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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04

the spot and found him there. When
Cervera bolted out Of Santiago harbor,
instead Of cutting off the rear Of the
column, as Lord Howard did the Spanish
armada, he made straight for the head
or IT., for he knew If he got the head,
ned have all. That is genius-for that
decision must be made on the instant;
on the sight Of the field And,no orders
OF Admiral Sampson could have provided
for the contingencies that must occur
in action, and did happen here. We owe
II TO ourselves, to our pride In our State,
10 show an appreciation Of this gallant
gentleman And / hope in the coming
demonstration to be made i'm Baltimore
In honor OF our homecoming soldiers
and sailors, the prominent place I'm the
picture Will be accorded to Admiral Win
field Scott Schley.
The ways Of the administration are be-
yond moral comprehension. Why Schley
should have been snubbed and Sampson
jumped over his head no man can under
stand. Schley. l doubt, has ever voted,
Tor he has been in the service since he
was boy, but he and his family were
without exception ardent Union men, and
fought bravely and honestly for the
Union. Therefore. / infer he is Repub-
lican Of the strictest sect. All his people
are and always have been. But secretaries
make admirals; history makes heroes
Public opinion makes reputation, and
Schley Will receive his due
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
Giraffe and Other Hides.
CThe Spectator.l

In Mashonaland and Central Africa the
trade in skins still fiourishes, though only
the poorest of the Beers follow it. and
they have to trek north Of the Iimpopo.
The hides Of the larger bucks, such as
the sable antelope, the roam antelope, the
hartebeest, or any of the zebras, are
worth IS. or 9s each, and there Is now
something TO be made by selling heads
and horns as curiosities. Leather made
from the skins of these big antelopes is
still in common use in high-class boot
making. No one knows exactly what ami
NAL may not have supplied the uppers or
soles of his footgear, and the possibilities
range from the porpOise and the arctic
hair seal to the blesbok or the koodoo.
Three other African animals skins are
In commercial demand for curiously diff
ferent purposes.
The CRATES. as every one knows, are
killed so that their skins may be made
into sandals for natives and sjambok
whips for colonsts. In the Soudan they
are also killed for the sake of their hides.
which are made into shields Many of the
dervish shields captured during their at
tempt to invade Egypt under the Emr
Ntumi were made of this material. The
elephant and rhinocerOs skins go to
Sheffield. There they are used to face the
wheels used in polished steel cutlery. No
Other material is equally satisfactory.
and it would be most difficult to find a
substitute
The rhinoceros skin used was formerly
that Of the white rhinoceros. Now that
this species is extinct the black rhinoceros
Of Central Africa is killed for the nnr-
pose. Much of this immensely thick skin
which is not tanned but used I'm the raw
state never leaves Africa. IL is in great
demand for making the round shields
used by the Arabs and Abyssinians. A
black rhinoceros's hide yields eight large |
squares, each Of which viii make round |
shield 2 feet in diameter and each OF |
these squares, even in the Soudan, is /
worth S2. The skin, when scraped and pol |
ished, is semi-transparent like hard gea-
tine. and takes a high polish. Giraffe
skin Is even more valued as material Tor
shields. as # is equally hard and lighter.
Thus. while the South African CRATES
ire killed of to supply whips. those of
North Central Africa are hunted to pro-
vide the MahdPs Arabs with shields.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
The Rejuvenated Liver.

QIenry T.. Warner In Baltimore New
The story was told originally by WIZ.
Edison on one OF his phonOgr1ph 'l '"
ders, and IS duly authenticated
There was a man whose liver ran
A little out OF gear
Who exercised and advertised
In papers TAR and near.
CThe first 10 try home remedy;
The last In sheer despair)
one happy day. some time IN May
A decade past or two.
He found spring-a happy thing
The woodland running through.
Where water-sprites in their MAD NlsA'
Sure cure for livers brew
Hts liver grew as good as new
ON this amazing water.
He told mankind OF his great ana,
And shared IL. as he 0ughter,
With all who had the liver rad,
And gave disease no quarter
The people came with loud acclaim
From many miles around,
Unanimous and clamorous
And made their livers sound.
And blessed FOR aye the happy day
When he this great spIing round.
When one fine day he passed away.
This hearty. hale old cub,
His liver spry refused 10 die.
Nor would IL kick the tub
They had 10 rout that liver ovt
And Kill il with a club
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
JUSTICE WILL BE DONE.
General Bradley IT. johnson Says
History Makes Heroes.

