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The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
CUT IN HAIL OF SHOT.
BRAVE SEAMEN FROM AMERI-
CAN SHIPS DID DARING AT
CIENFUEGOS, CU8A.
Spaniards Shoot from Masked Batteries
and Rifle Pits Upon the Handful of
Bluejackets Ordered to Sever the
Wires Leading Into the City.

Amid a perfect storm OF shot from
Spanish rifles and batteries the Amer
lean forces cut the cables at Cienfue-
COS Wednesday morning, May IL.
Four determined boat crews, under
command of Lieutenant Winslow and
Ensign Magruder, from the cruiser
Marblehead and the gunboat Nashville,
put out from the ships, the coast hav-
ing previously been shelled. The work
of the volunteers was perilous, and one
was killed while brayely doing his du-
ty, six others being seriously wounded.
The man instantly killed was Patrick
Reagan. None OF the ships was dam
aged to any extent. The cruiser Mar
blehead, the gunboat Nashville and the
auxiliary cruiser Window drew up 1000
yards from shore with their guns
manned for desperate duty.
One cable had already been cut and
the work was in progress on the other
when the Spaniards in rifle pits and a
battery in an old lighthouse, standing
out in the bay, opened fire. The war
ships poured In a thunderous yolley,
i've shells into the swarms of the enc
my. The crews OF the boats calmly
proceeded with their desperate work,
notwithstanding the fact that a num-
Der had fallen, and finished it, return
ing to the ships through a binding
smoke and a heavy fire.
More than 1000 infantrymen on shore
kept up a continuous fire and the bull
lets from the machine guns struck the
warships a hundred times, but did no
great damage. Commander Maynard
Of the gunboat Nashville was slightly
wounded by a rife bullet that before
striking him passed through the arm
of an ensign, whose name is unknown.
Lieutenant Winslow was shot in the
hand, making three officers wounded
in all. After the Spaniards had been
driven from the rifle pits many of them
took refuge in the lighthouse fortress,
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
CARRIERS ARE OAYER.
Than Ever Before, and Startling In TheiI
Drilllancy.

New York Sun: Carriers are gayer
than ever before. No woman dreams
of wearing plain elastic bands to keep
up her stockings nowadays. Indeed,
garters are now made so many colored
that the rival the fashionable hosiery
itself when it comes to startling bril-
liancy. A garter can come about as
near marring or making womans
happiness as any trifling accessory tn
her toilet. Women generally, long
ago, gave up the elastic band which
held the stocking up below or above the
knee. Health culturists first told them
that 1t was injurious, preventing per-
feet circulation, but the sex chung to
1t with Its bejeweled buckles and beau
tiful rows OF ribbon. Then the cul-
turists told them that the round gar
ter would spoil the shape of the leg.
and they dropped 1t like a hot cake
and adopted the suspender garter or
stocking supporter, as 1t Is oftened
called. The newest supporters are
made of very broad and fancy silk elas-
tic in brilliant Scotch plaids or Roman
stripes, or else plain elastic covered
with ribbons that would shame JOS
eph's coat, put on full. The catches
and side buckles are OF white metal,
silver, silver gilded and pure gold, and
some of them are Sudden with pre-
cious and semi-precious gems. One
style fastens around the waist OF tse
wearer by means of satin belt match
ing in color the predominating color
of the elastic; the other fastens at the
side of the corset with catch pins. Both
methods are unsatisfactory. The waist
band is warm in summer and de-
stroys the lines about the waist. 1t
is. indeed, impossible for woman In
clined to be stout. The other, IL OF
such a length as to keep the stocking
up properly, pulls on the corset and
gives the wearer a most uncomfort-
able, tired feeling toward the end Of
the day. All of these drawbacks have
tendency to make a woman conclude
that after all her great grandmother
was right in declaring that the most
satisfactory garter in the world vas
q string torn from a selvedge edge of
a piece OF flannel and wrapped just
loose enough for comfort and tight
enough for convenience about the
stocking above or below the knee. A
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

