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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-07-01
GARCIA GAVE ASSISTANCE.

Insurgents Rendered Valuable servies
In Landing Of Our Troops.
In the landing Of American troops
on Cuba's shore, time and sea and
weather were propitious. The navy
and the army co-operated splendidly,
and as the big warships closed in on the
shore TO pave Che way for the approach
Of the transports and then went back
again, three cheers for the navy went
up from 5000 throats on the troop.
ships and three cheers for the army
rose from ship after ship a. the troop
ships moved In 10 take their share In
tue hazardous game. II was war, and
II was magnificent.
The Cuban insurgents, ton. bore
their share in the enterprise hOnora.
bly, and well. Five thousand q them,
In mountain Businesses and dark thick
cts Of ravines, lay all night on Their
guns, watching every road and noun
tain path leading from Santiago d.
Cuba to Guantanamo. A thousand
Of them were within sight Of Baiquiri,
making the approach Of the Spaniardl
under cover Of the darkness an impos
sibility.
WANTED BOYNTON INDICTED.
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Matches Made from Paper.

The days of the old-fashioned wood
on match are said 10 be numbered.
Matches are TO be made OF paper. BY
n new process the paper Is cut In strips
about half an Inch wide These are
drawn through and saturated with n
flame producing material. They are
then rolled into tubes and cut the
length of ordinary matches and dipped
In the phosphorus to form the head.
which is lighted by striking In the
same fashion IA the ordinary match. 1t
Is predicted that the matchmaking In
dustry VIII be entirely revolutionized
by this new method. The matches are
very much lighter and are thought to
be more reliable than the old sort. IA
per of various kinds Will be employed.
that made from wood pulp being better
adapted for this purpose.
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The marine docks at Portsmouth,
England, are the vastest in the world,
covering more than 800 acres, and en-
ploying some 10000 men. Two of the
largest docks are COO feet long and So
feet broad. All are what is known as
stone craving docks. They are dug
out of sufficient depth, length and
width, to enable vessels of n certain
size to be admitted. They are con-
structed of granite and fitted with
heavy gates; the vessel is hoated into
the dock and properly shored up on the
keel blocks-the gates are closed-the
water then pumped out Such docks
are all below the level of the dock yard.
The walls are built with stairs like
the seats In an nmphitheater, so that
workmen may go up and down; and
great cranes lifting forty tons are used
in handling materials. When n vessel
is completed, all that is necessary to
launch her is to open the gates, fill the
dock, and she floats out without risk or
trouble. The advantage of a number
of docks at q station Is the readiness
with which n small vessel may be put
into a small dock and large vessel In
to large one Mt once this being done
with so much economy of time and la
bor.-Providence Journal.
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LIVING RENT FREE.
Philadelphia Man Who Went Broke
Because He Did Not Pay.

PHILADELPHIA Man Who Went Broke
Because He Did Not Pay.
A Philadelphia man has lived ten
years in house for which he paid no
rent and no taxes. 1t belonged to the
gas company. and he had paid rent reg
ularly until the property of the compa-
ny was transferred TO the city. He says
himself: IL don't remember how long
1t is since l stopped paying rent. 1t
was when the gas Office was on 18th
street. | went there one day with my
rent and offered It TO Mr.. White, who
had charge of the gas company's real
estate, but he refused to take 1t, and
told me that Vt was to be paid at the
city treasurer's Office IN the future. |
said he could not take IT, as he couldn't
find record of any such n house. lie
told me that they would notify me
when they were ready to take my
money. | went back to Mr.. White and
he advised me to 90 home and wait I'M
I'll heard from them. Well, l waited"
Nobody came to collect money until re-
Gently, when the city discovered its
title and sent q man TO collect. The ten
ant got day to consider and promptly
skipped. But his experience with a
free rent does not seem to be satisfac-
tory If we may trust to his wife Eyes"
says she. resentfully, 'he thought 1t
was snap, and look where he is now
no money, no business, looking for a
job, and n family to support. He
wouldn't take my advice and move TO
where business was good, but he
Rugged his snap and stuck here in that
stagnant neighborhood and spent
money on repairs for the house and
didn't make any money.'-Phlladelphia
Record
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Wanted the Birds Cared For.

