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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
The Most Formidable Fleet OF Fast
Fighters Ever Gotten Together.

Fort Monroe. Va. April 3.-Commo-
dore w. $. Schley will tomorrow notify
the authorities at Washington that
with the arrival of the Texas he will
be ready to move at an hours notice.
The NEST formidable squadron of fast
fighters ever gotten together IS com
pletc, with the exception of the Texas.
The cruiser Minneapolis began ut noon
to-day to change her coat, and the
painting will be finished by tomorrow
afternoon. Her hunkerS are filled With
coal. and like the other vessels of the
tlect she rs fully ammunitioned. Com
modorr Schley expects the battleshlp
Texas within the next Is hours. Des-
pite the enforcement of the Sunday oh
Servance law iii Newport News. which
has had the effect Of stopping work On
the battleshiI> kcarsargc and Ken
lucky. the divers. three i'll number. con
tinued work on the bottom Of the battle
ship Massachusetts to-day. and made
such progress that Captain Higginson
believes they will be able to finish UN
nightfall tomorrow.
The work OF the Brooklyn has been
fully completed, and her eight-inch tur-
ret guns will now throw n much greater
distance. The Columbia has finished
"'''i "iit tc'IAIiS liz - IL Slitilttl'i
condition. Commodore Sciley under
stands that the Texas is thoroughly
completed i'll improvements. is painted
the prevailing lead color. and will be
ready for sea as soon as she arrives
here. Varying as are the opinions as t0
IS aseemblagc of fighting boats. it i
generally admitted by naval and army
men here that it is imposing.
In addition to the active naval prep
a%rationS here. Fort Monroe is being i'm
proved rapidly. The dynamos for the
bic electric scarchlight were completed
last night, and the light is now in opera
ton. The emplacements for the APT
ire and disappearing guns will be finish
cd TINS week, and this important point
will then be i'll somewhat modern CON
ditlon from a war standpoint. Commo-
dorc Schlcy probably will take The
Brooklyn out TO sea tomorrow to fry
her turret guns.
CADETS SENT TO SEA.
Washington, u. G.. April 3.-Th,
Navy Department has ordered ,,
cadets OF the first class. at Annapoljs.
to various warships. The class grad
yates tomorrow, although the term OF
graduation Is three months later. Tie
department. however. needed men 70,
the vessels Of the flying squadron and
for other ships. and these graduatin.
cadets were called upon. The assign.
ment of the Naval Academy gradu
ates is as follows:
L.. A. Cotton, to the Columbia: w. G.
Briggs, to the Vermont; f.. l.. Briggs
to the MINNEAPOLIS; NJ. H.. Brown. +:
the Texas; G.. Boone, to the New York
c. \. Abelo, to the BROOKLYN: w. l.
Conan, to the Brooklyn; j. Hilligan. Jr.
to the Brooklyn: j. L. Evans, to tn
Massachusetts: j. A. Hand. to tn,
Brooklyn: d. G.. Haurhan. to the Mir
neapolis; L. l.. Johnson, 20 the MasSa
cbusetts: L. S. Macy and X. n. Mar
bic. TO the BrooHyn; f. w. Mcintyre
to tho New York: G.. L. Nelson, to til
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
PRESIDENT PATRONS VIEW.
The Princeton Divine Asks That God
May Lay His Hand Upon the Fever
iSh Pulse of the Nation.

ish Pulse of the Nation.
Princeton. \. j., April 3.-President
Patton conducted the preliminary de-
vot;Onal exercises III the University
chapel service this morning. and adj
dressed the student body present as fol
lows:
I'VE must all feel that this is a day
Of u~nSpcakablc solcmnity. and as we
meet III the calm and quiet Of this beau
tiful Sabbath morning. we cannot help
thinking that il is perhaps the calm be
fore the storm. There Is a possibility.
indeed u probability, that our nation will
be involved in war. and | wish to say
10 You that war is not 4 thing to treat
lightly or in jest. War IS horrible. 1t
may be that the cause of humanity will
prove sufficient justification in the pres
ent instance, but a var undertaken by
this Christian nation at this period of
the worlds history for any but the best
Of reasons would be Il blot on our civil
cation.
There are, of course, wars which are
waged in obedience to the highest be-
heSts of humanity. and there is no douht
that there are Il great many who favor
war to-day under the influence of these
high motives. But on the other hand
there are Il great many who believe that
TIC resources of diplomacy have not We,
been exhausted. and that il is not vet
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05