upon which the fire Of the warships
had been centered. A four-inch shell
from the Window tore this structure
to pieces. killing many and burying
others in the ruins. The Spanish loss
is known to have been very heavy, the
warships firing hundreds of shells
right into their midst.
The United States cruiser Marble
head, the gunboat Nashville and the
auxiliary cruiser Window steamed up
to the harbor of Cienfuegos early We'd
nesday morning with orders to cut the
cable connecting Havana with Santa
go de Cuba. This task was accom-
plished, but only after terrific fight
between the warships and several
thousand Spanish troops, which lined
the shore and lay concealed behind i'm
provised breastworks.
Soon after the arrival of the war
ships OFF Cienfuegos four boats were
launched and proceeded in shore for
the purpose Of graphing for the cable
In order to cut 1t. The warships lay
to about 1000 yards or more OF the
harbor.
II was observed that the Spanish
troops had assembled ashore, but 1t
was not known that heavy guns had
been placed in a masked battery and
that the old lighthouse, far out on a
neck OF land, had been transformed
into a formidable fort.
The small boats proceeded cautiously
and for more than an hour worked I'M
molested on the cable. Suddenly, Just
as the work was about completed, the
shore battery fired shell at the boats.
II was followed by others, and the
Spanish infantry opened fire then with
their rifles. Then, like a flash, the
Marblehead sent a shell inland, and
followed 1t with perfect shower OF
shot. The Nashville was quick to fol-
low suit. and the little Window cut
loose with her four-pounders.
In the meanwhile Spanish bullets
fell in every direction around the
small boats. Though the attack had
come suddenly and fiercely the blue
Jackets were not dismayed. and, pro-
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
An Attentive Audience.

Lecturers and other public entertain
ers appreciate greatly an attentive au-
dience, but is there such thing as
being too attentive? The story is told
that not long ago well-known novel
list delivered a lecture in New Jersey
town. After the lecture, when the peo-
pie met, they talked about the affair,
as was their wont.
Were you at the lectures" one
would ask another, and in every case
the answer was:
"Oh, yes, l was there, but | couldn't
hear a word. Did you hear it?"
well, no; was there, but l couldn't
hear, either"
No one could be found who had
heard a word. About this time an ac-
quaintance of the novelist heard from
friends in the place this account OF
the matter, and meeting the lecturer,
asked him what kind of an audience
he had had there, and how he liked
the place.
''It's a fine place." said the novelist,
land l had the most attentive audience
l have ever spoken to. Why, no one
made a sound, and l didn't have to
raise my voice above a whisper!"
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

The government OF Nicaragua has
granted a concession to Herbert En-
cry of Boston, giving him monopoly
for fifteen years, dating from Jan. l,
1900, of exporting mahogany, cedar and
other valuable timber from that coun-
try. Other people may cut timber, but
no one else can export, and therefore
it is a valuable concession. The tim
Der is abundant, particularly on the
Atlantic coast, and Mr.. Emery has the
right to cut as much as he pleases on
public lands. He pays the government
$4,000 gold as a bonus and agrees to
pay $4,000 annually during the term
of his contract. At the expiration of
the contract he is required to surren-
der to the government his sawmills
fifty miles of railroad which he has
constructed from steamship navigation
on the Rio Grande de Metagalpa into
the forests and other parts of his plant
The government of Nicaragua needs
money so badly that 1t grants conces-
sions right and left for any purpose to
anybody who will pay cash.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
The Gar at Home.

