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pedoes therein may be arranged to be
fired either a t will from shore or auto
matically upon contact with a hostile
hull. According to the latest tactics
adopted by the war department for
governing mines they are to be used in
main line firing" Judgment firing" or
automatic firing" A torpedo loaded
for main line firing can be exploded
both from the shore and by contact
for judgment firing. only from shore;
for automatic firing, only by contact.
Attachments are now perfected where
by one torpedo closes the current lead
ing to all others on exploding If neees-
sary. The explosion of a single torpedo
of the standard size adopted by our
navy Will throw a column of water so
feet in the air and will afterwards fill
the water with dead fish, killed
throughout a wide radius. Such a tor
pedo is loaded with about 100 pounds of
tonite.
Automatic mines are out of favor, be-
cause they jeopardize our own vessels,
as we'll as those of foreign powers An
other disadvantage is that an enemy
could sail an old raft or abandoned Ves-
sci ahead of them, thus exploding the
mines and following safely behind with
a whole fleet of battleships. In some
cases, however, automatic mines can be
set with safety and advantage. A port
able form of submarine internal ma
chine comes in handy for such de-
Tense. 1t can be set in moderately
shallow harb0r, where an enemy is ex-
pected to move or drop neutrality-suspicious.
a harbor of no strategic value and such
as would not be suspected of a hidden
defense. A powerful charge of high
explosive is sunk upon the bottom, in a
metallic case. containing also a battery
and explosive fuse. connected by wire
to buoy floating just beneath the sur
face, and bearing an automatic circuit
closer. The instant a vessel touches
this floating trigger it is erased from
the face of the sea.
Another submarine internal machine,
to be used for such purpose, is buoy
charged with explosive and anchored
SO as 10 float a few yards below the
surface. The circuit closer is attached
to the loaded buoy, or sometimes by a
separate buoy. so placed that the ex-
plosion will occur beneath the vessel
when the empty buoy is medded with.
A channel in which a hostile fleet is
expected may be studded with such
internal machines. but our own ships
would have to be warned off by some
signal or previous instruction.
Fixed mines are controlled from shore
usually from a fortress commanding a
harbor approach. The connecting wires
extend through long conduits. built un-
der the water bottom and ending in
bomb-proof Enclosures, where the oper-
ative is stationed. BY the simple
manipulation of a switch he may ex-
plode one or all of the mines at will, or
set one or all to explode automatically.
Through his glass he can estimate the
exact location of each vessel. He has
fixed marks of sght.-Washington Cor
respondenee Chicago Chronicle
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No. 90 Pine ST., Nsw York.
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know that there are many of
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So proof posi- tive am I of It's
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giving their postoffice and ex-
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English codeians carried Hamlet" 10
Germany toward the end Of the 18th
century. when rough German trans
lation af the play Was made and left be-
hind. The earliest record Of perform
ance of Hamlet a Pfinz in DennemaFk.
by the English actors must be attrib-
uted 10 the year lG4G, but according 10
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4 Mean Man.

From the Cleveland Leader.
MY daughters husband. said Mrs.
Smitherkins, "is the most perSerse man
l ever saw
Indeed said Mrs. Hapsiey.
Yes Mrs. Smitherhins Went Oh. For
years nobody could convince him that he
ought to have his life insured and dur
ing all that time he never took a bit of
care OF himself But finally we got him
10 take out a policy. and do YOU know
that he wouldn't think Of putting his
right shoe on first in the morning now
No ne wouldn't do ii for the world And
he used To jump on and off moving street
cars, but he always insists upon waiting
till the cars come to a dead stop now
and Yesterday | saw him deliberately
cross the street ia order 10 avoid walking
under n ladder
How singular. said AIRS Hapsley.
Singular? Nothing singular about il.
Its simply his Unborn meannesa.
