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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
WOULD THEY 90 IT NOW7

A Remarkable Instance Of Spanish
Chivairy In the War with England.
The following story Of Spanish chiv.
airy differs very widely from that Of
any act that Spain has performed in
the present war:
In 1913 when England was engaged
u var with Spain Capt. Edwards, Of
the Elizabeth, Of London, coming
through the gulf from jamaica richly
laden. met with a violent storm. The
ship sprang leak that obliged 1t to run
into the port Of Havana The captain
went on shore and waited on the Gov.
ernor and told him OF the occasion Of
his putting In. adding that he surren-
dered the ship rs prize. as well as
himself and crew Us prisoners Of war,
only requesting good quarters. mo.
SIR" replied the Governor; III we had
taken you In fair sen or approaching
our own coast with hostile Intentions.
your ship would then be lawful prize
and your people prisoners, but when,
distressed by the hand Of Providence.
you come to our port for safety Of your
lives. We, being men. though enemies.
are bound by the laws Of humanity TO
AFFORD relief to the distressed who 0sk
II Of US. We cannot, even against our
foes, take advantage Of the act of God.
You have leave, therefore, to unload
your ship, II that be necessary to stop
the leak. You may tit her here, and
traffic SO far besides rs shall be needful
to pay the charges. When repaired you
may depart. will give you pass, to
10 In force till beyond Bermuda. II
after that you are taken, then you will
be u lawful prize, whereas now, US you
are only a stranger, you have q
strangers right TO safety and protec'
ton"
Here was fairness. The ship depart
ed and arrived without any further nc
cident in the port Of London.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
A HISTORIC HORN.
suMr,oned Slaves to Labor AID IRE
su9cd the Death of Revenues"


There is an old battered tin horn in
the possession of an ancient colorcd
man at Dalton. Ga. around which are
associated memories Of many deeds of
violence.
In antc-hellum days the horn was the
property of Col. ben" Loughridgc. Il
wealthy planter of Murray County. 1t
was originally used to summon his
many slaves to work and to meals. and
its welcome note at sunset was the
signal for them to rest from the days
labors.
After the war the horn became sep
uratcd from the Ioughrilge family.
and from that time until few months
ago was the period of its stirring his
tory. Murray County has for years
been a stronghold of the "mocn-
sinners" Time after time the revenue
officers made desperate raids on the
Illicit distilleries killing and being
killed. yet never entirely subduing the
stubborn inouutainecrs. The mellow
note of the old tin horn would always
warn the whisky rebels of the approa I'll
of their enemies. ana many good
mans death has 1t prosagcd.
The mOonshincrs would station q
lusty.lungcd sentinel on some promin.
ent mountain rock which commanded
view of the valley below. and the
slightest suspicious symptom in tn,
lower deiilCs was sufficient to send the
bass echoes of the old horn flying. and
the moonshiners themselves scurryiug
TO their improvisSd fortrcsses. armed
TO the teeth and ready TO take AMI risk
life for what they considered THEFT
rights and in the defense of thcii
hearthstones. To the revenues IL al
ways bore the dismal information that
from the next crag or branble they
might expect Staying volley from
their hidden foes.
The venerable horn IL q special re-
minder of a notorious gang which ter
rorized the country up to within q
year ago. II was used TO rally the
forces of this gang and was often the
preface 10 a bloody conflict between
them and the laws representatives.
When the gang was finally disposed
Of the horn passed into the possession
Of old Uncle" Isaac. u typical "befo
de war" negro. and the old man Otter
brings II out and recounts its interest
ing history. Baltimore Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
FELL FROM HEAVEN.
Miss Mildred Nevins Has an EStfaos
dinnfS Exncriencc.