There IL story Just now current in
Rome to the effect that n sculptor In
that city, In an evil hour for his reputa-
ton as an artist. undertook some time
ago to produce ITO order" bronze stat
ne of President Kruger. One of the
conditions imposed was that no iibcr-
ties were to be taken with Dom Paul.
He was to BE- represented In all his
native heavlness of features with the
fidelity which Oliver Cromwell exact
ed; and for personal decoration he was
to be depleted In his ordinary frock
coat and tail hat The most trying stip-
ulation of all was, however, that Mad
anne Kruger, Dom Paul's amlable lady,
insisted that the crown of the hat
should be made concave so that II might
catch and hold rain water for the re
freshmen Of little birds! The artist
has succeeded In doing the bidding of
his patrons. and the statue Is now al
most ready for transmission TO Pre-
toria. This concern for the welfare of
the harmless little birds IL creditable
10 Madame Kruger's maternal heart,
but humanitarianism of this kind Is Ger
tainly not conducive TO the production
OF keen aesthetic sense.ASt. James
Gazette
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The OLD HOMESTEAD.

fits worn-out acres fallov lie
Unpruned the orchard stands
For they who tended them long since
Have gone to other lands
One to the prairies OF the west,
And one across the sea;
The rest have reached that blest country
Where partings may not DO.
The elm boughs tap the skylight dim
AS, In the days agone,
They tapped TO waken merrIly
The little folk at dawn.
The woodblne curtains tenderly
The shattered window pane.
Yet grants admttance to Its friends,
The sunshine and the rain.
No etep. no whisper, breaks the hush
Bot histl A sweep OF wings
Athwart the attic's dreaming dusk,
And tender twitteringsl
A tenant for the empty nest?
Sec-from the window ledge
A phoebe bird calls to It's mate
Upon the cradles edgel
And IN the cradle, vacant long,
-Four downy nedgelings peep
And cuddle close. They'll dream OF wings
And twitter In their sleep
AL through the quiet summer night;
While on the dingy wall
Fit silently the thin, weird shapes
That come at moonlights call.
O life and love that were Of yorel
O SAL old house bcrcftl
To thee but memorys treasured store
And the little birds are left.
One OF thine own h In the west,
And one across the foam:
The rest are In that faircst land
or Home, Sweet Home.
Utica Globe.
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The so-callcd bread riots that lately
took place In Milan and other cities OF
Italy indicated a condition OF affairs
that was more desperate than APP
pcarcd on the surface. II IL true that
the people were suffering for bread. for
Il 10 happened that In every great
wheat-producing country In the world
tho crop OF 1897 was n short one. In
Germany. France and England. where
a considerable portion OF the wheat
consumed Is usually OF domestic pro
duction. almost the entire consumption
had to be- obtained abroad. The store.
houses, besides the United States. from
which those countries have depended
for their wheat have been Russia. In.
dia. Egypt and Argentina. but last
year Russia had no surplus TO export.
India had very little, Egypt next TO
none. and Argentina harvested only
enough for home consumption. The
result was that bread was dear and th,
people were hungry. Italy was In a
worse situation than any OF the coun-
tries importing wheat for domestic
consumption. She had impoverished
herself by attempting to maintain a
standing as n military and naval pow
er that was beyond her possibilities.
What Germany and France did. Italy
stroye 20 duplicate. She wished 20 be-
classcd as one % the great powers of
Europe. and she drew the life blood oul
OF her people in the attempt. realizing
only failure. She entered into tripl,
alliance with Germany and Austria
aud tried to maintain position OF
equality with each. With population
OF about 30.OOo.oo0. she kept n perma.
nent peace establishment OF 2i0. OBJ
men. with compulsory reserve OF
1.Dii.000. The members OF this re-.
serve. while not constantly In service
were compelled TO spend from three to
nineteen years In the army, which was
fearful drain on the productive ener.
giles OF the country. BESIDES this large
number OF soldiers the Italian navy
had 2i.724 men on tho active list and
1900 on the reserve list. making TO
tai OF nearly 2.2J0.oo0 men who wcr,
not only Withdrawn from the various
Industries OF the kingdom. but had to
bc supported 10 ldlcness. The result
was that general stagnation In bust.