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with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, they cannot
rsarh the seat OF the disease. GAtarrh is blood
or constitutional disease aud ia order to ears IL
you must take internal remedies Halls tatarrh
Cure is taken internally and acts directly the
blood and mucous surfaces Halt> GstaFFh Cure
Is net qasek medicine II Nss prescribed by
enc Of ale best physicians in this country for
YEAR and is regular prescription, Il is com
pused 81 the best TONES known combined with
tic brst blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of
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pm the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript.
A grewsome account of the conduct of
the French expedition which has just
made its way 10 the Nile is given by one
of its members in private letter. He
says they impressed all their native por-
tiers and other help by force; in fact,
seized and made slaves of them. Then.
If any of them tried to escape, they shot
or hanged them. When they came upon
a village and found it deserted they set
it atire whereupon the inhabitants, who
were hiding near by, would come back
and try to extinguish the flames. thus
giving the French an opportunity to seize
some of them to replenish their slave
train The French would seize the chief
and tie him up until he furnished the re-
quired number of slaves. If they did not
succeed in calling any OF the natives with
in reach by incendiarism or other means
they simply looted the village. At night
they kept as close watch upon the
slaves as possible, hut they would now
and then all run away together. and il
was not easy 10 kill the whole lot
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James Il. Delcher saws that he has
been cured of extemporaneous pleasan-
tries. He was walking To the hotel
from the theater with a lady friends the
other night, and they passed one Of
those sagfant restaurants on wheels.
Mr.. Delcher permitted his sense of the
ridiculous 10 master him, and. nudg-
ing his lady friend. said:
That Is where they eat Ia carte
What" inquired his lady friend with
perfect composure.
Delcher repeated his bon mot but his
lady friend remained quite unapprecla-
tice
"Mybae you don't see the joke" quoth
Mr.. Delcher savgely.
i seae no joke, was the retort
They wlkead the balance Of the way
to the hotel In silence and had supper.
Just 1aofe retiring from the cafe his
laoy ends face MS illuminated by a
sm..e.
All. yes" she cried "a la earte-cart,
in the sense Of wagon see"
The lady then Went on 10 say thai her
apathy was not due % the lack Of intel
ligence. She Wanted Ia punish D.lea n
for his Tiliainous ran.
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Israel Golianez. II is just possible that
we have some portion of the lost pre-
Shakespearean Hamlet in German
MS. version bearing the date Pret. Oct.
%. ITO" which Is probably late and
modernized copy of much older manu-
script. This play "Fratricide Punished,
or Prince Hamlet of Denmark, was
first printed in 1874. and has been fire.
quently republished since then.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken: it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels. cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and feyers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances. It's
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made il the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SO
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. ANY reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes TO try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. III. hEH fQRk. Hk
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Il can say one thing for Chamber
Iain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy: and that is that il eSeels any
proprietary medicine / have seen on
the market. ard l have been in tEt
practice Of medicine and the drug bust
ness for the past 40 years. writes
J. NJ jackson. NJ. D.. Bronson, Fla.
Physicians like Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Darrhoea Remedy be-
cause il is scientific preparation. and
because il always gives quick relief.
Get a bottle at your drug store.
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Editors Nofe:- We publish the
Doctor fac-simile letter for the benefit
of our readers Every sufferer should
take advantage of the liberal offer
He makes no charge for medicine or
correspondence advice. When writing
DIR. Slocum, kindly mention the Ana
conda Standard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
BLOCKADE RUNNERS BAGGED.
British SIOOp and German schoon-
err Drought TO KY Nest

Key West July z, $40 p. m.-rhe Brit
ish sloop Wary, another would-be block
ade runner, was scaptured on the "a IN
slant by the United States auxiliary cruis.
er ST. Louis, and arrived here to-day under
prize crew consisting of Port Officer It.
J. Albrecht and two men.
The Wary is a twenty-one ton vessel and
was loaded with provisions of a miscella-
neous character. She, under Cant Jere-
miah Moss and three men, all Jamaica ne
groes. was bound from Kingston for Cape
Cruz.
