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from north TO south. thrusting up YER
dure-clad peaks TO a height of from
5000 to 10000 feet above the level of the
sea Their general character is dis
tinctly tropical: vegetation of all kinds
fiourishes to an excess. No winter. as
we understand the term. exists. The
year divides itself into three seasons.
the cold. extending from November to
March. when begins the period of great.
est heat. which lasts until June. and
gives way TO the rainy season. which
continues till November. During the
rainy season terrific thunder storms are
frequent. and the rain descends literally
in torrents.
At all time the humidity Is very
great. but at night it is usually lifted
somewhat by a cooling breeze that
blows inland from over the sea.
For half the year none but the poor
est class of unskilled laborers venture
out of doors to do any kind of work
between the hours of s In the morning
and 4 in the afternoon. Everybody
sleeps or dreams away the heat of mid
day. This is made possible by the al
most universal custom of rising at 4
in the morning.
The earthquake is on It's native heath
in the Philippines. IL is an ubiquitous
phase of the life there. and has To be
reckoned with. The average is about
enc a week. though sometimes they
come at the rate of 10 or II a day. and
perhaps this viii last for a week at a
stretch. They. of course are slight dis
turbances, and no one seems to notice
them. But severe shocks are by no
means ~infrequent. and shocks sufi-
heavy to destroy buildings.
the natives 10 not accept with
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West and Nassau with Florida. and the
cable of the United States and Hayti
Telegraph and Gable from
New York to Hayti. If all these cables
were cut there would still be the cable
from Kingston. via Turks island to
Halifax, by which our West Indian feet
could keep in touch with Washington.
This cable is at present Admiral Samp-
sons favorite wire.
BY reference to the map II will be
seen that cables run to every settled
portion of the globe. 1t can also be
seen that the situation so far as con-
trolling cables goes is very complicated.
But one fact stands out emphatically.
Ii is England's dominance of the situa-
ton. No country that is at war with
Great Britain can get any cable news
from the East from a point further
south than Vladivostok, on the main
land and Nagasaki, in Japan. Russia
of course in war time would control the
Great Northern Telegraph company,
which runs across Siberia; France has a
line going from San Domingo to Para
in Brazil, and there is a cable from
Galveston to Valparaiso and across
South America to Buenos Ayres. These
lines do not touch British possessions.
But the extension of the French able
to Para. hat goes across the Southern
Atlantic, comes under British control
when it reaches st. Vincent, off Africa.
All the cables across the North Allan
tic. the line from China to Europe via
the Mediterranean, the line to the East
that follows the African coast. and the
West India and Panama Cable com
pany's line through the West Indies, all
these and scores of smaller lines my
not only be controlled by England to
the extent of censoring all messages
sent over them. but are England's to
use to get exclusive Information in spite
of France. Germany or Russia until the
submarine wires are grappled for and
cut. This means that in case of a gen.
eral war England of ALI European
countries will get the first and only in
formation from the East and from the
Americas. uch Information might be
the means of deciding the victory.
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little sum Of SIS a year. while his wife
pays a tax of S14.
This tax is collected, too. ANY at
tempt at evasion is promptly and stern
~ dealt with; II the culprit is a man
the thumb screws are used. IL a wom-
an she is stripped and publicly beaten.
But this poll tax Is merely the start.
If the native is a small farmer. he
must secure a license before he can
pick and market the c%ocoanuts from
his own trees. If he wishes To butcher
a COW or bullock or shear his sheep. or
cut down a tree. he must first pay the
inevitable license fee. Should he fall
in this he is sold out of house and home.
sent to prison. or what not. according
TO the pleasure and within Of his Span
ish master.
He must pay a tax IL he owns a
beast Of burden OF any sort-for this is
Spain's helpful method of encouraging
him to thrift. Every article of furni-
ture he uses is taxed. If he Is a towns
man or villager and wants to keep a
shop. he is taxed for the privilege: not
content with this. the very scales and
measures he uses in the carrying on
of his business are subject TO an addi-
tlonal tax. He pays a tax when he
marries. and taxation keeps its Grip
ping grip upon him up to the hour of
his death. and then the very grave he
fills is made to render tribute to his
oppressors. II cannot be dug until a
tax Of one dollar and a half is paid.
either by his family or friend As a
sample of rapacity the Spaniard's rule
Is probably without a parallel. Thu
G thus collected finds IL way to
the northern country. where Ii fora,s
an important item in the budget re-
quired for the maintenance of the army
and navy.
Not content with taxing the unlucky
native for the enrichment of the home
the officials. big and lit
tie. bend all their energies toward
their W nests as well.
Great fortunes are amassed in the
possible space. Weyler, for in
stance, went to the Philippines a poor
man. and managed to save" a for
estimated at Sc. 900. 900 from a sal
airy of $i0.0 0 a year.
The X are one of the natives
standing grievances, and the brutal
manner i'm which they are extorted an
other. but there are still graver wrongs
that have been put upon him. These
crushed the manhood out of him,
and then when they could not be borne
longer. even at that price, they have
driven him into the hills and jungles
the savage thirst Of vengeance |
his heart. For the last half CEN
Jury he has been struggling for some
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is the cable from Manila, which Ad-
miral Dewey cut. The end of this cable
was attached TO a buoy after the cut
ting. and as soon as Adbiral Dewey has
the proper t~elegraphing apparatus he
viii repair the break and open com
munications with Hong Kong. The 9TH
er cables that have already been cut
are the cable of the French West In
dies Cable company, running from SAN
tiago to Mole st. Nicholas. in Hayti.
N the West India and Panama COM
pany's cable connecting Santiago with
Jamaica. Admira Schley has buoyed
up the end of the latter cable and can
use IL to communicate with Washing
ton. He formerly had to send dispatch
boats To Kingston or to Mole st. Mich
olas before he could get into commune
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make a vigorous fight, this month and
a half of instantaneous communication
might have decided the fortunes of war
through uhe advantage given by know
ing the whereabouts of our ships i'm the
vicinity of Cuba and Porto Rico. As it
was the cable enabled Admiral Cervera
to keep out of SIMPSONS way. Through
control of the cable from Martinique to
Porto Rico, the SpaniaTds completely
mystiied our naval board as to the
whereabouts of Cervera's squadron by
repeated denials of the report that it
was at Martinique. Indeed. our gov
rnmen supposed the fleet was at Ca
diz, though 1t had been at our very
doors for several days. In such ways
as this cables are liable to turn his
tory upside down.. Our means of learn
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lustration Of her perfect freedom from
snobbery may be found in her little
dialogue" with Secretary Chandler,
soon after he had issued mis- famous or
der f~orbiGding the wives Of navy Off,
GERS to join their husbands on foreign
stations. At hat time Commander
Schley, having satisfactorily performed
some special service, was ordered to the
avy department as chief of a bureau
one of the highest offices within the
gift of the secretary of the. navy-and
a few days later when Secretary
Chandler met Mrs. Schley at a cabinet
reception he remarked to her hat she
was doubtless very much pleased with
the commodore's new orders. She
frankly acknowledged that she was dis
appointed rather than pleased.
why, what could you have wished
for?' he asked, amused. yet astonished.
"A ship OF the European station" she
promptly replied.
But what pleasure could that be to
you? You know of my order that wives
must not follow their husbands on a
cruiser"
"Oh, yes. But that order would have
no influence upon my actions said
Mrs. Schley, with her sunny. delicious
independence. Il am a free American
citizen. and / shall always go where I
please"
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IMPORTANCE OF CABLES IN WAR
How Feats of Strategy May Be Achieved by Cutting or
Preserving Submarine Gable Lines.