ness and enormous taxation were uni
versai In the country. labor was unem
ployed. and those who found work re.
ceive starvation wages. The increas,
In the price OF bread. even though
small. brought want and hunger tc
people who are always on the verge OF
starvation. The high price OF bread
was only an incident that drove tn,
people TO riots which showed the really
intolerablc condition OF afrairs al
over Italy. That country was attempt
ing TO do what the frog did when 4
sought TO rival the OK. and possibly {
similar result may follow the attempt
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Montague gives n curious and inter
esting account of the intellectual uses
to which the hand is put. He says:
with the hand we demand, we prom
Use, we call, dismiss. threaten, entreat.
suppllcate, deny, refuse. interrogate,
admire, reckon, confess, repent; express
fear, express shame, express doubt; we
instruct, command, write, encourage,
swear, testify, accuse, condemn. acquit,
insult despise, defy, disdain, latter,
applaud, bless abuse. ridicule. recon
cile, recommend, exalt regale. gladden.,
complain, afiiict, discomfort, discour
age, astonish, exclaim, Indicate silence,
and what not with a variety and null
tiplication that keep pace with the
tOnaue"
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United States Legation in Berlin.

The United States government has
been inquiring through the proper
channel as to the cost of purchasing or
erecting Its own buildings for the en-
bassies and legations and several Of the
large consulates-g general tn Europe. 1t
may astonlsh many to learn that Bcr-
lin was found the most expensive cap
ltal In the world, 80 far as the cost OF
real estate and of buildings was CON
cerned. The only really suitable build
Ing, found there for the purpose would
cost $4,000. The Russian embassy
building In Berlin. which is located
Inter den Linden, and which Is. in
deed, n verltable palace, so spacious
and stately is 1t, would cost about 81
100000 to build to-day, ground and all.
But 1t Is. too, roomy and elegant enough
to have served repeatedly for travelling
quarters for Russian Cars passing
through Berlin. What n miserable con-
trast forms the excuse for an office
which the United States embassy occu-
pies In Berlin, in Kronen strasse n
street of small shops. In the basement
of the building is a barber shop. on the
ground floor wine and schnapps shop.
and above the embassy offices reside n
score of private persons.
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The report of the Secretary OF the In
terror shows that only q little more
than one-half of the public domain OF
the United States is either reserved or
appropriated The area still remaining
vacant amounts to 591, 343,D53 acres
without including Alaska, which Is
supposed TO embrace nearly 400. 900. O0O
acres more The entire area OF the
United States is placed at l 1885,. OH GOO
acres. OF this, TAI. 702. 1868 ncres is now
owned by individuals or by corpora.
lions or by states, or has passed out Of
the control Of the general government
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child buried her hend on her brothers
neck. Then. suddenly rising. she ex-
claimed: 80. why was not mann
Cuba so needs men. Yes. I'll tell him
to get Linda ready at once. Colonel
Pena must go to help Gomez" Turn
ing. she kissed her brothers forehead
and hurried out TO the stables Soon
the quick gallop OF n horse was heard
approaching the house. But II did not
stop at the gate. On II sped In the d.
rection OF Santa Lucia.
A moment later Guido. the half-wit-
ted black boy, wandered nimlessly into
the room.
''Where is the horse. where is Emil
lap inquired her brother.
"Gonew replied the boy.
Gone? WhereT came from all pres
ent.
II dun know. She said somethin'
bout st. Lucia. jumped on Linda's
back. and looks to me as how she's
gone"
And 80 she was; the brave little EMIL
H. uilnViEu nOl a rVitlltl VI OuVtis nAt
taken her brothers place. She had gone
to get Pena: to tell him that the fight
between Gomez and the Spanish Gener-
nj Castellanos was on Mt Saratoga and
that every Cuban In Camaguey was
needed.
On the little heroine rode in the dark
ness Of the night. She had been born
and raised In the country, and she knew
the way TO Santa Lucia, although she
had never before Travelled 1t In the
dark. But she was riding to save her
brothers life and for Cuba. Darkness,
danger, nothing daunted her. Bare
headed and alone. she urged her horse
over the road nj pace which would
have made most girls tremble with
fear.