1t was first suspected that her British
nag was subterfuge TO enable her to pass
the blockade, but later it developed that
her patent, dated April 10, 1897. was bona
hde, and that she was boldly attempting.
n the face of oil risks to land her cargo
for the starving spaniards on the island.
When sighted by the ST. Louis the sloou
was becalmed, and Capt. Moss, who was
unfamiliar with the water whereabouts
was expecting a pilot to take him in. The
st. Louis sent four or five shell from her
6-pounders. but as the sloop showed nc
lowered and a half-dozen men pulled to-
ward her. pepperng her sails with shot
from their small arms.
Capt. Moss afterward said he thought
all this was done in sport but when he
found himself a prisoner of war he became
badly frightened, and spent the whole time
between his capture and arrival here Ia
praying and weeping.
Another schooner. the Wickerson, was
captured by one of the converted yachts
at about the same place two days before
the Wary was taken. She was owned by
two German merchants, who were aboard
and who protested so vigorously that the
prize was taken over to Santiago for a
formal report to Admiral Sampson She
. was bound from Jamaica to Manzanillo
The prize crew of the Wary say that
many ships are loading on the coast OF
Jamaica and getting cargoes of provisions
safely into Cuba by southern ports.
A torpedo boat from Santiago arrived
here to-day bringing one of the Spanish
torpedoes picked up In Santiago harbor
uneXploded The missile will proba bly, be
sent to Washington as a trophy of war.
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TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
Tobacco Growers of Leon County
Hnppy-The Collins Case.

Tallahassee, Fla, July 12-The tobacco
growers of Leon county were never hap
pier. They report the best crops they
ever had. Some grow Sumatra exclusive
ly and others all Cuba. The latter are
cutting and housing their crops.
w. N. Camp, an extensive operator of
turpentine farms, made a proposition to
the County Commissioners to take all
their convicts at s. each per month, free
of cost for care and maintenance to the
county. The proposition was accepted.
Howard Wilkes a 13-year-old boy, has
had an eventful career In a train of acct
dents he lost eight teeth, five in a base
bail game and three in a fall from a
wagon. Last Friday ne heard a fox chase
west of the city. He slipped away from
home with his fathers gun, hid himself
in the bush for shot at the fox. The
fox came his way, but another person
hid in the brush fired first, and Howard
was shot in the face and right arm, but
not seriously wounded.
Tomorrow mas been set for a hearing
of the cases of the state against c. B.
Collins, late state treasurer, and his
bondsmen, in the Circuit Court of Leon
county. The counsel for the state are At
torney General w. y. Lamar and Judge
William y. Young OF Jacksonville. Judge
George =. Raney represents the defend
ants. Hon. w. S. Jennings of Brooksville
one of the defendants, and ex-Gov f. p
Fleming of Jacksonville, a witness. are
at the Leon. A telegram from Mr.. Collins
says he viii be here when court opens
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DEMOCRATS OF ILLINOIS.
State Ticket Nominated and Plat
form Adopted.

AOFM AuoptSu.
Springfield, ILL.,, July 12.-The Demo
cratic state convention to-day nominated
a ticket headed by William F. Dunlap Of
Jacksonville for state treasurer. The
ticket was put through without opposi-
ton.
For university trustee, Jacob E. Seller
of Mount Carmel was named by the Pop
ulists in the fusion arrangement.
The platform endorses the free silver
and tariff platform of the Chicago declar-
alton and continues:
1--WE reaffirm the Monroe doctrine and
again pledge ourselves to abide by the
advice of Washington to keep ourselves
free from entangling alliances with for
eign nations.
I'VE recognize William Jennings Bryan
as the leading exponent of the foregoing
principles"
The war plank follows:
eve pronounce the present war with
Spain justified by every consideration of
justice and sound national policy. We con-
graduate the Democratic minority in Con-
gress for their firm stand on demanding
the redress of our national honor indorse
the declaration of war with Spain, and
demands its energetic prosecution In the
cause of humanity"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
ROADS A%D STOCKS.
Finest Properties in the World Are
in the United States.
From the New york Pres.

