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The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

Washington, May 27-The State
Department says the Ambassador
of the leading European powers
yesterday submitted peace propo-
sitions that Spain give up Cuba
aud keep Porto Rico and the PhilIi-
pines The State Department re
piled that the proposition came too
late, as the United States was de-
termined to take Cuba and Porto
Rico, and would negotiate on the
Philippines later,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

Key West, May 27.-Ten soldiers
arrived this morning from Tortugas
en- route to Fort Mcpherson. They
say that telegram was received at
Tortugas Yesterday from Washing
ton announcing positively that
Shelley has the Spanish fleet bottled
up in Santiago harbor.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

Tampa, May 27.-Major W. B.
Smith, of the United States Army
is back from Havana, where he
went disguised. He says 10000
first class soldiers are in Havana,
and 5000 in Mantansas. All men
are paid in gold from the steamer
Montserrat and are anxious to
fight. Also immense supplies are
IN Havana and other points.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

Washington, May Pit is stated
this morning that Secretary Long
has postponed the destruction of
the Havana fortiications. 1t will
not occur until next week, at which
time the army there will be 5000
strong, and the bombardment will
begin as soon as the troops are
ready to start.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

Madrid, May 27-Aunon, the min
ister of marine, stated officially
that the Spanish cabinet will try to
arrange honorable peace att the
first opportunity.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

New York, May 27-The Journal
print noon edition says that Schley
has sent boat with flag of truce
into Santiago harbor, to Cerveras,
demanding that he come out and
fight or be starved into surrender.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27
Want our Customers

To know that we have the best
exchange and real estate con-
nection of any concern in the
southern states, receiving and
sending out more mail than
any similar concern south of
the Ohio river. Consign your
stuff to US if you want it sold,
and we will realize on same tor
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27
Want Everybody

Towait for ourSaturday auction
sales. Those that need household
or kitchen furniture, stock or
anything else that we may han
die
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27
WhatI6y & Wak9feld'S
WANT COLUMN.
Wanted to Purchase

A neat three or four room cot
tage house, for cash at once
Must be cheap and in good
neiUhbOrhOO1
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-27

New handsome Cut Glass and
Sterling Silver will be shown at
Hvi.brons this week Beautiful
Wedding and Birthday presents,
New styles Of PLAIN Gold Rings will
Dee shown.
HElLBRON, The Jeweler.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
KEEPING PRISONERS.
The Novel Way in which the Germans
Prevented Their Captfves from
Running Away.

at has been suggested that when
Santiago falls we shall have from TO-
900 to 10000 Spanish prisoners to look
after" said a yvell-knOwn German citi-
zen to the New York Tribune, before
the surrender.
''Of course, the question of what to
do with them is sure to arise, and with
further campaigning necessary it viii
probably develop into a serious prOpO-
sitior.
ct recalls to my mind an incident Of
the German revolution Of 1s4s. We
were short of men and had a large
number OF prisoners to look after.
That did rot worry US as long as we
were not moving, but one day we mad
to make a forced march. The country
through which we were to pass was
hostile, and extreme watchfulness was
necessary. We had few enough men
as it was, and we knew that those
prisoners we're ready to make q dead
run at the first opening.
Finally young officer made bril-
liant suggestion and it was promptly
carried out. We ripped the susPender
buttons from the prisoners trousers,
took away their belts and knew we had
them. Their hands were busy after
that, and fast running was out Of the
question. We made the march safely.
and do not believe that even Yankee
ingenuity could have invented a sim
pier solution"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
TOUGHEST HORSES
Buffalo Bill Says That the Dun
Color Is n Good Shade to stand
Long Marches.

Dun cOlOred horses are not the pref
test by any means, but my experience
has been" said Col. William F. Cody,
when in Washington recently, says the
Washinton Star, that they are the
toughest Of the horse kingdom. An
ordinary dun horse VIII wear out three
other horses. Put as much work on
him as you may, he never looks as well
or as tidy in appearance as a bay, a
chestnut, black, gray or white, but as
far as service is concerned he will run
the others to a standstill. This is my
experience on the plains, in the cavaI-
~ service, and is my experience in the
show business. where I have nearly
500 horses.
Dun horses are somewhat rare, but
when they can be picked up would
advise that they be bought, especially
when the question Of wear and tear is
considered. They are, as said before,
not strong as far as looks are involved,
but for cavalrymen looks have to take
a back seat alongside Of wear. The
cavelrymen who are soon, hope, to
ride over Cuba, viii find that my in
dOrsement Of dun horses IS OF some
value"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
A QUEER HABIT.
i II Contracted By Cleveland Nan
While Trying to Learn
the Typewriter.