Not even when an hour later the trop-
ical storm broke In all its fury around
her did she hesitate. Lightning strik-
Ing the tail palma reals" caused Linda
many times TO shy and almost bolt the
road. but the brave little rider held on
and never loosened rein until In sight
of penas campfires.
"QuIen vsw suddenly called out the
picket.
CUBA" answered the brave little pa
triotas. She refined up her painting stecd
"Adelante unar ordered the guard
and Emilia, pale. wet. and dripping
rode forward.
"Carambal 1t Is n child. Who are
you? What do you wantY'
81 am Emilia Moncado. | want to tell
Colonel Pena that there Is battle at
Saratoga. General Gomez has only $50
men against over 1000 Spaniards. and
he needs help"
A few minutes later. almost fainting
with fatigue and nervous strnin she
was borne into the presence of Pena.
"Dios miow he exclaimed. as he list
ened to her story and then gave the sig
nal for his command to mount.
you poor little thing, you should be
abed and asleep" Wrapping his coat
around her little, trembling. wet form.
he jumped into his saddle and had an
officer pass the child up to him. The
order was given to march. and In his
arms the fighting Colonel of Camaguey
carried the little heroine back 20 her
home In Rosalia.
"Take her" he said, as he handed her
over to the half crnzed mother. "Shc
brought us the news. I'll speak of her
to General Gomez. She deserves the
rank Of Major General She has
saved her brothers life. and her brave
deed may win the day at Saratoga -
Omaha Bee.
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The rapid progress OF invention Il
making war too deadly and expensive
The tendency ok war implement invcn-
tlon n toward peace. Nations win con
tlnue TO hc prepared for war and. after
one or two more deadly encounters. tho
civilized nations win conclude that the
game Is not worth the candle Not that
there win be disarmament Az long
a. the world lasts there win b. arma-
mcnts The stronger the ornaments
the greater the peace Of the world. Won
Moltkc was right. The millennlal con
dltlon OF entire disarmament has not
yet been reached.
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SO finely are the scales OF nature I'D
justed that Il Is probable every defect
has It's compensation near az hand.
Mans part is to lind H. In Kansas and
Nebraska the rainfall Is insufficient to
supply the needs OF agricultural vegc-
tation. Nevertheless Il has recently
ben asccrtained that an lnexhaustible
deposit OF water lies directly below all
the arid region; while the wind, ma
lures agent TO lift the water. blows
during the whole summer. II was from
air registering one hundred degrees be
low zero that Nansen. by means OF a
windmill, wrcsted the power TO light
and heat his lcc-bound Fran. The
Kansas farmers should not be slow to
conquer nature as Nansen did.
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The world moves. but Il does not
move 40 fast NJ TO carry The human be-
Ing away from the THINGS that are hu.
man. Cali Il atavism or what not. this
clvlllfcd man Is Just as ready for aght
as wcrc his barlurous ancestors. More
than they he has courage and endur-
ancc. The only difference between him
ami them Is not In desire to fight. but
IN tho reasons which he recognizes as
worth a fight
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The more closely Admiral Dcwcy's
victory Ia Manila Ray Is. studied. the
closer becomes the evidence that Il was
due not 10 much 10 the peculiar posses
sion 81 courage as 10 high scientific and
professional training. An experienced
English naval officer recently said that
the contest AT sca was less between
ships than between men a comment
Nrlkingly borne out IN the hattie on
tnNitc
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According to New York stool pig
con for the police. ''crimlnologlst' Is
a student OF human nature who knows
how 10 cxtort money nj both ends OF
his Jobs. "Crlmlnologlsts" have no bus
lness this side OF Russia.
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dftr.nre pupIls enough nIout their han.

nfty-nve pupils enough about their hnb-
Its OFT OF school to enable judgment to
be made. The investigation showed
that thirteen boys were permitted to
be- on the streets at night as late as half
past o'clock. Not one Of them ranked
rs high az thirtieth In the class. An
other grade class OF lfty-nve was tried
In the same manner; eight boys were
habitually on the streets In the even
ings. Not one OF them ranked as high
as forticth Ia the class. Another class
OF thirty-nyc investigated showed that
six were allowed the freedom Of the
streets at night. and every one Of them
had spent two or three years passing
the fourth and fifth grades. One boy
OF fifteen years Of age had spent nine
years In getting four and "A half years
OF schooling. Investigation also showed
that ia these classes examined, IS per
cent. OF the girls remain at home and
read good books. and about one-third
only OF the boys ever read az all.