Alexander Ill, the late car OF Rus
STA, was said to be an autocrat even in
the bosom of his family. Nicholas H.,
however, is the very reverse. He re-
CARDS his consort as a good comrade
and when in urgent cases ministers
seek an audience late in the evening
he is invariably to be found IN her COM
pany, chatting and laughing without
restraint. The car is generally occu-
lied at his desk, while the czarina bus
les herself with embroidery work. Inn
mediately a minister enters she rises
as IL to retire, but more often than
otherwise the car informs her that
she is not one too many.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Some misunderstanding has arisen
regarding the exact titles and positions
of the officers now holding high rank
IN the American navy. Loosely speak
ing, Dewey and Sampson are "admir-
ais" and they have a right to that IT,
tie, as every navy officer in charge OF
a squadron is admiral of the fleet"
but the rank of admiral in the United
States navy is at the present moment
obsolete, as is that OF vice admiral
The last admiral was the late David
Porter, and the last vice admiral was
S. c. Rowan, who retired in 1889 Since
that time the highest of naval ranks
has been that of rear admiral. Until
Dewey received his commission by a
special act of congress there we're on
ly six officers of this grade. The sew
en- rear admirals rank by seniority Of
service-in the etiquette of the navy
IL not In the opinion OF their country
men. There Is one other flag rank
that OF the commodore-and an officer
holding this distinction may be In
the command ranks" the captain
leading and the commander and the
lieutenant commander coming next.
The lieutenant stands next, with the
ensign Just below. and the naval cadet,
who Is generally healthy and manly
boy just out of Annapolis, is at the bot
tom of the ladder.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
No Wonder.

The reprehensible practice of kissing
babies, and thereby subjecting them to
danger of contagion as we'll as to dis
comfort and annoyance, is so hard to
suppress that one cannot greatly mar
vel at the means of combating the
practice which a certain father is re-
ported to have adopted.
why, 1 should like to know" a
friend asked this prudent father, have
you taught your baby to eat onions?'
"It keeps people from kissing him"
answered the father.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Spain does not fight to win. Her
statesmen are not fools. whatever may
be said Of her ordinary citizens. She
fights to prevent revolution and save
the government at Madrid. Without a
fight the government would be knock
ed higher than a kite. When she Is
whipped in Cuba there will be peace
in Spain. When the people of Spain
get some knowledge of the power and
resources of the United States they will
shout for peace as ardently as they
now shout for war.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Premier Meline in an interview
gives it as his own personal judgment
that the sympathies of his country
ment cannot be opposed to nation
which sends her army and navy to con-
vert an oppressed land into an indie
pendent republic" This is the attitude
that might reasonably be expected of
France and probably is the true one,
outside of investors in Spanish bonds
and the venal part Of the Partisan
press.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Two Natural Foes.

Water will extinguish fire because
the water forms coating over
the fuel, which keeps 1t from the air.
and the conversion of water into
steam draws off the heat from the
burning fuel. A little water makes
a fire fiercer, while a large quantity OF
water puts 1t out. The explanation
is that water is composed OF oxygen
and hydrogen. When, therefore, the
fire can decompose the water into its
simple elements 1t serves as fuel to the
flames.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

The alaerity with which Woodford
was handed his passports and the in
suits offered General Lee when he left
Havana show a state of Mysteries on
the part of our friends the enemy
which badly damages their courtesy
and ordinary politeness-or rather II
would IL they happened to have any.
They might have done worse, however
It would have been quite easy to as
sassinate the gentlemen, and they
kindly refrained. They might say.
after the manner of one OF Gilbert's
characters, I'VE are not Doors, but we
feel uneasy"
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Refreshments In Scotland.

In the course of the arguments be-
fore the house of lords in a case In
which the necessity for additional re-
freshment accommodation at Oban
station arose Lord Watson, himself a
scotchman. interposed and remarked
that refreshments in that part 81 Scot
land had only one meaning and that.
whisky.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Got Pinned to Him.

Col. Carter-"Nov, Sam, 1 have
caught you stealing my chickens again
and the worst of 1t is that the chickens
are so young that they have just got
their pin feathers on"
Sam-"Boss, didn't steal no chick
ems. Dem pin feathers on desc chick
ems got stuck on me-"
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Uncertainty hurts business. A short
war and the freedom of Cuba will
settle things so that capital will know
how to provide work and go to work
itself.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Speaker Reed declares the unwisest
discourse made in Washington, even
when congress was in session, was
made by really great scientist. There
is another evidence Of the powerful in
huence of environment.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

There is one place no American will
object to have the scorcher scorch to
his hearts content this summer-down
in Cuba.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
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N<H<IE C5S ,>rosySs
(oloAaho /.oHr

woman who will invent a really artis-
tic and, at the same time, comfortable
stocking supporter will strike Klon-
dixie.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

If Admiral Sampson will leave the
cables alone and cut the ink ribbon on
Gen. Blanco's typewriter SPANS last
hope will be gone.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Her Suggestion.