Vile 81. Union Pacific 81. Northern
Tactic preferred ). -Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe adjustment 3A- Norfolk
and Western preferred 3a4. Northern
Pacific 214. Denver and Rio Grande pre-
ferred >. Atchison, Topeka II Santa
Re preferred IL, Illinois Central H.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas seconds
IL. Reading frsts III. Southern Rail
road preferred IL. Wabash preferred
H.. Wabash incomes IA. Grand Trunk
and Canadian Pacific also improved.
.Among the foreign securities the chief
interest was in the up and down move
ments of Spanish tours, which closed
III lower.
DORSET LOSES CHARTER.
Savannah, Ga. April 3.-Ihe British
steamship Dorset. Captain Souter. which
arrived at Tybee to-day. found that her
charter 10 load for Barcelona had been
cancelled on account Of the international
complications and She had been ordered
to Norfolk.
Size broke one Of her propeller blades
on her voyage over and she will prob
ably come up to the city to nave re-
pairs made.
In the meantime. if her charter time
expires for the Norfolk charter she will
more than likely re-charter TO load mere
for some other European port.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05

rect 70 Florida. ana will be commanaea
by Edward IL. Harrison. Il sraunI.o
rom the Naval Academy in 49, ny
chicago force consists of 4oo seq San
ors. 300 men from Moline, who are =,
mon. 100 from Quincy and 1oc from ~
ton. also river men. commanded by 1oi"-
mander Porter.
POPE WILL NOT MEDIATE
u,Sb;nr4on, u. c., April 3.-Assisi-
aut Secretary of State Day has author
led an official denial of the Statelh'il
IN the Pope i 70 mediate between
This country and Spain.
At the White House the diSpa'ch va
also promptly and emphaticaily denied
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
NAVAL MILITIA TO co.
The limos Force Has Been Ordered by
the President to Florida

Chicago. H.. April 3-The Secretary
of the Navy. by direction of the Pres
dent. has called upon Governor Tanner.
of Illinois. to have the Naval Militia
prepared for active service, and to have
discharged all men with families and
minors; to have their places filed bv
other men, and the force ready for i'm
mediate service.
Inc force will III all probability 20 u.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
AUTONOMISTS ASK PEACE
They Have Addressed Another >nna,l
10 the Insurgents Offering Better
Terms. 80

Washington. -. G., April 3.-rhc
spanlsn minister has received Il dispatch
ilonh havana stating that the autono-
, ,dis, car,let there has addressed an APP
an arlnlstice for the burmese Of .ru;,.;S
at terms Of peace. The full tow oe tLe
message could not he securod - 49,.
as rs translation was not ,,do 49,
legation. The Insurgents are on,a.iaI
10 on the ground that they are all On.
palls and should unite for peace and Jib.
- winch all want. The appeal Also
states that Spain is willing to eniaryc
IN present scope Of autonomy and will
;"e3eso such a plan to the Cortes. which
Is soon to meet. INV
ORDERED TO THE NaNcpovr
Erle' Ia, April 3.-Licutenant Com
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
HIS LIFE.

