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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23
A SPANISH STEAMER.
Has Been Made Prize BY the New
York.
SHE IS A BIG PASSENGER BOAT,
Named Alphonso XIII. Plying Be.
tween Havana and Porto Rico.
MANY SHOTS FIRED At HER.
she Finally Hove To md surren-
dcred when she Found that
Escape WINS Impossible.

H al
Key West, Fla, April 2"'--ta'3o a
mo-An incoming t"s reports the
New York has cnptnrcd n spanish
passenger steamer plying between
Havana ana Porto rico. Thc torpedo
fleet Is coming In.
Key, West, Fla, April % 1T Is believed
here that the prize captured by the nas
ship New York is tho Alfonso SlIt. the
mail steamer due at Havana today mot The
warship Of TINT namo) The Spanish tried
10 run away. but the New York gave chase,
firing shot after shot, until the spnniard
hove to and surrendered
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23

Louisville. KY. April 49, 4
fleet bearing about ,aoo,oey,l
arrived here today from wv esss X
coal win all be worked w -
10 be taken South. There Y i a.
ing. II is said that mges "
already been contr lctea ~ X y
lnenL for naval use. 4 a.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23
nnmorcd Movement az M, yn..c,..

Hni"orrd hoYrinrat OF War vr.scis.
klngs'on. jamaica, April "a Sir Angus.
tur sherman has asked the British govern
mons for Increased military
4 warshlp ,no Ear out 70 allow ia ma
tlcgaliiy 10 b. distinguished ussssh ~
team ~ Monlego Bay ON She norm ca
lass night going west There is as lncrn.
tiflned report That three Others PASSED po,i
Antonio today going east
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23
United states Censss

Key West. Fla, April II
United States goyernnsnf
established censorship l
grams. forbidding the i1si
sion CT code messages u
Havana. This begins at|tsi1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23
AnnlI,rr (lIlnlll

New York. April ss " t.;s HI ~
Aloedene, heavily laden
sailed for Havana today.
he did not believe ms
reach her destinations 4 q
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-23
EVEN HORSE FODDER.

| There is a hay trust that can Law down
anywhere any quantity of that Kind a.
| horse fodder. Oats will probably prusept
| Sn invitation TO some one, and Ccntrol Of
Supply TO De gained on the board of trade
fapltal to the extent of dollars here "A
lSei there were dimes is now Invested i'm
me business of clothing and Wearing an
parel Of every kind
There VIII probably be no chance ror
any small man TO hid on this kind of con.
tracts W.
electricity will cut a prodisious figure in,
lhe next year. Every army in IN. fold
VIII carry complete portable telegraphl,.
Sha telephone apparatus. dynamos and
electric lighting plants The grea, ran,,
featuring concerns will furnish thee
kerosene and candles are needed heside,,
ire Standard oil company viii he ahnut III,
only bidder Railroads Will carry The trno,a
Wherever they need to gn II Il safe il,
say me interminable wagon trains Of the
last war won't be needed again And II
wagons are wanted In any numbers tbara
VIII be small chance for The wheelwrights
WIN tiny shops who gained fortunes s,,nI
nlying them IN the last war. Ths X,
bids 'o"ess
Webster. Harris County, Texas Apri, ~
An exceedingly heavy thunders,or,n noss.J
"'ei mere iast night. accompanied nv hlrh
WIND The thunder peals ana ,ignttlr,
flashes were simply terrific. Too m,,e5
lain has greatly retarded planting, uuy
IMAM three hundred acres OF can,eloun,s
VIII be planted in this neighborhsn1 ~,
ne Product has all been sold. stra,ybe'e,,.
erop has been short owing 10 damayg Il.
cold weather early IN March h., l,lants
rave partly recuperated and WIN ,ns,.a
ialf crop with favorable weather. ~.
have been good and more money has No.,
realized from the short crcp tsan sro.,
'pil onss Of previous years
STARkEs- Granger. Texas. AMI, ,e
Mulio starkss died yesterday az ,ynso,S
leyer a, the age OF 20 years. He aas p] NV
only child OF Mr. and Mrs. Ben St. ane
ana was paralyzsd when only ono IA, o,'s
wnsch has rendered him as helpless ~,
MEN, through all these years reon,r, ~
eonstanl care and nursing. Ss'''"'s
=. sMtIH,DtDLEY Genzaies. T.y -
ia ihe Presbyterian church H. Aprii
smi,h Of Greenillc, Miss ana MI y.
anna Dudley OF Gonzales wer. a M M,ss
rne father OF the bride ofaciated ''a'r'ea'
!. hEEHi-E, M'GINNIs.- Elpip, Tex III,
I. Yesterday morning Mr.. Lem apru
al .nis place aud Miss Lula Mct;lnn,ss nls |
A'sAandrla. Ia. were united In marrisr s 9
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
ENGLISH OFFICE SEEKERS.
A Parliamentary Candidate Is Allowed 3
Certain Latitude Of Independence.