General Bradley u. johnson writes 10
| the Baltimore Sun: have read carefully
the reports In three papers of the naval
review at New York last week. and ] find
no mention Of Admiral Schley's presence
But a later reference shows that he was
certainly there. This is curiousl Schley
beyond doubt won the naval fight off
santiago and captured and sunk Ceryera's
meet. Yet his name was not mentioned
IN Admiral SIMPSONS report This Is
sun more curiousi Sampson was com
az I!'i' n-chieI, ana IN orders direct
eu what should be done in case the Span
lards should attempt TO escape He ought
10 nave done IL, and IL Is TO be slIpposed
that he did his duty.
But ne was not on the field, nor did
he participate in the action and vet he
gave Schley no credit for the genius and
the courage the latter displayed I'm carry
ing out his orders. When Washington
sent Greene South he instructed him i'm
the strategy of the campaign. Greene
was 10 avoid pitched battles and draw
CORVALLIS north to tidewater. The man
ner In which he executed his orders has
received the plaudits of history. as il aid
the praise and thanks OF the commander
h-chlef. When General Johnston, In 1862,
sent Jackson to the Valley and then re-
inforced him with Ewell, he prescribed the
strategy OF that movement That was 10
move 10 the Potomac, threaten Washing
ton, and prevent Mcdowell from reinforc-
ing Mcclellan. The brilliant manner in
which Stonewall executed his orders won
MIN immortal fame, and his commander
in-ehief was liberal in praise and thanks. |
When Lee, IN 1888. sent Jackson around |
Rockers flank. and through him won |
charlottesville. Lee sent him congratua- |
tons on your victory" That is the |
way great commanders I'm the army OF |
the United States have heretofore treated |
their subordinates, and that is the way |
Schley treated his
AS a Maryland man, ! am proud of /
Schiey. He Is the greatest genius in |
war that the State has ever produced
L take no account OF his daring and his
courage. That 10 common to our people.
Tor We come OF gamecock breed. But i'm
coolness, In sense, in knowing by intui-
tion what 10 do or In doing IT, he is with |
OUT a peer. He sat in his Office In Wash
ngton and thought out where Greedy was
10 be found. and then went straight to |
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
PAY MANY pensions
ROLL NOW NUMBERS Nr,,,
SEVEN HUNDRED THous,xn
CHANGE OF SYSTEM yEgD,,
Complaint That Lack OF unIfo,,,
of Ratings Works InJustice-s,.
Division for Claims Grorips
of Spanish War.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. SEMI,
The annual report OF Hon. II. clay n. -
Commissioner of Pensions. was ,1.''''
lie to-day The Commission d. r''
the roll is not only increaslng a.
bers, but in value. The amour. %
out at the several agencies Tor ... '''
on account OF pensions under tho ...
laws were s75,275,Ss3. and on ac,o... I
pensions under the act Of June q ~.
s66,255,67O. The number OF pen..o-....'
foreign countries al the close oil,
fiscal year was 437l. having inc-ss.., ~. '
The total amount paid 10 pep....
living abroad was 1863 Ss2.
OVER HALF MILLION CrArts
Pension claims pending June r ,s.
numbered 635,O5S. The Connie
confident that there are not oy.. -
Of these dnvalids and widows tss, n.
genuine original claims. Others ara I'd,
where the claimants were alrs75,
stoned. There is much complain ,,
pensioners says the Commission
very Just cause exists for such b., 100 '
OF the lack OF uniformity OF r3tlng. =.
the same or like disabilities of dloe-,-.
claimants. This complaint has sio,,.-.
existed, and always will. with our prss,.'
system and established practice. bs N
clares. and IL cannot be remed..I vI,h[..
radical change Of system.
1t is recommended that the payms,.,
OF pensions be made 20 the wife M s,,.'
other suitable person n the case az r.-'
sioners who are likely TO dissrats fts.
money.
NOW THE SPANISH WAR
It Is recommended that additions b.
made to the law and medical lbrars.
OF the department, and that a comm'ss,-
be appointed on the revision 0f the lau.
rules, and regulations governing the ls.s.
ance of pensions.
A special division has been establ.gtal
10 adjudcate claims growing out oS m.
Spanish war. These will be- paid undo
the general laws Only l00 claims OF ths
class have been fled up 20 the close M
the fiscal year, and none have been aln.
dictated.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
Q.ondon Evening News)


II was so common an occurrence as to
be hardly worth noticing-iust wretchcd
cab by the footpath. dead horse In the
gutter a cabman and a policeman Elm
earnest colloquy, and the usual crowd.
A mere nothinxl
Ted Drake. No A797. had picked up in
iudsate circus as bonnie a fare as any
eabby could desire. and had said to him
selt as he steadied his horse for her TO
step INTO the smart hanson. Here's
something ] must take particular care OF,
and no mistaken
The handsome, weIl-groomed horse
STARTED up Fleet street al a stylish but
not excessive pace, and was soon indis-
unSuishable in the general maze of the
thick traffic.
but the cab had got no further than
boaverie street when a brewers heavy
gray seemed to arise before IL out OF the
ground; then suddenly II appeared 10 be
surrounded by vehicles OF all descrip-
lions.
csash' Good Cod There Is Dandy ON
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
Jim nIudso, of the Prairie Belle