Since the Atlantic cable first rolled
OF the stern Of the Great Eastern.
there has been no fighting To show Just
how important a factor in wars be-
tween great nations the submarine ca
BILE is capable OF becoming. But. new
ertheless, IL Is true that cables that
place the fleets of the world in almost
instant communication with their gov
ernments, and which keep outlying
possessions i'm constant touch with the
mother country so that they may call
for assistance or send Information. play
a part in war nowadays as well de-
nned as that of gunpowder.
The war with Spain has Demonstrated
some of the cables possibilities for de-
Gliding the outcome Of hostilities be-
tween nations having navies and COLO
MES. As soon a he got 10 the Cuban
coast Uncle Sam had his grapnels out
n was hunting for the cables that
kept Cuba in communication with the
outer world. Dewey's first important
act after the victory was to find the
cable and u the Spaniards off from
Hong Kong.
There are at present nearly 160. 600
miles Of submarine cables twined
aroun the earth. These cables have
been laid by private companies and are
operated for commercial purposes.
There are 10. 200 miles of government
cables. but these are mostly short lines.
A cable message a be sent around
h world. from Japan 10 San Francis
co. in less than six hours. A fleet in
almost any part OF the world can keep
within three or four hours time of
home.
: The actual ownership Of cables has
M bearing upOn their use in war time.
their location Is the important consid-
Grafton England has declared that in
time OF war she will not be restricted
by any laws for the protection Of ca
bles. and the United States has adopted
the same policy in its treatment of ca
bles in the Philippines and the West
Indies OF course no beiligerent can
cut cables between neutral countries.
even though these cables are indirectly
the means Of carrying information 10
an enemy. Spain has threatened to de-
sfroy the communication between his
country and Europe. but The threat is
empty. As all the TRANSLUCENT Atlantic
cables run between England and Nova
Scotia. and are under the protection OF
the British government. Spain might
a. well cut the cables connecting Great
Britain with the continent as 10 cut
the wires that cross the Atlantic. for
xaIuable information reaches the Unit
ed States via the channel cables.
Tn cables that attract particular at >
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Furnishing a Delinquent Taxpayer.