Miss Mildred Nevins Has an Extsaos.
binary Experience.
Miss Mildred Nevins fell 1900 feet
tangled in the wreckagc of an exploded
balloon. She was not killed. She was
not even rendered unconscious. No
other woman ever fell from such q
height and lived to tell her sensations.
1t is not likely that any other woman
ever will duplicate her experience.
Miss Nevins has lived all her life in
South st. Louis, Mo. She read an nd.
vcrtisement for young lady to make
balloon ascensions and parachute leaps.
She answered It. Everything was ar.
ranged, and she was to make ascents
with Aeronaut Cowan, and descend
hanging to parachute. One Sunday
the accident occurred which tried and
proved her nerve as the nerve Of no
woman was ever tried and proved be.
fore. With the expectation Of going up
10000 feet the big so foot hot air balloon
was overcharged. When It was releas.
ed 1t shot UP rs II discharged from a
huge mortar. Almost in a twinkling
1t was up 1000 feet.
Miss Nevins told the story as she lay
on her back on cot In the dressing.
room of the Electric Park pavilion.
1--WE were sailing toward the sky. I
had just looked down Mt the great crowd
Of people in the park and waved my
hand at them. and had turned my head
for look across the American bottom
toward st. Louis, when felt severe
5aroccasionedb by the sudden slnckenlng
Of the balloons fight. I could feel that
we were descending. There was rusf,
Of air upwards as we began to shoot
downward.
"'She has exploded! shouted the pro.
fessor. Cut.
"1looked for my 'cut.away' rope which
had been hanging within easy reach Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
STRENGTH OF SPANS ARMY.
Recruited by Conscription, Every Man
OF Twenty Being Liable TO Service.

Conscriptlon Is enforced In Spain.
Every Spaniard Is liable TO he called
10 military service on attaining 20
years Of age. About 100000 men come
within the provisions of the laws which
govern the system of universal service
annually. This number does not in
clude the proportion of the population
physically or medically UNFIT to serve
In the army or navy. nor yet those en-
gagged lin tho few professions or pur-
suits In which special exemptions are
made In favor OF those following them.
The ordinary requirements Of the cOun.
try are not such rs to necessltate that
the whole of these 100000 men should
take their places In the ranks. For
some time the number which has actu.
ally been drawn has averaged between
$4,000 and 100000 annually.
Volunteer service In the Spanish
army Is accepted ut IS years OF age,
but the number Of young men, exccp;
those who have been trained for the
commissioned ranks, who choose she mil
!tary profession rs calling Is remark.
ably small. In addition to the standing
army there Is a reserve. 1t Is OF two
grades. the active and inactive, or sed
enfary. A man serves three years In
the standing army. He Is then passed
on to the active reserve list, on which
he remains for three more years. This
active reserve Is occasionally called out
for training, and would be the first tc
be required to rejoin the standing army
on the forces being mNbll!zed. The Ars'
reserve was called out last year fol
maneuvers.
The latest returns show that tho
peace strength Of the army Is 1?S,1o3
This number includes about $4,000 mel
who are employed as gendarmerie ant
In the customs service. The war strength
OF the army Is 1s3,073, but this total b!
no means eXhausts the resources O.
the country, which II Is calculated, mr.
possible Of producing close on 1,OOO.O0'
men capable Of bearing arms.--LOndOl
Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
THE NERO OF e. CANev.
Gen. Chafrce, Who Led Our Forces In
That Bioody Cuban Battle.

One of the bravest men Of the Ameri.
can army is Gen. Adna II. Chaffee. who
has been called 'the hero of III Caney."
For gallant conduct in the battle Of
July he was promoted to major gen
eral. He commanded brigade consist
ing of the Seventeenth. Seventh and
Twelfth Infantry. which opened this
fight and bore the brunt of it. and to
his brilliant leadership the signal vic.
tory won that day was chiefly due. His
force moved on the heights very early
In the morning. encountering q heavy
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
Iioht in the Eark Continent

The lamp mostly used IN Africa Is
a simple cOntrlyance. In a cOcOanut
shell filed with palm oil, a bit Of rag
Is placed 10 serve as wick. and this
gives all the light that the natives re.
qulre.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
Palace OF Versailles.

The palace Of Versailles in Paris is
supposed TO be the costliest ever built.
1t is said thar Louis XVI., TO prevent
the vast sums which he spent upon
this wonderful palace being known,
threw all the documents relating to II
Ia the fire.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
The Oldest OF All Cities.