From the New York Press
1t is revelation to stranger to ride on
the rear platform of an elevated railroad
train and study the track, its grades, its
construction, Its curves, general condition
and right of way. Here Is right under our
noses the greatest railroad in the world,
carrying millions of passengers a year,
with $50, 100000 of capital stock, and gross
earnings of over 100000, yet its shares
are knocking around 105. If such a road
were in London il would be worth nearer
20O and every Britisher who owned a
share would keep ii under lock and key for
life. Americans-New Yorkers-ignore it,.
They. prefer to own Atchlson, or Denver
and Rio Grande, or Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, or Texas Pacific or Union Pacific,
or any other God-forsaken system in the
impenetrable West, which they are lucky
to see once in a decade, If at ALL
One of the greatest properties In the
world is Western Union, but we think
nothing of it. We appreciate il no more
to-day than In 1856, when 1t was known as
the New York and Mississippi Valley
Printing Telegraph Company. 1t started
with a capital stock of $500, 900. Modest.
was it not? In 1854 this was raised 10 800
l33, 800, and in 1863 to $41, O63, 100 There was
another lift in 1881 to $50, 900, COO and in 1892
the authorized issue of capital stock was
increased to 800 100000 How is that for
~ O5i Ns9ioh' HIS giant monopoly mas
nearly 100000 miles of telegraph wires,
and earns $2300O,O00 annually, yet its
shares are quoted eight points below par
Calumet & Hecia stock was offered for
long time al 81 a share when the CAPT.
talizaton was only 10000 shares. In a
third of century the company has paid
in dividends between $50 600 900 and $50. =
OOO,OQo and the ore is still running from
to 10 per cent. One old Irishman who
invested his wages In the shares of the
company is worth to-day $3.50, OOO Won
derful mine. 1t has pump with capac-
ity of 600O0,00O gallons daily, supplying
the artificial rivers for washing the ore.
The next largest pump is in Philadelphia
The Quakers think 1t the grandest ma
chine on earth, and never tire Of showing
it to visitors, yet 1t is a small thing in
comparison, having a capacity of only
A,000,0OO. Four thousand men work In the
Calumet & Hecla mines, and 1000 persons
are dependent on the mines for a living.
/ like TO dream of these glorious institu-
tons.
Starting with one car, and funeral car
at that, the Pullman Palace Car Conpa-
ny in thirty-three years laid aside a sur
plus Of $24,000000, which was divided a few
days ago between the stockholders How
curious 1t all seems. Pullmans hearse on
the rail brought him great fortune vet
he dsinherited his two sons 1t has AL
ways been a superstition that hearses
brought i'll luck. Another amazing sue
cess was Edison Electric, which went beg
ging at A. A broker of my acquaintance
bought twenty shares for $500, and sold
ten of them a year later for $4,000 Bell
Telephone Stock started al a low price
but went to 200 and made many rich
There Is no end of these good things
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creation of man as found in the Bible
So It began to amplify as follows:
God collected that dust from the four
corners of the world for the purpose that
wherever a man dies the earth should not
refuse him burial by saying. Thou hast
not been taken from me- When God ere
ated man the earth shook and trembled
and said unto God, TOW can / feed the
vast multitudes of men that willf issue
from the first createdY and God said in
reply, we will divide the maintenance of
man; thou wilt feed man during the day
time with all that thou producest while
when the night will come / will send my
sleep upon man, and he will rest, and he
will be fed by me with the peace of SUM
Der, and he viii awake refreshed In the
morning. And then God took eight parts
to form man. the body from earth, the
bones from stone, and the blood from the
dew of heaven, and the eyes from the
depth of the sea, and<the beauty from the
heavenly host, and the light of the eyes
from the sun and thought from the quick
ness of angels, and the breath from the
wind and his strength from God. Adam.
when he was created, was of gigantic size:
his head reached the heavens, and his
eyes looked upon the whole earth from
one end to the other. When he sinned his
eiZe was diminished"
Another legend is given by DR.. Caster
from an old Midrash (Rabba de Rabba on
Genesis), of which but a portion mas been
recovered. DR.. Caster says;
There we read that when God had Gre
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AWFUL RAIN OF SHELLS.