headed or shot at Cavite. In 1896 a
secret order called the Katipunan came
into existence among the Malays and
Chinese. the latter of whom have al
ways been more or less active i'm the
affairs of the islands. The purpose of
the society was revolutionary. Each
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While there are 125. 900. 600 people 81 the
present time whose everyday language is
English, there are only 100000 who
speak Russian. 75.000.00O who speak Ger
man. 5.00o. GEO who speak French. f.O0.0oo
who speak Spanish and 5000. 900 who
speak Italian. This marvellous growth of
the English tongue is directly due to the
rapid development of the United States.
aided. of course. by the Anglo-Saxon's
natural colonizing spirit. In this country
there are less than S.000.000 people. and
greatly less than that number in the
whole of the United kingdom. This esti-
mate indicates the spread of the language
into all parts of the world.
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and then commenced a long series of
trials that were burlesques on justice
and intended only TO convict regardless
or the evidence. Almost {, 200 suspects
were arrested. examined. sentenced and
shot- In the single month of Novem-
Der there were 500 executions on the
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blood the bondage Of SPAIN They
gashed their arms, and with the blood
from the our stained their lips,
swearing determination on the Span
iards.
The Spaniards in some manner
earned of the society and it's purpose,
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Uncle sam. Great Luck.

From the Buffalo Courier.
Before the American people start out
10 q the world they will do We'll 60
acquire the ability to mobilize an army In
less than two months. II this war Rad
been against any other European nation
than degenerate Spain its history thIs FAR
would probably a show a series Of great
American losses.
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An educated negro living i'm Paxico,
Kan. has written a letter to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, in which he says he
wants to see this country take Porto Rico
away from Spain and make an Afro
American republic of thunder the protec-
ton. of course. of Uncle Sam. His idea is
that our negroes should be invited to en-
igrate to the island and set up a govern
ment of their own.
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titles among the navy women. A French
epigrammatist once aid hat in order
to be entirely successful a woman must
pass from the chapter OF beauty into
that of charm. but Mrs. Schley is a COM
tradiction of that limitation. for she
retains both beauty and charm. An IL
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-03
DEFiED SECRETARY CHANDLER.
Commodore schiey's Wife Not to he
Bound by Department Rules.

When Mr.. Chandler was secretary of
the navy he found on n occasion. and
good-humoredly acknowledged. that.
while he could manage naval officers
with reasonable success, the wives of
the same officers We're not TO be moved
at his will on the official chess board.
1t was the wife of Commodore Schley
who read the New Hampshire man the
lesson which caused a change i'm his
views. Mrs. Schley is a notable ex-
ample of the many charming PERSONAL
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tention at present, and which are liable
to be cut at any time, are those con-
Meeting Spain and her colonies with
each other and the outside world. There
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share of freedom; revolt has followed
close upon revolt indeed the struggle
may be said to date back 300 years. and
to have begun with the first occupation
of the islands by the Spaniards.
The royal government. through its
agents, has stamped on these insur-
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rections mercilessly. and with an iron
heel. In 1876. for example, the natives
lost some 5000 of their best men i'm
battle and by execution: six years later
i'm another revolt several thousand more
were slain, while 500 men. who had been
most active i'm the rebellion, were be-
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
To One He Writes Leeibly.

A well known musician, who writes very illegible hand, once sent an un- usually hopeless scrawl to friend. The latter studied it minute, gave it up in despair and then sat down and wrote in reply: "I shall be most happy to dine with you tomorrow at G. Kindest re- gards to your wife, ' etc. In less than half an hour his friend appeared breath less at his door.
 "There's some misunderstanding, he said anxiously. "I wrote you a note asking you if you could play the piano part of the trio at Browns recital, and here you've sent me an acceptance of a dinner invitation, but I didn't invite you to dinner. '
 "Well" returned the other blandly, II didn't suppose you'd really sent me an invitation to dinner, but 1 couldn't t read word of your note, and in that case hereafter 1 mean always to take it for granted that you're asking me to dine.
 For one of his correspondents at least the offender now writes legibIy.
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There Are Glasses and Glasses. Spectacle Peddler-Pardon me, but do you use glasses, sir?
 Jags-Sure; but they never get higher than my lips.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
The LeakY Missouri River.