Parliamentary Candidate Is Allowed
Certain Latitude of Independence.
Let us suppose that the Birmingham
Liberal association, for instance, is anx-
ious to secure candidate to contest one
of the parliamentary divisions of the
city. The members of the committee,
most of them solid business men, who
are in politics for their health" and
who neither ask for nor desire any re-
ward, meet to discuss the situation. If
it happens that any local Liberal Of
prominence aud good standing is avail-
able, an invitation is sent to him to
stand for the constituency. II not,
conference is held with the central as
sociation in London, on whose books are
the names Of most of the aspiring Lib
erals in the country. The candidate ar
rives in Birmingham and issues his ad-
dress to the electors. Here, again, one
notices contrast with the cast iron ri
gidity of the American system. A candi-
date for congress or state governorship
is supposed to have no private opinions
whatever. He is put forward as the
party's representative and has to swal
low the party's programme, whether he
likes or not. An English candidate is
not called upon to sacrifice SO much to
his eountry's welfare. He is allowed
certain latitude of independence. Our
Birmingham candidate, for instance,
knows, of course, what are the main
tenets of the Liberal faith, but he need
not necessarily subscribe to all its arti-
cles. With the gregarious instinct Of
politicians. the odds are that he will
not differ from them on any material
point. But he may, and still be the
party candidate. He makes his own lit
tie platform and runs ON it to suit him
self. f.-Chautauquan.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
SINGLE COPY FIVE GENTS
NUMBER 40
POPULAR WRITER'S.
Personal Notoriety Has Little to Do wit
an Authors Success.

Personal Notoriety Has Little to Do With
an Authors Success.
Personal publicity, the sort that
comes from the distribution of bio
graphical details and the publication of
likenesses, may be commercially useful
to some puryeyors of public entertain
ment, but it seems probable that there
has been an oyerestimation of it's value
to the makers of books. One Of the most
popular books ever written was "Alioe
In Wonderland. Its distribution must
have been enormous and doubtless it
still goes vigorously on, but who had
ever seen likeness of the man who
wrote it? When DR.. Dodgson died the
other day and the newspapers told who
he was and what title he had to be held
in grateful memory, thousands of his
debtors identified him for the first time
as Lewis Carroll, the author Of the
inimitable stories that are almost as IA
miliar to contemporary children as
Mother Goose. DIR. Dodgson liked
peace and quiet life and very cordial
ly disliked notoriety. Like many wise
people, he found great pleasure and
recreation in the eompanionship of nice
children, and for their amusement he
concocted two of the queerest and most
original and delightful books that ever
were written. But he never considered
that merely because his books became
famous there was any need that he
should become famous too.
No modest author need hesitate to
produce masterpiece or even popu-
lar novel (Which need not be a master
piece and usually isn't one) for fear
that his success will involve the sacri-
fee Of reasonable privacy. His book
must be published if its worth is to be
fairly tested, but that he should be pub
lished, too, is not at all indispensable.
If he chooses not to have his likeness
run in the advertising columns of the
newspapers he can keep it out, and his
book won't suffer; if he prefers that-his
personal idiosyncrasies and circum-
stances should not be discussed, that,
too, can be accomplished in great meas
ure without much trouble The only
things the public absolutely requires
from writers in exchange for its favors
are ideas and good writing. Everything
else is thrown in and may i'll most cases
be easily and safely withheld. -"The
Point of View" in Scribner's.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
THE YUKON MOSQUITO.


Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.
Not only do the Yukon mosquitoes
attack men and overwhelm them, but
they drive the moose, deer and carbon
up the mountains to the snow line,
where these animals would prefer not
to be in berry time. They kill dogs,
and even the big brown bear, that is
often miscalled grizzly, has succumb-
ed to them. Bears come down to the
rivsr from the hillside in the early fall
to get some of the salmon that are often
thrown upon the banks when the "'run"
is heavy.
If bruin runs foul of a swarm of mos
quitoes and has not his wits about him
his day has come. The insects will
alight all over him. His fur protects
his body, but his eyes, ears and nose
will soon be swollen up and bleeding,
and unless he gets into a river or a
strong wind he will be driven mad and
blind, to wander about hopelessly until
he starves to death.
Although. the Alaska summer is short,
eWO OAOOuo VI AhOcqAAtOCo HalCu Oub ct4ClI
year, and are ready for business from
one to ten seconds after they leave the
water. 1t rains a good deal along the
Yukon, and rain is welcomed. for it
drives the mosquitoes to cover. They
hide under leaves and branches until
the shower is over; then they come out
boiling with rage at the time they have
been forced to spend in idleness, and the
miner has harder time than ever after
his respite.
Mosquitoes and snowfakes are not
contemporaries in the States, but in
Alaska it is different. Snow does not
bother them so much as rain, and an
sarly snow may fall while they are still
on the wing. Fog does not choke them
either. They appear to like 1t. They
float about In it as in ambush and take
the unwary prospector by surprise
Denver Times
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
THE HORSE SHOW.

The neS grand stand at Bangor. Me-,
will seat 1000 people.
Matt Laird gives Rubinstein acouple of
slow repeats each week.
The Canadians believe that the war be-
tween the United States and Spain will
boom their racing.
The noted English jockey, Charles
Wood, was born in 1854 and first appren-
ticed to Joseph Dawson.
The stock returns from New South
Wales show a decrease of $1,000 horses
caused by recent droughts.
g. w. Crawford, Newark, o., has ship
ped 1O7 head of the finest horses he could
find in Ohio and Indiana to France.
A purse of 81, 900 will be offered for the
2:20 trotters at the New Jersey state fair,
which will be held at Waverly park Sept
8 to 8.
Monbars, 2:1lA, who made Michigan
famous several years ago by his numerous
sales, is now doing stud duty at Mount
Bridges, Ont.
A spring stirrup for horseback riding,
which removes the jar as the horse strikes
the ground, has been invented by genius
in West Virginia.
The fastest mile of the season at Selma
Ala, was worked Saturday, April 80. by
Tommy Britton and The Abbott in 2:151s.
last half in l:0515
At Selma, Theodore Allen recently step
ped Palmyra Boy, 2:07A, mile in 2:f7
last eighth in 10 seconds Palmyra Boy
has not had IA hopple on this winter.
Only one standard bred horse has so fal
been taken TO South Edmunton, Alberta
Northwest Territories and that is Chic
Goodenough, by Roscoe, 2;30-Kate B. b,
Hailstorm, = Horseman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
A yirginian Country store.

A glance at the walls and the show
cases made it plain that one store was
enough for the village. writes Bradford
Torrey in The Atlantic. You had only
to ask for what you wanted-a shot
gun, revolver, a violin case, shovel,
a plug Of tobacco, pound of sugar. a
coffeepot, dress pattern, a ribbon, a
necktie, pair Of trousers, or what not.
The place was like beehive; Gus.
toners of both sexes and both colors 60
ing aud coming with ceaseless buzz of
gossip and bargaining, while the pro-
prietor and his clerks-two of them
smoking cigarettes bustled to and fro
behind the counters, improving the
shining hour One strapping young col
ored man standing near me inquired for
suspenders. and, on being shown them,
selected without hesitation (it is a good
customer who knows his own mind) a
brilliant yellow pair embroidered or
edged with equally brilliant red. And
having bought them at an outlay of IL
cents, he proceeded to the piazza, where
he took off his coat and put them on.
That was what he had bought them for.
His taste was impressionistio, thought.
He believed in the primary colors.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26