The Dean-"I can't think what to
preach about next Sunday. Nobody
seems to take an interest in anything
but war now"
His Wife-"Why not take a day of
and let the canon fill your pulpit?"
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
A Topic of To-day.

What kind NV a cannon dew yew
call this one, Reub?"
That's a twelve-pounder, father"
Don't try to poke fun at yer father,
boy; that thar cannon weighs a ton
or I'm a liar!'-From Truth.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

The man who can acknowledge a
mistake without blaming it on some
one else has true moral courage.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Uneasy rests the head that wears a
crown when Chicago's wheat king gets
down to business.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Called It Furniture Medicine.
"The secret OF never wanting new
things is to keep the old ones well
mended," said wise housekeeper, as
she exhibited the shelf where she kept
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Those who say war retards business
will kindly note the boom in the Span
fish cabinet making trade.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

One OF the provisions OF the French
code forblds a doctor to inherit prop
erty LEFT him by deceased patient.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

The Cuban blockade Is not nearly
30 pacific as it was a week or two
ago.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
OUR BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
EIotsam and Jetsam from the Funny
Papers with Some of Our Own Make
"A Topic of To-day-His Reasons
An Attentive Audience.
Nothing Like 1t.

The poet sat and wrote and wrote
BY the lamplight pale and dim;
While the maiden sang It'll she strained
her throat,
who lived next 5oor to him.
Then the poet rose with a visage grim,
And said as he smote his breast,
The sweetest thing on earth to him
Was a maiden's voice-at rest.
John Tracy Jones.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

Where the vanguard rests today,
The rear shall rest tomorrow
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27

They made fun Of Senator Mason,
but we are all Senator Masons now.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
Headed OF.

Here" said the philanthropist, us
a dime. Now, let me give you little
advice. Never"
Hold on" interrupted Slouchy
Simpkins. take back your money. My
lowest price fer listenin' to sermons lie
so cents. Chicago News.
The Yale expositor., 1898-05-27
She Concurs.

He--"I have just been s.ading a Gu
rious book. 1t shows that very few
men of genius live happy with their
wives. l wonder if that's the reason
we don't seem to get along any bet
ter?"
She-"It must be. You have a posi-
tive genius for making a fool of your
self"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
HAD A BAG OF PENNIES.

Man Looking for a ''Bank House" Ar
 rested by Captain Cowles.
 Detective Captain Cowles yesterday afternoon arrested a man giving the name of Maziey Kivakowsky on Mead ow street, placing against him the charge of drunkenness. Captain Cowles was waking down the street when he met the man with the peculiar name who appeared to have been drinking. He was carrying a small bundle wrapped in newspaper and asked the captain, to direct him to a "bank house." saying that he had lot of pennies that he wished to change for bills. Captain Cowles found that the pennies were in leather bag wrapped in the newspaper and that the fellow had 779 of them. In response to ques- tions I<ivakowsky said that he had been working for a farmer at Greens Farms, but could not remember the name of his employer there. Captain Cowles thinks it probable that the pen- nies were stolen and will investigate the case further.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
Of St. Mary's Relief Committed