CBy the New Secretary of State, Johr
Hay)
Wall. no! I can't tell whar he lives,
Becase he don't live, you see;
LeastWays, he's got out Of the habit IL
OF Twin like you ana me.
Whar have you been for the last three
year
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no ssint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike;
One wife in Natchez-under-the- Hill,
And another one here in Pike;
"A keerless man in his talk was Jim.
And an awkward hand in a row.
But he never funked, and he never led
reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had:
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And If ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle again the bank
TIL the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Misslssip,
And her day come at last
The Movastar was better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed.
ANA 80 she come tearin along, that
night
The oldest craft on the line
With niger squat on her safety valve.
And her furnace crammed, rosin and
pine.
The fire bust out az she clared the bar,
And burnt a hole i'm the night
And quick as a flash she turned, and
made
For the willer bank on the right.
There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim
yelled out
Over all the Internal roar,
II hold her nozzle agin the bank
TIL the last galoot's ashore"
Through the hot, black breath OF the
hurnin' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard.
And they all had trust In his cussedness,
And knowed he would keep his word.
And sure's you're born. they ali got OFF
Afore the smokestacks fell
And Bludsos ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint-but al judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim.
'l.ongside OF some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him. |
lie seen his duty. a dead sure thing
And went for II thar and then;
And Christ Amt a-goin' to be too hard |
On man that died for men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04

both yelling over, Drake managed TO
stutter out:
Tell me who you are, sir that I may
remember you gratefully foreverw
why, Teddy!' came the answer what
a beastly short memory you've goti
Don't you remember the good old times
we used to have in the Rifies?"
'What-Sir Howard"
THE very same, old boy"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-04
The Cars Appeal.

Rochester Post Expressly
1t Is 10 be feared that the Powers WI
treat the Cars appeal for peace as IN
fishes treated the sermon which wa
preached 10 them by ST. Anthony
The sermon now ended
Each turned and descended;
The pixies went on stealing,
The cells went on ceiling,
Much delighted were they
But preferred the old way.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-27
The Horrors of
Pheun7atisno.
a aeon,aRs account Of torture aehach lasted three
years; Of her struggles against tie dyeaajl disease,
and The good fortune hiat cyoaoAeG her Efforts.

Such suffering as rheumatism carscs the
victims upon whom it fastens itseifis al
most uncomfortable.
Sufferers from the worst types of this ter
rible disease will supply the missing hor-
rors In the following story from real lfe.
Those who wr;the under niider forms
OF rheumatism will be able to imagine tie
feelings OF the tortured victim.
The only justification for making pueiic
such heart-rending details is the fact that
the lesson taught will be helpful to others,
pointing the way to renewed LIE and health
to every sufferer from rheumatism.
The story is told by woman. Her
name IS Mrs. Caleb Fenly; she lives IN
St. Pau1, Ind.
his is her account:
~ am farmers wife. believe my
frequent exposure to the weather caused
my terrible attack of rheumatism. Damp
weather always aggravated it.
my limbs would begin to swell at the
ankle joints.
This swelling would begin in the night,
at times. would awake in agony.
Daylight would find my limbs purple
IN color, swollen to twice their natural size,
and so racked with pain could not bear
to touch them.
Ny right arm and both legs were so
drawn as to be almost useless.
my skin became dry ard yellow.
AT times my limbs would pain as
though millions of needles were pricking
them.
"Again they would be numb and I
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-27
Tuesday, May II.

In the Spanish senate the cabinet an
nounced that steps were being taken
looking to the fitting out of privateers.
The bill for the payment of the volun-
teers from date of enrolment has passed
the house.
Troops for the Philippines have en-
barked on the steamer City of Picking,
and orders were issued for the loading
of two more steamers. The three steam
ers carry 1880 men and 100 officers in
addition to supplies.
Colonel Vincente Cortejo, brother-in-
law Of General Weyler, and DR.. Isidro
Julian, Spanish prisoners of war; have
been sent from Atlanta to Key West to
be exchanged for Messrs. Thrall and
Jones, newspaper correspondents now
in prison at Havana.
General Wesley Merritt has left Chi
cago for San Francisco to take COM
mand of the expedition to Manila.
The British steamer Ardanmhor was
taken into Key West as prize of the
Osceola for an alleged attempt to vio-
late the blockade proclamation. The
steamer was at once released by Com
modore Remey.
1t is reported that the United States
lighthouse tender Mangrove has been
captured by the Spaniards.
"Wednesday. Nav rs.
Two hundred and eight Illinois ma
val militia have left Chicago for Key
West to join SIMPSONS fleet.
B. M. Shaffner was appointed by Gov
ernor Tanner to command the Illinois
naval militia. His title is captain. He
was removed from the same position
by Governor Altgeld.
1t is reported by cable that the Ger
man consul at Manila had tried to break
the American blockade for the purpose
of landing provisions. He threatened
to employ the two German cruisers
there against the Americans Unnecessary
in carrying out his PLAN Admiral
Dewey declared that he would fire on
the cruisers if they attempted to break
the blockade. The consul than aban-
doned his project.
The navy department has received q
cable message from Admiral Dewey an
nouncing a serious state of affairs in
Manila as a result of the scarcity Of
food. Foreign subjects are leaving the
place as riots are feared.
The battleship Oregon has arrived at
Jupiter Fla.
Reports received at the navy depart
ment indicate the Spanish fleet is eff
fectually bottled up at Santiago.
The Fourth regiment Illinois volun-
teers has been ordered to leave Camp
Tanner on Thursday afternoon for
Tampa.
James G. Blaine will go to the Philip
pines with General Merritt, and John
A. Logan to Tampa TO go on the staff of
General Coppinger
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-27