Though Rome Is called THE Eternal
City" the name by right belongs to the
city Of Damascus in Syria, which Is the
Oldest city in the world. As long as
man has written records the city OF
Damascus has been known.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
Swiss Farm FrOducts,

Switzerlands agricultural products
nre valued at about Sl0i,OoO000 year,
This constitutes about 20 per cent. OF
what Is consumed In the country.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
The Shield Kite,

Make the frame Of four sticks, two
straight cross sticks and two bent side
sticks, cover It with red, white and blue
tissue paper, says the New York Her.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

How the People Haul Firewood Over
Snow and Ice.
All Observation-Disclosures being born sail.
ors, they think that when they are on
shore they should make use of the
same appliances as they have for the
sen, and very often the result IL both
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27
Japanese Cooking.

Japanese Cooking.
In japanese cooking fingers are never
used In the preparation OF food. Chop
sticks, spoons, and score Of other in
geniOus little utensils in white wood
do the work, which Is of the most elab-
crate nature, many of the dishes re-
quiring twenty-four hours for their
preparation.
There are too many people who use
their friends as coaling stations.
A woman's idea of G glorious death
y TO leave her money to Q church.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27

curious and striking, as in this picture,
One will observe that dogs are sup.
posed to assist in pulling the bundles OF
logs, but there can be no doubt that the
force of the wind alone Is enough to
urge along the curious sledges on which
the logs are loaded.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-27

Music should be pretty well inform.
ed, considering the number OF music
teachers we lave.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
To the Editor Of The Times:
The PnttIc Cry of Spain

(from the New York IribuneD
Santiago is the battle cry of Spain. and
the reason thereof is a curious one and
illustrates to a marked degree the super
stitious character of the people of that
country.
St. James the Greater. a Spanish legend
says. went into a boat after his decapi-
tulation and set off for Spain. On his
way he passed by BonZas. in Portugal,
where the wedding of mobiles daughter
was in progress. One Of the amusements
on the occasion was throwing the cane"
which took place on the seashore, and az
the bridegroom was going to take part.
To the CONSERVATION of the party his
horse suddenly plunged into the sea, only
emerging above the waves when he
reached the boat OF St James. While the
affrighted watchers were looking on the
animal again disappeared. but landed af
terward. with its rider. and both covered
with scallop shells. The man said that
St. James promised him that he would
take good care of any pilgrims who
should visit his future shrine and wear
a stallop shell in token of having been
true to him. He gave explicit directions
how 10 find him and where his boat
would sail TO. and then set off. Within
a few miles of Santiago he lay down on
a stone. which enveloped him like cloak.
and eight hundred years later the body
was discovered by hermit and removed
to Santiago.
A pilgrimage to this shrine was an in
dispenSable i'm the Middle Ages To many
people as the journeys to Mecca now are
to Mohametans, and no fewer than TWEEN
ty-four hundred licenses to visit Santiago
were granted to Englishmen in 1884. Papal
encyclicals excommunicated those who
dared to sell scallop shells to pilgrims
except at Santiago.
St James has helped the Spaniar1s in
battle. they say. on thirty-eight different
occasions, and at one time he killed sixty
thousand Moors. And this is the reason
Santiago is their battle cry.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Young Men for War.

tFrom the Chicago Times Herald.l
We shall have a new roll of honor
when the war is done.
No man in 1861. being advised of a
4-year war, could have named a single
one of that group we now revere as
military heroes. Was there any reason
then for fOrecasting the success of Grant
or of Sherman. or of Sheridan. or of
Logan? The first three were graduates
of our military training school at West
Point. but both Grant and Sherman had
quilted the Army. and Sheridan was but
a lieutenant when the war broke out. and
had certainly given no reason for the
suspicion that he carried letters in his
pocket addressed to posterity'
There was Scott-the great Winfield
Scott-.whO. though more than the aIlot-
ted three score years and ten, was the
reliance of thousands when the day OF
conflict came. Yet he knew it was a day
for new men. and he stepped aside when
problems he could not solve were pre-
sented. Many clamored for Fremont. but
it was not his arm which wrested victory
from defeat. There was Butler, older
than Grant or Sherman-a general in the
Mexican war when they were unim-
portant lieutenants. But Butler was
bottled up" by the enemy and proved
hopelessly inadequate.
Meade and Thomas and Hancock had
all served in Mexico in rank superior to
the four great names. Logan had not
even a West Point training. Ii was only
after President Lincoln had made trial
after trial that the men for the occasion
were found 1t was only after occasion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
IN En~N Mnrk.