A Cleveland man has set about learn
ing the use Of the typewriter, reports
the Plain Dealer. Up to the present
time he has had somebody to do his
typewriting for him, but now he wants
TO know how to run IL all by himself
He admits that he isn't an apt scholar.
II comes slowly. The letters are hard
TO find, and the spacing is so easily
forgotten. But there is one thing that
amuses him. He is learning to spell,
and learning in the same way he did
when a towIheaded boy in the early
COS. OF course he could spell when he
tackled the typewriter, but not In the
same way. Now he distinctly emu
merates each letter, and does It. too,
with the greatest care. 1t is q funny
thing, but he finds himself spelling
out the words in the newspaper and
his wife says he spells them in his
sleep.
The other day the minister met him
End asked him how he was.
Very we'll" he graveIy spelled
out, and when the pastor looked
amazed he realized what he had done
and hastily explained the cause of the
popularity. And the minister pro
fessed to be greatly interested and
wanted to know all about 1t, and the
speller is now greatly worried for fear
the parsOn viii write a special paper
on 1t for some magazine
When the minister finally left him
he shook hands and said: "Good-by.'
'G-o-O-d," began the sPeIler, and
then recOllected himself and hastily
added "by."
He hopes in time to wear out this
popularity, and when he increases his
speed on the typewriter he no doubt
will
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
AN ANCIENT BOOK.
II In q Mammoth Volume $50 Years
Old and Is Owned By a Massa-
chuset6B Man.

One Of the recent additions made by
George Walter Vincent SmicA to his
collection at the art museum is Of IL
usual interest. It is an immense book
CT misszl dating back to 1899, in which
are inscribed the words and music OF
the Gregorian chants Of the old Cath
Ole churches, says the Springfield
(LIass.) Republican.
The work in this book IS beautifully
done, and its great antiquity is evident
from the first sight. The words are
inscribed by hand in Latin, and the
music is written out in some obsolete
kind Of notation. The pages are Of
parchment, and in an almost perfect
state Of preservation. The initial let
tiers are beautifully Illuminated.
4 single page is nearly four feet long
BY about two feet wide, and one man
can hardly handle the wood. 1t is
bound with boards OF wood, covered
with leather, somewhat worn, aud the
brass which is used for trimmings is
corroded. The book was evidently in
tended for use on some kind of a stand
il some Eue old cathedral
1t Is said TO nave come from Seville
Spain, some tine ago. and to have been
sold because Of the poverty Of the
parish IN order to make repairs on the
building. There is said 10 be but one
other such book IN this country, and
that Is at Detroit.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12

FUELING WARsHIPs
How Commodore Bradford Keeps the
BunkerH Of Gar Great Ocean
Fighters Fum Of Coal.

One Of the greatest triumphs Of the
war which has been hidden from pub
lie observation has been the work Of
the several bureaus Of the navy de-
PaFtment in furnishing supplies and
equipments for the troops, says
Washington dispatch in the Chicago
Record. As Secretary Long remarked
in a recent interview, their duties have
been quite as valuable as those Of the
feet IN Cuban waters or the harbor
OF Manila. But for their foresight and
executive ability the ships might have
been helpless for the lack Of fuel, am
munitiOn and food. The superiority
Ct our naval organization and the abil-
ity Of our bureau chiefs has been dem
Onstrated in a striking manner. One
Of the most remarkable has been fur
nished by the bureau Of equipment in
the distribution Of coal. No matter
how frequently or suddenly the scene
CT naval activity is changed, the yes
sells must have fuel, and it has been
Commodore BradfOrd's business to see
that loaded golfers were on hand
when they were wanted. Without the
employment Of an extra clerk and
Af---4SAN N--N 81 PuA o4G 4G has
succeeded in keeping the bunkers Of
every vessel in the navy full Of coal
from the beginning Of hosJilities, no
matter whether they were on the
North Atlantic coast or in the Carib-
bean sea, or in the ports Of the Pacific
or the Philippine islands. At the same
time he has been able to furnish fuel
for the army transports in both oceans
without allowing his coal piles at the
source Of supply to be diminished.
Some idea Of the magnitude Of this
task is suggested by the fact that
within the last iOur months $50, 600
tons Of coal have been delivered 10 the
ships of the United States navy in va
riOus parts Of the world, at a cost Of
nearly 81, OOC, 900. Over $4,000 tons have
been distributed from Key West alone
and 10000 tons from Honolulu.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
CheerfnI OutIook.