Kansas City. April 3.-Dr. 1haddeuS
EIt1hnch. Go years old. former poStnaS.
tor of Kansas City. Kansas. a cousin ~
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee, VINO
tonight with distinction i'll the Con1ed-
crate army. has III Il letter full OF pa
tr;otism proffered his services to Pres
dent Mckinney. expressing a wiling
ness. ii need be. to sacrifice his life III
support of the principles Of the hrmiy
united country.
DR. Fitzhugh was captain Of Com
many f. of the Fifth Regiment OF
Paine's brigade. of which his COUSIN
Fitzhugh Lee. was division commander
in the Confederate army.
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FLOTILLA TO COME TO CUBA.
Madrid, April 3-Sunday morning. via
Paris-The Spanish Cabinet has decided
that the torpedo fotilla is 10 remain at
the Cane De verde islands until further
orders. The "f1otilla Will be joined later
by Il squadron composed OF the afnlore'l
cruiser Emperor Charles v. of 9.23o
tons. the cruiser Alfonso NIL. Of o.odD
tons: the armOrel cruiser lnfanta Maria
Teresa. of 1000 tons. and the armored
cruiser Cristobal Colon, Of 6,S4O tons,
which will accompany the torpedo no
tilla TO Cuba.
1t has also been decided by the GOV
ernment to send the arI1ored cruisers
Nizcaya and Almirante Oquendo, both
OF 1000 tons. back to Havana. 1hey
will receive orders to this effect as soon
rs they sight Porto Rico.
FUNDS FOR SPANISH FLEET.
\ national subscription to strength
en- the Spanish feet will be organized by
a roval decree; but the decree will not
be published before Il declaration Of war.
The Cabinet. which met at : O'Clock
last night. discussed the situation until
midnight. At the close of the confer
ence il was declared that 40 official
news had been received at that time
from Washington. But it was admitted
that the ministers We're filled with
gloomy impressions. One Cabinet nm
lister declared that he had received prl-
vate information confirming the extreme
gravity of the situation.
The Minister for War. Lieutenant
General Correa. submitted for the APP
prevail of the Cabinet. elaborate plans
for the organization of the military
forces of the kingdom.
The Minister for the Home Depart
ment. Don Ruiz V Capdepon, in an in
tcrview. declared that everything point
ed to war.
The Cabinet has examined propcsi-
lions for the ariling of merchant vessels
rs privatecrS: but. it has been decided
to await events before coming to any
decision on this subject.
Finally, Il telegram from the Spanish
Minister at Washington. Senior Polo Y
Bernabe WAS read at the Cabinet meet
Jug. in which Senior Bcrnabe said prcSi-
lent Mckinley viii be oyer-ruled by
Congress.
BRUSHING Up MONITORS.
Philadelphia, Pa. April 3.-Work on
the eight old monitors is being pushed
night and day at the league Island
Navy Yard. The Catskill and Nahant
have been taken out of dry dock. and the
Jason and Montauk were put III. Eff
teen inch shells and solid shot were put
OH board the CatSkill and Nahant to-
day. Officers Of the New York and
Massachusetts Naval reserves. who
have been ordered to the Navy Yard to
take charge of the monitors. arrived
here to-day and reported to Command
ant Casey.
The fine steam yacht Josephine. which
the government has purchased from L.
\. 4. Widener. of this city. arrived at
the Navy yard to-day from Wilmington,
Delaware. and will be Immediately
transformed into Il gunboat. The
Josephine is of $40 tons. 191 feet long,
Is feet beam and draws ID feet of water.
She was built in 1896.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05

that ii il necessary 10 'A'"
apP,,n,J 70 secure ali that can De re-
Inpabiy asked. | am sure that IT, | ann
sonapinr for you when | say mat Tue
Pres.dent of the United States ae9r man7
mo gratitude of the nation for ms in'i
- course III these negotiations. nc 10
horne himself with quiet dignity. anu -
!, lin Judgment and unSwerY-
pa. lire for peace are worthy of the
h;@best praise and have won Tor MN
- confidence Of all calm. peace-loFlhs
III soher-minded men. May God lay
b.. head upon the feverish pulse OF the
no1ion. May the governments OF ines
two nations not be driven 10 undertahe i
var that must not only threaten hanN-
,1,ptcv and revolution and poSeip,.
,vnrse calamity to Spain. but be costll
harond expression in the sacrlhce OF
I'D and treasure to the American
,..,Dtp
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
ELOTILLA TO COME TO CUBA.

of war breaking out between the United
States and Spain.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
\ DESPERATE DUEL
'ins Doctor and Leading Mcr-
'liaht OF Little Rock Wound One
Another, Perhaps Fatally.

Little Rock, Ark, April 3, das-
peI''e revolver duel occurred at HAYNES.
nrh. saturday night between DR., w.
W.. scott. Il prominent physician of that
town. ana John j. Hughes. ;, l.adinu
n',ehah'. scott entered Hughes store
II opened fire upon him. The latter
uie" HIS weapon and both ~combotonf~
sIhp'lcd Their REVIEWERS at each Other
oiVse range. When the shooting
sas ooth men were lying on the
aoJ 49, breeding from four wounds
and Hughes had bean ,.r,ai ~, s,o
bullets. Both men are sin aHvs h',+
'nelr recovery is doubtful The causr
OF the trouble is not dafnitnlr l,an.n
family affairs. 7io"n "
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05

coougns and colds quickly cured by
s US grease Imminent. Always guar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
TO-DAY'S WAR STORY.

CONTINUED from First Page
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NOT AMERICAN SHIPS

Washington. -. g. April 5-NavaI
o1lciais benz sho"E the ,!i,s;ratch from
hadf-i relatii" + three .s>>cls >i.ltcJ
soils by Po'to Rico. sly that tho Sp;n.
lsh S',ppos!'Ion that thcy were American
''sS'is Is er:"a"or:, for 10 American
vessels are in tliat vic.1;tv
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
LONDON MONEY E\CITED.