received her forgiveness, which, it may
be added, he abused by his subsequent
conduct, the profiigate Alfonso died,
leaving two daughters. In the May fol-
lowing Maria Christina gave birth to
son, the present boy king, Alfonso XIII.
Her strict attention to her motherly du-
ties and her ardent devotion to the in
terests of her adopted people further en-
deared her to them.
Her rule as queen regent has demon
strated that she is possessed of high
order of ability, and while she has usu-
ally deferred to the views Of the expert
enced statesmen who have composed her
various ministries she has never hesi-
tated to put her foot down firmly when
ever in her opinion the exigencies of
the case demanded determined atti-
tude.
One of the most striking tributes
ever accorded to woman fell to the lot
of Maria Christina when she was se-
lected as the arbitrator to settle the
boundary line dispute between Colon
bia, Ecuador and Peru in 1895. 1t is
said that not line of the testimony
was neglected by her, and her decision
was regarded as eminently just by the
leading diplomats of the world.
The secrets of a palace are not usually
sent out broadcast, but whether or not
it is true there is very general impress
sion III Spain, as elsewhere, that the
queen regent looks after the smallest
details of the care and education of her
royal son, and it is even hinted that she
is as strict disciplinarian as any moth
er among the laboring classes. Alfonso
XIII has his regular hours for study as
well as for play, and he is kept at his
work for as long a time each day as his
tutors think advisable, in view of the
fact that he has always been rather
delicate child.
One of the greatest annoyances with
which Maria Christina has had to con-
tend since she has been practically the
queen of Spain is the agitation of the
Carlists, who contend that their leader,
Don Carlos, is the rightful heir to the
Spanish throne. The methods of these
people have not always been of the most
honorable nature and no one would be
surprised if at any time, for some fam
oie,l dereliction of duty on the part of
ths present dynasty, the populace
should overthrow it and establish Don
Carlos as king. One fact which has
initiated against this contingency is
the lack of executive genius on the part
of the pretender While he is by no
means devoid of intelligence, he is at
best bat an ordinary man, and it is gen.
orally conceded that leader Of revo-
luton which has for its object the up
setting of one government and the es.
tablishment of another must be slightly
above the ordinary.
Cuba long ago ceased to be a source
of profit to Spain, for, no matter how
heavily the people of the unfortunate
island may have been taxed, it has been
impossible for the mother country to
squeeze enough out of them to reim-
burse her for the enormous expense at
tendant upon supIressing periodical re-
bellions, one Of which lasted for dec
ade and will go down in history as the
Ten Years. war. So. after all it is not
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26

SOLDIERS HOUSEWIFE AND MEDICINE BOOK.
personally ohastising the naughty don
can do lot more by staying at home
and keeping the brave boys at the front
supplied with things to make their lot
easier.
Women's societies on the alert for a
new idea might make up tiny book
of recipes for the use of the men. The
soldiers will have to prepare their own
food and most of them are supplied with
a large and comprehensive ignorance
about every thing relating to the culinary
art. The defenders of their country will
be grateful to the good woman who en-
lightens him as to whether the potato
or coffee or rice is dropped into hot or
suggest that the potatoes, and rice, ETC.,
are washed before using. A list Of the
rations to be supplied the soldiers by
the government has been published.
Reference to this will suggest the sort
of recipes needed by the detected man
who sadly thinks how good would taste
even those first adamantine biscuits
which his wife made during the honey
moon.
Housewives, containing needles, pins,
thread, darning cotton, scissors, a tooth
brush, small mirror and combs, fine and
coarse are always useful; SO are small
muslin bags, made to hold the rations
of tea, coffee, sugar, rice or meal.
Although every corps has its special
surgeon, it is just as we'll for soldiers TO
be able to take care of small scratches
or wounds in case the surgeon is too
busy to give them attention. A wallet
may be fitted up like a physician S
emergency medical case with small fiat
bottles, held in place by straps sewed or
pasted across the bottles. 1t may contain
strip of adhesive plaster. This is real
ly the most important article of any list
because it may be used to close the lips
of wound and keep back a weakening
flow of blood till the surgeon can be
found. Another useful thing is small
bottle of some sort of antiseptic. say BIZ
chloride of mercury made up into tab
lets, 100 in bottle. One of these tab
let's dissolved in glass of water makes
an excellent wash for wound.
If bandages are included, they
should be made of light gauze-cheese-
cloth-messuring about two inches wide
and four yards long. Qninine pills
should be added to break up colds and
malaria. A box of phenacetine tablets
should be included without fail, as phe-
nacetine has been found to be one of the
most effective, convenient aud harmless
pain relievers going. A bottle of iodine
for aches would complete really val
liable collection.
An immense quantity of linen band
ages will be needed, and any one hav-
ing clean linen cloths-the older the
softer they are-should forward them
to the Red Gross headquarters in Wash
ington.
In preparing fruit to send to the sick
the character of the climate should be
remembered. The greatest suffering
will be from fever, and the fruit should
be put up as nearly in its natural state
and with as little sugar as possible.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
SHE RULES IN SPAIN.
SOMETHING ABOUT MARA CHRIS
TINA, THE QUEEN REGENT.