There is so mich in daily life to try
ones nerves and temper that II is not
always easy to preserve ones cheerful
ness Moods are contagious; one IN
happy person in a family without any
active effort can destroy the pleasure
OF al the rest. We do not always re-
member this and so we give way to
causes for depression, and We do not
bear ourselves as bravely as we might
when things are going wrong with rs.
It is good rule to keep ones troubles
IN the background Of life, in the back
ground Of thought, bringing to the
front only that which IS cheerful and
sunnT-Defrcit Free Pres.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
ORIGIN OF KALAMAZOO.
Thin Is the Pretty Legend That Il Re-
spsnsIbIe for the Michigan
Towns Name

The name OF Kalamazoo, like Osh-
kosh and one or two others, has come
to be to foreigners a synonym Of
American absurdity- 1t Is often ehos-
en-. for some occult reason. I o illustrate
that form Of vernaeuIar English
known as United States"
But all thought Of ridicuie vanishes
when its romantic origin is considered,
for II is the echo still lingering about
the memory of two dusky lovers, who,
in that lOng-gOne time when Michigan
was the home mainly Of Indian tribes,
lived and loved on the banks of the
river which now bears their names.
Kahla, the young warrior, was
straight Of limb and eagle-eyed, while
AahzOO had been given by the Great
Spirit the many graces and virtues for
which Indian maidens have become
noted in song and legend Life to these
two possessed all the charms which
true affection has ever granted to
lovers, and the days, as they came and
went, brought only Astounding JOY.
Each summer evening, as the twi-
light deepened and the time drew near
for her lovers return from the chase,
the maiden watched from her bower
in the swaying branches Of giant elm
Overhanging the rivers edge for the
first sign Of his coming. As the bow Of
his canoe shot round the curve away in
the distance her clear musical voice
called to him: Kahlal Kahlal" and
from the young warrior came in loving
tones the response: ''Mahzoo!"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
MAsoNs IN THE WAR
Noted for Their Intense PatriotIsm-
Many OF Them Enlist and Lodges
Are Formed.

A large proportion Of the soldiers
who have gone or are making ready to
60 to the war are masons, an order
universally noted for its intense pa
triOtism, says the Chicago Chronicle.
The lodge" has been made to cover a
multitude Of small sins by those who
needed a convenient excuse to be alb
sent from home, but all true masons
are none the less strongly attached to
it. The question has been asked what
masonic soldiers do in lieu Of lodge
meetings.
They don't do without them" said
Secretary Laften, Of the Wisconsin
grand lodge Of masons, recently, when
approached on the subject. 'Why, dur
ing our last war they had masonic
lodges in the army. Some Of the grand
lodges granted dispensations for the
organization Of lodges.
IF the army was near a city they
rented halls for meetings. If they
were lot near any city they held their
sessions in an officers tent Officers
Of the army IN many cases were mem
bers of the masonic fraternity, and IL
was an easy thing to have the tent In
which the meeting was held sufficient
y protected from intrusion. Guards
were posted and no one was allowed
within hearing distance unless they
could pass the guard, who Of course
was q mason selected for the occa-
sion.'
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
HOW CHINESE RISE.
The Feat OF Cutting on n Mans Head
Brought One Monaghan
Fortune.