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DR.. Frederick IL. Wines, Of Illinois,
has been discussing the subject OF the
youth Of the prisoners ia the penal In
stitutlons OF the United States. and his
conclusions show that the coDyicts OF
the country are more youthful set OF
men than II n generally supposed they
are. OF the s2,320 prisoners 10 the
country one-cighth are to BE- found In
Now York. Pennsylvania and Massa.
chusetts. The average age OF the pris
oners was under 81, and nearly ono
half were under 30. about third under
% and nearly one eighth under %. The
average age OF the public pauper Is 81
years. The average age Of negro
prisoner IL 27la years, Of native white
prisoner 30 years and Of foreign white
prisoner 81 years and months. The
youth OF those conyicts raises the
queries whether they are born Grimm
ala. and. II not what has driven them
n they have become eyil-docrs through
force OF circumstances, what proper
ton OF them can be saved by proper
treatment. 40 that they VIII become
law abiding cltlzensf II " n matter Of
10 little importance that the Volunteers
Of America have undertaken TO deal
with all the questions involved In this
condition u affairs, In a practical way,
with a view TO rescuing these young
criminals when they shall have com
plctcd their term OF scrvltude. The
directors OF this movement assume that
IN the hearts OF most OF these men there
Is a sincere wish 10 live better lives,
and that II the opportunity Is given
them very many Will embrace II aud
become upright and reputable citizens
At the New York State reformntory
mt Elmlrn the system OF manual train
Ing has been introduced TO educate the
dcgcnerntcs to work. II being proved
that they have been led into lives of
crime through associations that have
brought about a total adherence Of
honest labor. The system employed
tends TO civilization OF the viii
as we'll as the education OF the hand.
AMI ~ far Il has been remarkably sue
ceSSful
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Any European nation desiring any
thing In the island line after the pres
cnt unplcnsnntncas II over should nd
dress the United States state Depart
mcnt-lslnnd bureau.
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A great struggle arises IN a woman's
mind when she Il asked what her new
gown cost. She ~ always In doubt
whether TO cut the price In half and
make you envy her the bargain or dou.
BILE II and make you envy her afiiuence.
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We have the distinguished honor and
pleasing satisfaction OF belonging 20 n
nation that has about twelve times as
much ilghting material M could posi-
bly, be used In almost any sort OF war.
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The o. Eject OF the war VIII be- TO
ext The source OF supplies 10 that
enceforth q colonel need not ncccssa.
rIIy b. a Kenlnekinn.
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In Germany, when the vote Of the
jury stands six against six. prisoner
Is acquitted. A vote Of seven against
five leaves the decislen to the court.
and on a vote Of eight against four the
prisoner IS convicted.
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Home for Cats.

The forum Of Augustus Is used as
the cats home OF Rome. All the super.
duous Tables are dropped over into T.
and they are kept alive by the charity
Of the people. who take them food
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After a man has accumulated as
much as $1,000 1t Is perfectly proper
for his wife to refer to the grounds"
surrounding their home. Instead Of the
ward"
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II cannot b. said however, that Ad-
mlral Dewey hns reached the highest
pinnacle Of fame until scent cigar Is
named after hi
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Though our soldiers are most patri-
oilc. many would rather kiss n sweet
hearts cheek IN camp than smell pow
der ia The field
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Through his naked eye man sees less
than 0,Oo stars; through a powerful
telescope he may see hundred mill.
Ion. ~ there not similar cxaltation
OF all his faculties M they expand un.
der true culturc7 The realm OF truth
II deep aud vast Ike the starry heay-
~.
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An interesting Investigation has been
made recently In one OF our cities. as to
the reasons why children OF equally
good capacity should rank so unevenly
in their studies In the schools. rains
were taken to learn from one class Of
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The taklng Of few more islands
win change the Spanish estimate from
pigs 10 hogs
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The average length OF whales jaw
bone Is seven feet, which proves that
he was originally designed for poll
ticinn.