Philippines TO Freemasonry
The statement has seemed quaint, but 1t has
the merit of being exact. At Cavite there is
or was-a lodge known as the Primera Luz
the First Light Affiliated branches are en-
counterable throughout the archipelago. In
all there are nearly 200. Each branch Is a
revolutionary center. In earlier days the
fragmentary state in which the tribes sub
sisted precluded any idea Of national unity.
The solidarity which lacking Freema-
sorry brought. To the natives the rites rem
resented form OF sorcery fresher and even
more mysterious than ancestral supersti-
TONS The enthrallment of the unknown. at
tractive to all but irresistible to primitive
natures, captured the most influential among
them at once. They found in the brotherhood
ulSulLlGS Which, they CfdNeup CcreHOHleS
which appealed, and. Herewith unimagined
opportunities to rebel.
In her 300 years of dominion Spain failed
to touch the native heart. There is one Of
her oversights. Where she has not massa-
cred she has alienated. She repels and never
endears. AS consequence, when 1t was
found that Freemasonry, in addition to other
charms, offered opportunities at table-turning
the latter not suffered to go to waste
Once introduced-and introduced through pro-
cesses too complex for recital here-it spread
and in spreading, developed into vast asso-
citation known today as the Katipuan, which
in some respects presents curious resem-
blance to the Ku-Klux- Khan. and of which
the watchword is Hasta la Muerte, and the
significance Hatred of Spain.
Spain's "MOnumental Ignorance"
DR.. E. J. Dillon in the Contemporary Review.
Modern languages are unknown in Spain to
degree which has to be realized before 1t
can be believed Politicians. statesmen ply
sicians, journalists, courters, and even mer-
chants are content with speaking their own
sonorous language-and can very seldom ex-
press themselves in an other. 1 have seen
Enghshmen and Frenchmen in the foreign de-
partment of the central telegraph office
dering disconsolately hither and thither I'M
able to find single official conversant, in
any degree, with the French tongue. The
Liberal government Of Senior Sagasta, having
introduced censorship of foreign kilograms
such as has never been practiced in Russia
was at It's wits ends to, find censor capable
Of reading messages written in German, and
finally it was decided that they should go as
they were, uneXamined. l frequently saw two
identical kilograms, of which one was in
French and the other in German, handed in
at the telegraph office, and on the following
day l learned that the French message had
been suppressed by the censor and the Ger
man telegram transmitted without remark.
SaIutes on Warships.
From st. Nicholas.
No salute exceeds twenty zone guns, and no
salute is ever fired except between sunrise
and sunset when the national colors must be
displayed; but it is also usual not to fire sa-
lutes before a. m. Whenever the president
Is embarked in a ship-of-war flying his fas
all other United States ships-of-war and naval
stations near which he passes will fire the
national salute.
Sideboys detailed usually from the ap-
prentice boys. They stand each side of the
gangway, in line, and salute by touching
their caps visiting officials come on board
or leave. Commissioned officers board and
leave a ship by the starboard gangway
Warrant officers. naval cadets and enlisted
men use the port gangway.
After nightfal all boats coming close to
the ship hailed by the marine sentry or
by the quartermaster with the words, Boat
ahay! flag officer answers, alag a
commanding officer answers the name of his
ship; other commissioned officers answer,
aye, ave." warrant officers and naval ca
diets answer, mo, no." while enlisted men
answer, "He,lo!
Every officer and man on reaching the up
per deck sa.utes the national flag, and this
salute is returned by the officer of the watch
at hand.
Flag officers are addressed by their titles
of admiral commdore; captains and COM
handing officers called Captain all
their official titles though in addressing
them in writing these titles are always
used. The surgeons, however, are usually
called Doctor" and paymasters of any grade
"Paymaster.''
Boat salutes are given by tossing oars.
which means holding them upright in the air
with the-b.ades fore and aft; or by lying on
oars, by which is meant holding the oars
horizontal as they rest in the rowlocks. Cox
SWANS Of boats stand and salute when pass
ing boats containing officers. All officers and
men, whether in uniform or not meeting
senior afoat or ashore, salute by touching the
cap.
When a ship of the navy enters a port CT
any nation where there is fort OF battery
or where a ship-of-war of any nation may
be lying, she shall fire salute of twenty
one guns, provided the captain is satisfied
that the salute will be returned. The flag of
the nation sa,uted will be displayed at the