A correspondent supplies US with the
biography Of a high Chinese Ol1cial,
who IS now one Of TIE leading sU-hOri-
ties on foreign Affairs. This man, it
seems, was born IN FatshaD, and re-
ceived a good education. He inherited
some money. which he squandered,
and, being regarded by his family as
a bad character. be was turned out.
He then came to BODg-Kcng and set up
as torture teller in Taipinshan, where
anyone could have his destiny told
him for few cents. Finding he could
not make much IN this line, he again
returned 20 Fatsban. where he started
an opium divan. When bis friends dis
covered this they again tried TO get
rid Of him, and hs agreed to 60 away
for good f be was paid 100 tasIs. The
money was found and the ex-fOrCune
teller started for Shanghai when q
clansman with whom ne had in
gratiated himself was promoted to the
grade Of futal, he received an order
from the throne to behead certain
eunuch, Who was IN disgrace, but as
the eunuch was a favorite Of the en-
press dowager, no one dare undertake
the execution Of the order until the
subject Of this biography undertook
the task. BE afterward met II Hung
Chang. and his promotion was then
rapid.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
PATRIOTISM AT WEDDINGS.
Can show Their Love OF Country
in Their Gifts.

With the advent Of the Spanish war
patriotic weddings came into vogue.
Likewise patriotic presents were also
considered stylish. No bride is
thoroughly IN the fashion these days,
says the Chicago Chronicle, unless q
large proportion OF the gifts that come
to her have reference in their design
ard cOlOrs to the war and the United
States FavOrire wedding presents OF
this sort are lag picture frames, which
may be found in great variety. These
have flags painted on a background Of
white enamel, or the frames them
selves are made Of flags Of silk draped
on foundation o. wood and covered
with glass. Wedding gift novelties
such as these are unending, and they
are the rage Of the hour to send to a
coming bride. There has been already
at least one patriotic wedding OF i'm
portance. At this the star gift was
pin that was said 10 have cost $500. It
had three stOnes-a ruby, turquoise
and a diamonds close to a design Of
red, white and blue as can be produced
In Jewels When made this ring was
unique, but the design has since been
widely copied. Another present that
came to this bride Of the patriotic wed
ding was dinner set Of white china,
each piece OF which was adorned With
hand-painje0 American flags. Yet an
other set of gifts were lamps Of red.
white and blue, with shades of the same
cOlOrs CecOratively made.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
MARINE ARCHITECTS.
The Most skilled Are Unable to Find
Their Way to Protect Ocean Lin
ers from Disaster.

The cleYerest marine architects have
been unable TO devise a scheme to pro
tcct the stOUtest single screw liners, hit
hard amidships or thereabouts, from
disaster. Every steamship that has
been struck far from land by even 50
modest a craft as a coal laden schooner
has gone down, sometimes without the
loss Of a soul, as was the case Of the
Oregon, of Fire Island, on March IA,
1896, and sometimes with more than
three-quarters Of all on board, says the
New York Sun
The Vile du Havre, Of the French
line, was run down almost in the same
way as La Bourgogne met disaster.
The iron British ship Loeb Earn hit the
Vile du Havre in fog in midOcean on
November %, 1873, almost cutting her
in two. She foundered, and only 23O out
Of 81 persons aboard were saved. The
steamship Geiser, Of the ThingvaIla
line, was hit, of Sable island in a fog
on August 13, 1883, by the Thingvalla, a
sister ship, and q passengers and 80 Of
her crew were lost. The North German
Lloyd steamship EIbe foundered in the
North sea after being rammed by the
little British steamship Crathie on
January 30. 1895.
Only the steamships that collide
head on have hope Of salvation. They
are protected by the collision bulk
heads A blow astern or at any point
Just forward or abaft midships is usu-
ally mortal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
soMEWHAT WoRsE.
me Suffering. Of some OF Those We
Did Not Go to the
war