(Fr0m the Detroit Free PreSsl
20. he's too easy" said a Detroit hotel
clerk as he read how a member OF the
craft had been taken in at Cincinnati.
Then he read the story aloud 20 several
guests, frequently stopping TO give his
opinion of so soft a mark The facts Of
the case. as reported. We're that the clerk
had been called upon by a young man
stopping at the Cincinnati hotel for the
loan Of an Overcoat He had left his own
10 have the collar repaired. the tailor had
not sent it as promised and he must go
after il. so as to leave on the next train
1t was too cold to venture out without
the overcOat.
And the chump let him have it," COM
mented the clerk, as he laid the paper
aside. IF there is any class of people
on earth that should be on to these graft
ers. it is the hotel clerk. This Cincinnati
chap must have been new and raw. I'd
like to see myself giving away new over
coats. What are YOU laughing at?'
This query was addressed to a hand
some young guest with whom the clerk
had enjoyed several Sittings and a few
games of billiards.
Laughing at my luck and the funny
coincidence" Here he produced a note
under the letter-head of a local tailoring
house. THE circumstances are Identical
I left my coat there; IL is not back on
time; I'm going after it; it's cold outside
and I was just going to ask for your
coat for few minutes. But it's no use.
I'll take a running chance on pneumonia
mo you won't. This is a different case.
Here's the coat and she's a hummer
He took il and he has had two weeks in
which to hurry over to the tailOr's and
back. When anyone says in the pres
ence of the clerk, isn't he easy" he -
Iently leads the way to the annex.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
TWO GRAND DIVISIONS.
General Miles VIII Command One
and General Merritt the other.

and GeRerul herrftt the otner.
Gen. Miles will leave Washington to-
morrow The first important landing on
Cuban soil will be made early next week.
The attack is planned for two grand di-
visions. Gen. Merritt will be in command
of the first Of these columns, notwith-
standing reports to the contrary. With
the second column Gen. Miles will go.
He cannot lead the first, because he u
in command of the entire Army, much
of which will be unorganized when the
first column lands. Before he goes to
Cuba he will inspect the four important
military stations-Chickamaug New
Orleans, Mobile and Tampa Bay. The
embarkation will be made from the last
named point because Of the scarcity OF
good water at Key West.
The new service uniform has been Sc
lected. 1t is Of a material resembling
canvas, but waterproof and Of cotton. The
hats were decided on this morning. They
resemble the old service hats. but are
much lighter and have an aigrette and
rosette on the turned-up side, differing
in color with the branch Of the service
in which they are now worn.
Gen. Frank Armstrong. second in COM
mand Of Forests famous cavalry. ten
dered his services to the Government to-
DAY and doubtless viii be given an i'm
portant command.
The fifty miles of barbed wire purchas-
ed Yesterday is intended to be used in
the construction of barbed-wire entangle-
rnents. a method of deiense used about
encampments by the British army in the
Afridis campaign.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
A PRIZE COMMISSION.
Naval Board 60 Judge of the Merits
of Captures.