could not feel needle thrust into my iieeS,
II was confined to the house three
years, unable TO walk nearly half the time.
After those three slow years of agony,
during which spent probably $1,000 fot
treatment and tried dozen doctors, / gavt
up hope OF any release from pain, but death,
was cured, completely cured, by d.
Williams Pink T ills for Pale People. They
alone caused my recovery.
The first dose gave me appetite.
After the second dose slept soundly
tfte first time within year.
81 sent for dozen boxes. BY the TINA
had taken the contents of eleven boxes
felt entirely well.
"The doctor said was cured. He wa.
greatly impressed, and since then ne has
prescribed DR.. Williams Pink Pills for PAll
People for many Of his patents"
Mrs. Fenly, together with her husband,
made affidavit to the exact truth of the fore
going account before Notary +. n. / ho1Ilas
The cure of the severest cases Of rheu-
matsm by DR.. Williams Fink l. lis fc
Pale People has occurred in every state -
the Union, and its power IN ordinary cases
is proport- onately greater.
These marvellous vegetable pills 60 eli
rectly to the seat of TIE trouble. Thcy
build Up a new cellular structure n til
diseased parts by eliminating poisonous
elements and renewing health-givins
chemical forces in the blood.
They are for sale by druggists ever.
where; for so cents single Lox or $2.Sc
for half dozen.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-05-27
GUARDS ON THE COAST
Perfect System in Force to Report the
Approach of Danger,
Or ANY OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS.
Every Point Connected with Every Other
Point and All with the National Capt.
tai, Whers the Chief of the Watch
Sleeps Beside an Instrument.


Washington, May 25.-After several
weeks of work along the entire streto.i
of the Atlantic and gulf coasts the navy
department has completed the most
comprehensive and efficient system for
observing the approach of a hostile fleet
that has ever been put into operation.
A new bureau has been created for this
purpose, known as the coast signal SER
vice, in charge of Captain Bartlett, who
attends to this as well as the work of
the naval board of information. The
system has the service Of $500 men,
stretched along the coast from Bar Har-
Dor, Me-, to Galveston, Tex. These are
about sixty to 100 miles apart, along the
coast. The stations are in turn con-
nected directly by telegraph with the
coast signal office Of the navy depart
ment and operators are on duty night
and day keeping the navy department in
constant Geographic touch with the en-
tire stretch Of Atlantic and gulf coasts.
Manned by the Naval Militia.
Secretary Long projected this plan a
month ago, and $4,000 was set aside to
establish the points Of observation
along the coast After selecting the
thirty-four central points from Maine
to Texas rush orders were given to
build observation towers. The naval
MALTA was drawn on to man the diff
ferent observation towers, and five mill
tiamen, with the rank Of naval quarter
masters, are now on duty at each of
these stations. The towers are COM
pleted and also the small houses for
their living purposes. There are 233 Of
these militiamen now in service. The
next step was to have the lighthouse
service made an adjunct to this coast
observation. This was done through the
cooperation of the treasury depart
ment, and the lighthouse force of 1900
men scattered from Maine to Texas is
assisting in the work Of observation.
| The life-saving service was brought
| into similar cooperation, so that now
| LOGO life-savers are added to the obser-
walton force.
Watch Is Kept Up Day and Night.
Thirty-four central stations, with the
numerous lighthouses and life-saving
stations, make a complete c. ain of OBJ
servation points, all connected by tele-
| graph or telephone with one another
and with the navy department. By ar
rangement with the telegraph COM
panies the reports from these observers
take precedence over private telegraph
| ic business, so that the navy depart
ment is enabled to get immediate tele-
graphic notice of the appoach of any
hostile fleet or suspicious ship. The
work of observation has been thorough
| ly systematized Watches are kept on the
towers throughout the day and night.
| The life-savins crews in narticular are