ARE there any greater hardshiPs
than those endured By cur brave boys
at the front?' asked the speaker.
well, I don't know" replied the de-
mure little woman In the back Of the
hall. rising. Were you ever in a house
where four boys between ten and six
teen caught the martial spirit, mount
ed guard eight times day and made
IL a point to charge on the cook at
least twice? Did you ever note the
enthusiasm with which four boys can
enter into the spirit Of military opera
tons and patrol the front Of the house
insisting upon the countersign when
callers arrive %
Madam" broke in the speaker, 81
assure you, L"
did you ever come home from a
shopping tour" she persisted, 'and
find the baby in the guardhOuse yelling
itself hoarse while four boys held a
council Of war TO decide whether II
should be shot or hung2"
"As was about to say, madam"
did you ever return from q short
call at a neighbours to find the front
door barricaded and gfmlet holes
bored IN the hardwood panels in order
that the approach Of the enemy might
be easily detected?''
Madam concede-"
did you ever have your front perch
mined and the mine exploded Just as
you were welcoming a maiden aunt
who is expected to leave you quite a
little money, even though it is well
known that she has an antipathy to
children and never has quite forgiven
you for having so many?"
There can be no question"
'Did you ever have a new sheet torn
up to make hospital bandages and
three yards Of colored silk cut up into
signal flags? Did you ever have a
flower garden ruined because it was
deemed necessary to throw up FORTH
cations where the flowers happened to
be? Did you ever have a whole new
clothesline cut up into short pieces
that could be used to securely bind
prisoners Of war? Did you ever have
your barn carried by assault, one Of
your horses so frightened that IL was
four days before it was safe to drive
him AID your coachman tripped up
and thrown down q fight Of stairs be-
cause he foolishly attempted to check
the invading force? Did you ever"
Madam" broke in the speaker at
last, 81 never did. If had wouldn't
have spoken as I did. I now publicly
concede that the sufferings in the field
really amount to nothing compared
with what this war has brought upon
some Of those who have to remain at
me."-Chicago Post.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
No Telling Why Sailors VIII De-
aert In Time OF Peace.

Il never knew a sailor worth keep
ing" declared an old naval com
mander, that would desert in time of
war. But IN times Of peace, when
everything appears to be going along
as though it were CREASED, desertiOns
viii begin from no apparent cause and
viii suddenly become epidemic. Away
they'll 60, and it's two to one that IN
a little while they VIII be hunting
around to see If they can't get back
into the service without having TO suf-
fer punishment. I used to put IN a
good deal Of time trying to find an ex-
PLANTATION Of the thing, and finally pre-
sented it to one Of my superior or
GERS
Drop II, young man. was his Ia
comic advice You cant tell why they
do it and you can't stop them If you
must worry, let II be about something
where You may have a chance 10 &C
eomplish good. I'Il tel You right now.
IL you were to sail a ship for Heaven
and we're obliged t0 touch at he'll for
eoal half the crew would desert
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
THEY NEVER RISE
Dead Victims Of Lake SUI
perioE-

Another very interesting and very
sad thing about Lake Superior is that
It never gives 10 its dead, says the Min
neapolis Tribune Whoever encoun-
tiers terrible disasIer-happily infre-
quenS IN rhe tourist seEsOD-and goes
down IN lie angry, beautiful blue wa
teTs lever comes up again. From those
earliest days When the daring French
voyagers in their trim birch-bark ca
noes skirted tie picturesque shores Of
this noble but RELENTLESS lake down to
this present moment those who have
met their deaths In mid-Superior still
lie at the stone-paved bottom. II may
be that, 50 very cold is the water, some
of tue bodies may have been preserved
through the centuries. Sometimes,
not ear from the shore, the bodies Of
people Who have been wrecked from
fishing smacks or from pleasure boats
overtakeu 10y a cruel squall have been
recovered. but only after the most
heroic efforts with a drag-net or by
the diver. Once on a trip down the
lakes l met a clergyman who, as we
passed poiUt of land some miles be-
fore entering the narrowing Of the
lake at the 500 pointed OUT tEe place
where the i.-fated Algoma went down
on the reef some eight years ago. and
as ne looked he said, slowly: Il was
at the funeral Of one man who went
down with her, and the only reason
that his body is not a the bottom to-
dag with the other IS that were lost
IS because it was caught in the timbers
OF the vessel and could not sink
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-12
- 90 - Immaterial.

Here Is a story about Commodore
Sch1ey that is told in Washington:
About the fi5e that he was looking for
q feet the question Of painting the
ships Of the navy a war color was IN
der solemn consideration by some Of
the precise officers Of the big building.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was
bothered daily by the question Of tints
submitted to him by a board on war
ship color, when Sch1eF remarked that
he did not care what color his ships
were painted 50 long as he had sllips-
Paint them red if you Ike" said he,
COR paint them black. but let me have
them. Color Is tu1maferisL"