A Total of 1,776 Fired at the span
iards by the Oregon.


Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, July
12.-Some idea of the awful rain of shells
poured into the doomed Spanish squadron
on the morning of July g. by the pursu-
ing American warships. may be gained
from the number of shots fired from the
battieship Oregon.
This number also bears out the state
ment of the Spanish officers that it was
the fire from the second batteries that
drove their men from the guns and forced
the ships to beach.
From the time when Private O'Shay OF
the battleship Oregon fired the first shot
from her forward 6-pounder until the Girls
tobal Colon turned toward the shore, the
Oregon Fired 1,776 shells. OF these 1910
were from her 6-pounders. The big 13-inch
guns were fired thirly-four times, the s.
inch guns twenty-eighI times and the g.
inch tWenty-four times
The 1-pounder was fired twenty times.
The destruction caused by some of the
shots were fearful. One S-inch shell,
which penetrated the turret of the Ami
rante Oquendo. exploded and killed every
person inside, blowing some to pieces.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
FINEST OF FIGHTERS.
french Military At4ache Has High
Opinion of American Army.

"Sh MllltarY Attache Has High
opinion of American Army.
washington, July 12.-Maj. de Grand
pre- military atrache of the French en-
passy has just returned from the Amer
cah headquarters near Santiago, where
ne mas been observing for his government
'le progress of military operations.
ne PAID a glowing tribute to the fight
ING ability of our soldiers.
j have the most complete admiration
'oi Your men," said Maj. de Grandpre
4" an Associated Press reporter to-day.
-"ey are a superb body individually and
as an army, and 1 suppose not throughout
VI. "oIid Is there. such a splendid lot of
4s"'iHs men. II is the fighting character
s'N OF the men which is most apparent
-Ns$ are aggressive, eager for action. never
s''''-s the voice of an officer to push
I''"' forward. Another marked oharac-
'''s"c IS the self-reliance of each man:
''' We call the character of initiative
' almost unknown in European armies
"iefe every movement and the move 70
tai. Gag" acton of the enemy awaits the
''e Oh an officer. But with vour
tss nsht to the front, meeting each
as 1t arises, overcoming OBJ
DS their own initiative. Such soft
-snting men make an execution
~ "i'Letuous army. for every unit con-
may ms ID the irresistible onward move
sam t@HIsh troops do not have this
w. 1.-'tdcJeristic. They are moro no
nv '', CAUTIOUS. Besides the irnnetIo',s-
en- 'aeh lighting material If has r.
uo5ns 'nsplrlug morale among the
as..- -','Nihg them feet. that success is
disorder ana 9t me same time carrying
TIE enerr,, ',' oppression to the ranks of
a5o9- 5 oe Grandprey says the ~sohrnn
Zero, s.-'ago is something entiraii$ ~
Other , I'm me warfare of Euronean S,.5
v.s.,,+.i mes Of modern times Tha do oiNr
max w." ana tangle OF tropioal e,rn,,-tt
miIi,ar, s''possibie to observe the usual
fsht IL S 5'y mere is little or no effort 10
lighting lN formation. Every man is
thro.. 5' himself, pushing foru,o,-I
er5s. Inc shrubhery. vines roI"ara
Mai DO impossible to see the ene,,,,.
hie5E. Grandprey also
tae the efficiency win a'L,nS
We're 'lean troops and srmrIIali
and de5s-sS51 on their expedition
~ for c5ost5, u m Cuba. This has come
s3erirss 4aj de Grandprev saw 1u inns ms coun-
ping -5. VIC brief dme allowed f erlao con
We're sa(. expedition remarkable r e1uiP-
tons a,,5b eu European military eyras;
TO Afrioa as those Of England or FrsT,o
Planned siy other points, he saws are
lampe time ed months ahead which allows
ate details 'or working out the most min