London, April 3-Moncy was wanted
on all sides during the past week and
the market consequently was very firm.
About 100000 pounds sterling were
borrowed from the Bank Of England.
The prospects now incline ito easier
conditions.
Prices on the Stock Exchange fiuc-
tuated widely. according to varying
S~panish-Acmrican war news. The set
Element was t&Ied over more easily
than expected. There were no dcfalca-
tons. ConsolS and colonial securities
dropped and the English railroads rose
in price. The chief feature, however.
was the speculative activity of the
American market. The boom Of the
early part of the week reached high
W. ter mark on Wednesday, since when
the quotations have receded though they
still stand considerably above those of
the previous week. The chief increases
were New York Central AZ, Union Pa
| cific preferred 1, Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul 81. Louisville and Nash
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
WORK on FORTIFICATIONS

Portsmouth, y. H., April 3.-Work
has been esuned on the ratification.
ana the elght-inch guns at Fort Consti-
luton VIII be ready for service tits
week. \ large number of signal Ian
terms were hurriedly shipped from tho
navy yard TO New York last week. and
the work Of preparing mines and torpe-
does for the harbor is being pushed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-05
CIPHER TO WOODFORD

Madrid. April 3-United States Min
lister Woodford has received from Wash
lliStpn Il dispatch Of eleven pages in
clpher. but its contents are unknown.
ne asserted It was not Il reply TO
SPAIN last note, but related to other
matters.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-09

Many readers may be surprised to
learn that large areas of land in the
southern states that formally seemed
to be unified for vegetation have, with
in the past ten years. been covered with
an abundance of grasses, which now
give support to herds of sheep. cattle
and swine. These grasses have been de-
veloped by the department of agricuI-,
ture. which has a grass farm at Knox
vile. Tenn, where more than $50 kinds
of grasses are being cultivat ed for the
benefit of farmers. 10 whom they have
been heretofore unknown. Some of
these grasses come from abroad. but a
large number have been obtained from
the prairies OF the west and the Rocky
mountain regions. Cattle raising and
farming in the south have been greatly
advanced by this cultiva ton and intro
duction of new grasses.-Youth's Com.
panion.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are over 5000 known language.
and dialects.
The skeleton OF a man was unearthed
recently near Eiwood. Ind. with an
Indian arrow imbeded in the jawbone
The japanese address letters the re-
verse of what we do. writing the coun-
try first. the state or province next
then the city, the street number and
the name last of all.
Statistics Of Ohio show among other
things an unsatisfactory condition Of
martial affairs. During the past year
more than 1000 applications for'divorcs
we're fled in the state.
Artificial flowers were unknown to
the ancient civilized nations of Europe
They are FIRST mentioned in Italy in tho
fourteenth century, but in China they
were known at an earlier date.
The Persians in $40 B. c. invented'a
transparent glass varnish. which they
laid over sculptured rocks to prevent
them from .weathering. The coating
has lasted to our day. while the rocks
beneath are honeycombed. q
The nicknames Of some of the news
states are: South Dakota. Swing Cat
state; Washington, Chinook state;
North Dakota, Flicker-tail state: Mon.
tana. Stub-toe state; Nebraska. Black:
water state; Nevada, Silver state. $
A child who wandered away from
Burns Valley. Pa, was lost in the noun,
tains. When found she was in the midst
of wild animals and among rattle
snakes. but she declared they had made:
no attack upon her and that she had
subsisted among them by eating wild
berries. The hunting party that found
her killed IL rattlers near the rock
where she was discovered. .
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Argentine Locu.t An.,ao,..

1t is reported from Argentine that
little insect, called there the champi.
will probably extinguish the locusts.
as they devour the eggs of the latter
and multiply rapidly pm such food.
Several artificial. as we'll as natural,
destroyers of the Argentine focusts
have been reported. but usually nature
provides something that reduces the
excessive increase of such pests or de-
stroys them.-Chicago Chronicle.
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LAUGHING IS DANGEROUS.
clans That 1t May Bring on
Heart Disease.