A prize commission is being formed at
Key West. Fla. to judge as to the mer-
its of cases in which Spanish vessels
have been captured by cruisers of Rear
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet.
Commander }. h. Winn. retired. was ap-
poin-ed a member of the commission i'm
another large naval order issued today
Many other retired officers are rein
stated TO perform active duty by the or
der which is as follows:
Commander J. X Winn. retired prize
commissioner. Key West. Fla.
Ensign s T. Pollock, detached from
Naval Academy and sent TO the New
York.
Assistant Engineer T. ID. Parker, to
the Puritan.
Paymaster J. O. Lowell. detached from
the Yosemite and sent to the Solace
Ensign J. r Edie detached from the
New York and sent Immediately to the
Gushing.
Lieut.. F. II. sherman. detached, with
and to command the Passaic.
Surgeon T. c. Craig. retired member
AMI recorder OF board of examiners.
Brooklyn.
Lieut. H. F. Reich. retired, to office of
Judge advocate general.
Assistant Surgeon J. g. Fields retired,
to Naval Home. Philadelphia.
Lieut.. r. NJ Little. retired, to naval
home. Philadelphia.
Commander T. A Lyons. retired. to
Bureau of Equipment Navy Department.
Surg. T. Leach, detached, as member
and recorder, board of medical examiners.
New York. and continue duties at hos
pital, New York.
Acting Assistant Surgeon r. Il. Han
cock, to the Navy Hospital. Philadelphia.
Passed Assistant Surgeon 7. ID. Myers.
retired. To- marine recruiting rendezvous,
Philadelphia.
Surg. d. .. Lewis detached marine re-
cruiting rendezvous. Philadelphia, and To
duty as member of board of medical eN-
aminers.
Surg. II. L. Law, retired, to the Wa
bash.
Lieut.. Commander d. c. Woodrow, re-
tired. to temporary duty. in charge of
Fourteenth district lighthouse.
Lieut.. w NJ. Little, retired, executive
officer of the Constitution.
Medical Director d. Bloodgood, retired,
to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Lieut.. Commander r. NJ. q. Brown
retired. to navy, yard. Norfolk. Va.
Lieut.. c. NJ. McCarteney. retired. to
Photographic office.
Assistant Engineer w. IL. P. Creigh-
ton. retired. to duty with tug Mary Whit
tick
Commander J. c. Morong, retired. in
spectOr i'm charge of Thirteenth Light
house District.
Commander J. j. Brice, retired. to
Mare Island, Cal, navy yard.
Lieut.. J. {. Burnet, retired, to naval
recruiting rendezvous, San Francisco.
Lieut.. ID. L. Wilson, retired. to Navy
Yard, Washington. ID. c.
Mate Philip l.. CosgroVe, appointed.
Mate John Peterson appointed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Canada Won't Insult Is.

(FrUm the Toronto News.l
Senor Polo. the Spanish ambassador at
Washington. will be courteously treated
in this city but he will not be given a
public reception, as proposed by an even
ing paper. unless majority of the city
council are lunatics. Such an incident
would indicate to the world a measure
of Canadian sympathy for Spain that
does not exist. and would be tantamOunt
TO Offering a gratuitous insult To the
people over the border who, with all
their faults. are infinitely superior to
the Spanards. II is hardly possible
that the idea OF a public reception To
Senior Polo is entertained in the mind
of any responsible person, but if it is,
the sooner the idea is abandoned the bet
ter. French Canada may pray for sue
cess for the Spanish arms. but the pro-
gressiye portion of this Dominion would
grieve deeply over reverses to the cause
of the Americans.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
shields for the rapid-frs guns and four

shields for the rapid-f1re guns and four
search lights.
Among those who Joined this auxiliary
cruiser were many of the stewards. who
are Englismen. They will receive liberal
wages and bonus of so per cent for good
behavior. The youngest recruit who has
vet entered the service of the United
States is Charles Meill fifteen years old.
a cabin boy on the Harvard. He loks
scarcely more than ten years old. He
says that he has no fear of Spain and is
glad TO serve the United States.
Then there was the barber, an Italian,
who came aboard in a long frock coat.
His mustaches were well waXed and his
hair rose from his head i'm luxurient curls.
He was enlisted at the princely salary of
. cents a month with contingent fees.
He said that he had earned two months
salary before the Harvard departed.
Gang planks were taken in at O'Clock.
The navy yard tug Narkeeta came along
side, and several packages of nautical
instruments were hoisted on board. A
fireman who had tarried too long over the
ale which is mixed, was hauled down
the pier and hauled on board by strong
armed marines.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-27
Spaniards in Ne
ans.

(From the New Orleans Tn4.c. DernOcrat.)
We do not for moment expect the
Spaniards still resident here to give up
their sympathies with their country in
the present strUggIe-they would not be
desirable citizens OF this or any other
country if they did so; but we are sure
of this much. that. If they behave them
selves as quiet citizens. taking no part
whether by word or deed in any demon
strations of national partisanship. and
refraining from all offensive displays of
sympathy with Spain or antipathy to the
United States during the progress Of the
struggle. they will not only have full
protection for their persons and their
property in New Orleans. but they viii
live unmolested among US.
But il stands to reason that the mat
ter will lie greatly in their own hands.
They are sure TO hear many things that
will be CALLING to them. and attempts
may even be made to draw them into
controversy with a view to inducing
them to give unguarded expression to
sentiments of offensive natiOnalism.
Absolute self-controI under all such cir
cumstances should be their strict rule OF
conduct