F. R. Spearman writes of "Queer i American Rivers in St. Nicholas. Mir. ! Spearman says:
 With all it's other eccentricities. the Missouri river leaks badly, for you know there are leaky rivers as we'll as leaky boats. The government engineers once measured the flow of the Missouri away up in Montana and again some hundred miles farther down stream. To their surprise they found that the Mis- souri, instead of growing bigger down stream, as every rational river should, was actually 10000 second feet smaller at the lower point.
 Now while 20, 900 second feet could be spared from such tremendous river that amount of water makes consider able stream of itself. Many very cele- brated rivers never had so much water in their lives; hence there was great amazement when the discrepancy was discovered. But of late years Dakota farmers away to the south and east of those points on the Missouri, sinking artesian wells, found immense volumes of water where the geologists said there wouldn't be any. So it is believed that the farmers have tapped the water leak ing from that big hole in the Missouri river away up in Montana, and from these wells they irrigate large tracts Of land, and naturally they don't want the river bed mended. Fancy what a blessing it is when the weather is dry to have a river boiling out of your we'll, ready tn flow where YOU want it over tho Ua.lt.a-a.' Lo.. - -rar..l gE work that river can be put to IrrIga- ton is, l think, the most useful. But isn't that queer way for the Missouri to wander about underneath the prnnnd2
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
The Eye of a Child.

Who can explain or fathom the won drous instinct of the child? Lying in the arms of its nurse, in Its carriage or elsewhere. its large, round, wondering eyes roam over a sea of faces till sud denly its features break into a sweet smile. baby laugh dances in its eyes, perhaps the tiny hands are extended and the little body gIves a bound as though 1t would throw itself through space. What has happened? It has recognized a friend, nothing more and no less. It makes no mistake. Wiser, perchance, in that moment of ineXperi- enced helpleSsness than it will be years afterward. when the world and it's in- mates nave been studied In the light of instruction and experience, its love of. fering Is seldom if ever mistakenly pre- sented. By what power Is this child's love directed? By what subtle inf1u. ence does 1t see and know what In af- ter years 1t may strive in vain to dis cern n?-Phiiadelphi Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
A young whale weighing about 2,0O0 pounds was captured the other day off Biddeford Pool, Me.

Some sheep were frightened by dogs at Grenoble. France. and 242 blindly followed their leader" over a prccI pIce 15O feet high
 4 remarkable eel has been discover oI in the Fiji Islands r. ia- ue-a- liar IormatiUn In Its ,A.oat, ..---- causes 1t to whistle when In m eA- cited state. The eel Is fifteen feet long, and several inches in girth.
 In the markets of Brazil one often sees live snakes-a species of boa from ten to fifteen feet long. They are employed In many houses to hunt cats at night, being otherwise perfectly harmless. They become attached to d house like cat or a dog.
 Mrs. Flitch, of Denver, Colo, drives an ostrich, behind which she rides in a light wagon. She is the only woman in the world who owns a geological garden, and manages 1t herself. The animal isn't guided by the reins, out by a long whip, with which the driver hits 1t on the feathers.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting In the courts our right to tho
 exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
 PITCHERS CAsroRIA." ," as our Trade Mark I. Dr. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyanHis, Massachusetts, was the originator of PITCHERS CAsroRIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years' Look Carefully at the wrapper and sec that it is tks kind JOS kaVs aEwGys bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No enc has authority from me to use my name except The Ceutsur Company of which chss. K. Fletcher in President.
 AEegek 6 5Sgy. sAMUEL PITCHER, MD
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
Nervousness.

This term was first used by a minis ter of state who affected to ridicule the warnings of those who were constantly drawing the attention of the two houses of parliament to Russia's steady ad- vance toward India. The term was a happy one ill it's way, but time ere long proved that the alarmists were correct, and the said minister, so far as I re- member, deprecated its being constant ly brought ID against him.
 This word was coined by the Duke of Argyll, who, in a speech iE the house of lords, was deriding the well founded apprehensions of those who feared that the Russians would make themselves masters of Merv, in Turkistan. They took it in 1883-4.-Notes and Queries.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
THAT SETTLES IT.

With the bloom and beauty of the season its balmy airs and delightful temperature, We feel like living with new life, and are therefore often very careless in taking care of ourselves. It is this forgetfulness that lays us liable to attacks of rheumatism, the more liable because we think there is little danger of its coming on, byt rheumatism is an easy thing to take and sometimes hard thing to get rid of unless we take the advice of others and learn that the best way pos sible is to use St. Jacobs Oil. It has been used so long as a sure cure that this advice is given in good faith form the testimony of thousands.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
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The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-07
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