The ancients were fond of insisting
that laughter might kill. They always
had case in point, and in this instanse
Philemon. the comic poet, was the hero
or rather the patient-according to
Valerius Maximus and Lucian. 4M
1t is Rabelais, however, who has i'm
mortalized Philemon. whom he wrong
ly calls Philomenes. The poet, he says.
found jackass eating up the figs ON
his dinner table, 30 he said to his sery-
ant who came in with the wine thut he
might as well give the ass drink.
Then the poet laughed SO violently that
his breath failed him and he died, II
must be added that the poet was then
IS years old. 20
From this suspicious though amusing.
legend we can pass to clinical facts
which it suggests. Laughter in Itself
cannot very well kill, but it may do
harm. Hysterical girls and boys with,
kindred nervous affections are often
given to immoderate laughter which
tends to increase nervous exhaustion.
DR.. Feilchenfeldr relates All instructive
case in which a little girl suffered from
very definite cardiac symptoms after
immoderate laughter. The patient was
13 years old and had previously been
free from any sign of heart disease.
After laughing on and off for nearly
an hour with some companions she
suddenly felt stabbing pains in the
chest and was seized with fits of cough.
ing. followed by cardiac dyspnoea, very
well marked.
Feilchenfeld believes that the car
diac disease directly resulted from i'm.
moderate laughing. LA joie fat peur"
they say in France. Let laughter-Iov.
ing girlhood remember that ioy NAV
also make heart disease. Older per.
sons do not seem subject to this form
of cardiac affection.-British Medical
Journal.
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Uncle Allen.

1T seems strange" unused Uncle Al
len Sparks. that in the region out west
where the people are suffering for rain
it doesn't occur to some one to take the
shingles off the roof of his house pre-
paratory to putting on a hew roof. IN
an experience of something over so
years / have never known it to fai."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-12-09

The arbitral tribunal appointed under the
treaty OF February, 1897. between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela to determine the bound airy
line between the latter and the colony of Brit
iSh Guiana Is to convene at Paris dur
ing the present month It is source
of much qualification to this government
to see the friendly. resort Of ar filtration
applied to the settlement OF this controversy.
not alone because Of the earnest part we have
had In bringing about the result. but also be-
cause the two members named on behalf Of
Venezuela. Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller and Mr.
Justice Brewer. chosen from our highest court
appropriately testify the continuing interest
we feel in the deflnitive adjustment of the
question according to the strictest rule of JUS
tice.
Naval Secretary's Recon- m enda tions Urged.
The following recommendations Of the secre-
tary Of the navy relative to the increase of the
navy have my earnest approval:
l. Three sea-going. sheathed and coppered
battleships Of about 1875 tons trial displace-
ment carrying the heaviest armor and most
powerful ordnance for vessels of their class
and to have the highest practicable speed and
great radius Of action. Estimated. cost, ex-
elusive OF armor and armament $500 600 each
Three sheated and coppcred armored cruis-
ers Of about Il. 600 tons trial dsplacement carry
ing the heaviest armor and most powerful
ordnance for vessels of their GLASS ard to have
the highest practicable speed and great radius
of action Estimated cost, exclusive of armor
and armament. $4,000 each
Three sheated and coppered protected
cruisers Of about 6 600 tons trial displacement:
to have the highest practicable speed and great
radius OF action and to carry the most power
ful ordnance suitable for vessels Of their class
Estimated cost. exclusive of armor and arma-
ment ~ IL. 900 each
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fnal plans have been wrought out with con-
slant progress and d signal success even be-
yond anything their trainers could have FORE
SEEN The people of the country are Justly
proud Of the distinctive beauty and govern
ment Of the capital and Of the rare instruments
OF science and education which here find their
natural home
A movement lately inaugurated by the citi-
Gems to have the anniversary celebrated with
fitting ceremonies. including perhaps the es-
adjustment OF a handsome permanent me-
mortal to mark SO historical an occasion and to
give it more than local recognition has met
with general favor on the part Of the public
recommend to congress the granting of an
appropriation for this purpose and the ap-
pointment of q committee from its respective
bodies It might also be advisable to author
lie the president to appoint a committee from
the country at large. which, acting with the
congressional and District of Columbia COM
mittee. can complete the plans for an sppro-
pirate national celebration
1he Alien Contract Law.
The alien contract law Is shown by expert
ence to need some amendment measure pro-
viding better protection for seamen is pro-
posed: the rightful application of the eight
hour law for the benefit e labor and of the
principle of arbitration are Suggested for con-
sideration and commend these subjects to the
CAREFUL attention Of congress
Departmental Reporta
The several departmental reports will be laid
before you They give in great detail the con-
duct Of the affairs Of the government durinc
the past year ndttscuss many questions upon
which the congress may be called upon to act
(signed) WILLIAM MKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, December S. 1893