Of St. Marys Relief Committed About seventy-five women of St. Mary s parish attended the meeting of the St. Mary's branch of the sanitary and relief association ill the basement of St. Mary s church. The meetings are held regularly every Tuesday and are attended by a large crowd of enthusiastic women. This socie- ty is branch of the Connecticut Sanitary Relief association, and is doing it's work in connection with the general society. whose headuarters are in Colonial hall The gar ments which are to be sewed and put to- gether are sent over from the hall and giv- en out at the meeting. No attempt is made to accomplish any work during the even ing. but it is all taken home and returned the next week completed. The ladies of the parish are very much interested in the work, and have shown an inclination to do more than their share. Several small con tributioDs have been made by some who cannot help by sewing, yet wish to do something for the soldiers at the front. Such contributions will be thankfully received. The society will meet again next Thursday evening.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
"KEEP PORTO RICO" SAYS HANNA
The Senator Expects the denomination and Re-Election of President Me-

The Senator Expects the denomination
 and Re-Election of President Me-
 Kinley.
 Cleveland, July 19.-Senator Hanna said this morning that he expected the renomination and reelection of Presi- dent Mckinley. The senator made this prediction not as chairman of the na- tional republican committee, but as an adtnirer and friend of the president. He declared that the republicans were 11nited and the democrats disorganized and without an issue. The conduct of the democratic party in the present war had been unpatriotic and the party had no claim to the confidence of the people.
 "If the democratic party finally man. ages to get together declared the sen ator, ''it will be on the issue of so-called nti-McKinleyism. And in the senate and house the party is demoralized on the question of new policy. Their party brought on the war and then re- fused to vote for revenue to enforce it. They are foundering about in the muddy sea of uncertainty. The repub- Iicans have no fear of standing by the issues they have made during the last few months, and on thes issues they will win"
 Senator Hanna believes that the United States government should ac- u,1ire Porto Rico and keep it perma- nentIy as a coaling station. The sena- tor says that from this time on we are bound to keep considerable navy, and taht Porto Rico would prove invalua- ble to us as a strategic point.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
NOW A TROLLEY ROAD.

New Canaan Branch Opened With
 Electricty Saturday.
 The Consolidated road opened the new Stamford and New Canaan trolley road Saturday afternoon. Chief Elec- trical Engineer N. H. Heft and other prominent officials making the initial trip. The rolling stock of the new road has not arrived, and the Stamford Street Railway Co.'S cars were used. The substitution of the trolley assures a much more frequent service for New Canaanites.
 The New Canaan road was opened first July 4, 1869. the equipment consist ing of open engine, a passenger car and a baggage car. Later a combination dummy was added. After the Consoli- dated road acquired the branch the service was improved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
CUBAN RELIEF WORK OF THE
 NEEDLEWORK GUILD.

The call of the Needlework guild for aid in sending relief to the suffering Cubans has met a response of gifts of clothing and hospital supplies, number ing 1,162 articles; of these 224 were mems garments 250 women's, 133 chil- dren's and 555 articles for hospital use. Five boxes, amounting in weight to 500 pounds have been sent to the cen tral Cuban relief committee in New York city, and a small reserve fund is being held in readiness for any cases of need in soldiers families. The guild wishes to express it's thanks for the generous contributions which have answered the apeal for aid.
 c. M. Bradley, Secretary.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
CONDITION OF TREASURY.

Washington, July 19.-To-days state ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $253,- 623,14O; gold reserve, $1S5, S5,O45,4S4; net silver, $11,955, 4O4; United States notes in the treasury, $44, ,341 ,SO3; treasury notes of 1890, $3,4O9, 416; total receipts this day, $1,OO4,757; total receipts this month, $27,O99,191; total receipts this year, $27 ,191; total expenditures this day, $1,SO5,000; total expenditures this month, $46,533, 900; total expenditures this year, $46, ,5S3 900; deposits in na- tional banks, S57, ,230, ITO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-20
LOOKING OUT FOR SPANISH SUP-
 PLY SHIP

Washington, July 19.-The navy de- partment is keeping sharp lookout for a Spanish vessel laden with food sup plies that cleared yesterday from Vera Cruz, Mexico. It is believed to be des tined for Havana, if the ship can pass the blockading fleet. News of her de- parture has been sent to Commodore Howell, who is in charge of the block ade fleet off Havana.