The Mother of the Boy King Not Spanish
by Birth, but Austrian, and One of the
Naughty Hapsburgs-Her Sorrow Cloud
ed Career.
copyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
A woman who has recently been very
much in the public eye by reason of her
strenuous efforts toward peace long aft
or nearly every one else had come to the
conclusion that it was an impossibility
is Maria Christina, the queen regent of
Spain Her peremptory thrusting aside
of the ministry for the time being that
she might do whatever was still possi-
BILE to avert an armed conflict with the
United States surprised the rulers Of
other nations, while old diplomats, in
ured to the devious methods of their
calling, fairly stood aghast at the frank
ness with which the queen regent an
nounced her hopes and purposes.
Those, however, who have closely
followed the career of this woman were
not at all startled, for she is really
worthy to be considered a queen in the
best sense of the term. She is one of the
Hapsburgs Of Austria, and her conduct
during the years of her late husbands
reign on the Spanish throne was SO ad-
mirable that the entering wedge was
driven into the affections of the Spanish
people, who now idolize her instead of
referring to her contemptuously as
THAT Austrian woman, y as they used
to do when she first went to Madrid
Maria Christina was born in 1853
Her father was Arohduke Charles of
Austria. She became in her young
womanhood the second wife of Alfonso
XII, king of Spain, who was about as
prof1igate an individual as can be imag-
ined. To state the case mildly, he was at
least the equal in all that savored of
unworthiness of his delectabIe grandfa-
ther, Ferdinand VII. the man who en-
joyed the distinction Of having repealed
the Salique law because his only child
was a girl and would otherwise have
been debarred from succession to the
throne
Alfonso had of course assumed, after
the manner of Spanish monarchs, that,
no matter how disgraceful might be his
conduct, his spouse would overlook it,
for the peccadillos of a monarch are
not to be taken seriously by those who
are intended simply to be the mothers
of future rulers. But Maria Christina
was possessed of the old homely idea
that her husband was her husband, even
though he were king thousand times,
and she was not willing that her fair
name should be dragged in the dust and
she herself made the laughing stock Of
the Spanish people by any one. Up to
this time she had been cordially hated
by the populace, but when she took the
firm stand that Alfonso must behave
himself and that if he did not she
would leave him and return to the Aus
trian court public sentiment shifted in
her favor.
In November, 1885, after having
made an abject apology to his wife and
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26

A correspondent writes: Away in the
southwest of Scotland somewhere there
lives, moves and has her being little
girl named Mona MacBean. On the first
day of March Mona was late in arriv-
ing at school and detailed off to write
her name so times When the task was
completed and presented to the teacher,
the latter was Mortified to find the name
written, page after page, sBoda Bak-
bade. !" "You naughty girl, that's not
the way to spell your name. Spell it
properly" The reply was an asbounder.
please, bah, I've dot cold. add cad
odly say Boda Bakbade. That girl
will live to be Pitmanite. - Glasgow
News.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
His Case Continued.

John Allinson. Muhlenberg lawyer,
Is wag of whom the MadisonyiIIe
tKy.) Hustler tells story illustrative
of the fact that even in the presence Of
death the ruling passion asserts itself.
He became i'll at his home in Green
vile with what was supposed to be
heart diseaBe, and physician was hastily
summoned. When he arrived. John
was gasping for breath, and his friends
expected him to die at any minute.
When the doctor asked him what was
the matter, he coolly replied, "Doo
have an intimation that my case is
about to be called, and if possible I
want to get continuance
The doctor went to work and, con-
trary to everybody's expectation. did
get John a continuance, and he is still
practicing law in Greenville.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-05-26
JEWELRY JOTTlNGS.

Buckles for waist bands are made in
gun metal. set with jewels.
"A oolied serpent with diamond in its
mouth furnishes the unique design of a
small brooch.
The old style stiff, round bracelet with
snap fastener and ends connected with a
slender chain is among the new est repro
ductions
The flag In gold and colored enamels IL
in evidence in an increasing number of ar
tioles. 1t forms stickpins and brooches and
depends from bracelets and ornaments,
belts and hatbands
Old modes and the styles of the sixties
are reappearinH Especially are jewelers.
reproducing the bracelets and brooches Of
our grandmothers' days Tho possessor of
heirlooms can wear them with the proud
consciousness that the latest things out
are patterned after them. Jewelers' Cir
nrsAul