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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
WERE IN BAD SHAPE.
Cervera's Ships Covered with Sea
Weed and Barnacles When
at Cur3 Goa.

New York, May 3O.-Capt. E. S. Os-
Don returned from La Guayra, Venezuela,
On the royal Dutch mail steamer Prins
Frederik Hendrix. The vessel came by
way OF Curacao, Jacmel. Aux Cages and
Port au Prince.
The captain says he arrived off Cura-
Goa May Il. ''While about twenty miles
off Curacao we sighted a fleet which
bore down on us from the eastward.
Soon we made the strangers out to be
Spanish war vessels. We landed and
watched the Spanish fleet sail for the
harbOr entrance.
he authorities refused to allow the
entire fleet to enter the harhOr. and, af-
ter some discussion, the flagship Infanta
Maria Teresa, the Vizcaya and the tor
pedo-deStrOyers furor and PlutOn were
allowed to enter.
The flagship locked so close TO the
Prins Hendrix that | could look out of
the portfolio of my stateroom and see
everything that transpired on the deck Of
the Spanish man-of-war.
The vessels looked as if they had cX-
perienced heavy weather. One Of the
destrOyers had three masts and the other
four The first had lost her foremost.
Both boats were in a most dilapidated
condition. They had been ordinarily
painted white, and the lead-coored war
paint had been put on over the white.
The war paint had worn off in places and
the notified cOlors gave to the boats an
appearance Of anything but well con-
Quoted war vessels.
THE flagship and the Eizcaya had rory
little coal and provisions. They rolled
and pitched even in the harbOr, and =
Calling gun might easily have sunk the
torpedo destrOyers.
Il was so close to the vessels that
could count the men as they stood about
the deck. In all candor | must say that
more hungry, starved, detected or dirti-
er-lO0klng lot OF steamers L never saw,
even in tramp steamer. The bottoms
OF all the boats were covered with grass
and barnacles
''The flagship was in particularly bad
condition. Her sides between the load
Water-llne and the water We're covered
with long sea grass and barnacles. |
really felt sorry for the men.
The officers went ashore and bought
twenty-siX head of cattle. but they got
only twenty head aboard the ships. They
bought every fowl, turkey and duck in
the town, and all the eggs they could get
Coal was needed very badly, but no.
body would sell to the ships until they
found 800 tons Of slack, which was almost
like slate and practically useless. This
was purchased at a fabulous price, and
was put aboard the large ships, together
with seven cases of wine, five casks of
brandy, macarOni, beans, peas. sugar and
rice.
Medical stores were purchased also.
ard in all they expended $4,000 in gold
draf fits on London
when we landed I went ashore and
hunted up the American consul. L. 3.
Smith, and gave him the names Of the
other boats, which remained about three
miles off shore. They were the CristobaI
Colon and the Almirante Oquendo"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
AFTER RAIN.

After rain after rain,
q sparkling Earth.
All things are new again,
Bathed as at birth.
Now the lovely storm hath ceaeSd,
Drenched and released
Upward springs the glistening bOugh
In sunshine now;
And the raindrOp from the leaf
Runs and slips;
Ancient forests have relief:
Od foliage drips.
All the Earth doth seem
Like 10 Diana Issuing from the stream,
Her body flushing from the wave,
GiiStening III beauty grave;
Or like perhaps to Venus, when she rose,
And looked with dreamy stare across the
As yet uncoE scious of her woes,
Her woes, and ali her wounds that were
70 be
Or now again!
After the rain,
Earth like that early garden shines,
Vested in vines.
oh. green, green
Eden S seen!
After weeping skies
Rising Paradise!
God there for his pleasure,
In d:yinest leisure.
Walking in the sun,
Which hath newly run
Soon i might perceive
The lOng-treSsed Eve.
Startled by the shower.
Venture from her bower
Looking for Adam under perious sky;
While he hard by
Eue-ges from the slowly dropping blooms,
And od0rous green glOoms.
Stephen Phillips in Atlantic Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
NO ALLIANCE.
Seni-Official Denial that Negotia-
tiOns with England Are
in Progress.

Washington, D. c., May 3O-CarefuI
inquiry at the state department and at
the British embassy fails to develop any
substantial basis for the supposition that
negotiations are afoot looking to a close
compact between the United States and
Great Britain covering all possible sub
jects of future differences, comforting
special trade privileges on both parties,
providing for the joint use of the Mica
ragua canal, and embracing what would
amount to an alliance, offensive and de-
fensive, to the end that Great Britain
may enjoy in peace her Asiatic posses
sions, while the United States will have
a share of the trade in that quarter and
will be secured also in the application of
the Monroe doctrine. All of these sub
jects have been discussed from time to
time in the press of the United States
and England and the probable basis for
the coalition at this time is to be found
in Mr.. Chamberlain's speech recently de-
livered, which has aroused so much in
terest on both hemispheres
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, Hay %, 1898.

BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKETS.
MILWAUKEE-Eg gs-Firm 9691Ac per
doz; duck eggs, 15d25c per doz.
-, BUTTER VI 60, Firm; fancy creamery, per
dairy selections, 13@14c; lines, fair to choice,
do. d1@1214c; roll, 9@10c; packing stock, do.
9l11Oc: grease, 406c
CHEEsE-Full cream flats. per H. new
&c; fancy October, 91a@1Oc; Young
Americas, 9Rc; brick, new. &c; imbur-
ger. October. 14c; Swiss, 15c; block, Swiss,
13c; imported Swiss, 25c; sapsago, zoe;
farmers. 10a101ac
Misunderstanding, 1889 tubs: call
sales, 617 tubs at Ice.
CHICAGO-Butter-F creameries, 120
Zoe.
NEW -Butter--Reeeipts. 6OOO pkgs:
Western creamery, 13120D1615c; Elgins, l61hc:
factory. 11@121Ac. Cheese-Receipts, 1000
pigs light Skins, 51a@6c; part Skins, so
512c; full skins, 2M3c. Eggs-Receipts
11A@1115c. Sugar-Firm; fair refining. 3Ac;
centrifugal. S. test, + 5-16c; refined, firm:
CRUSHED 5Rc; powdered, 53sc; graduated,
538c. Coffee-Steady.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
MARKETS BY TELEGgAPg

MlLWAUKE E-Flour-Higher Wheat -
t Fary ae 81 and layer: No spring on
32Ac. Oats--Lower; No. white, on track
Boo; No. 3 white, Oh track, 2SA02Slbc
Barley-very dull; No. g. track. 4Sc Rye
lead; No. 1 on track, 591hc. Provisions
Steady; pork, 11.5O; lard, 5.97
Flour is higher at 7.0O@7.1O for patents:
bakers ,It 6:ooa61o, and 4.o9a4. Is for rye.
Mlllstuffs are weak and quoted at 11.5OG1
11.75 for bran, 1900 for standard middIings,
and IA. 25014.50 for white.
NEW YORK-Close-Whea 135
July, e5 1;Qo91s bid; September, S6Ac; Deem
ST. e--Wheat-Lower; No 2
red cash. elevator, lis; track. 115; July,
92c asked; September, 8O08O$sc: No. . hard,
lis Corn-Lower; No. 2 cash and May
cash. 2Sc track, 296291Ac; May. 2Sc: July.
23Ac; September, 219sc; No. white SOFA
30Hc. Rye-Nominal; Coo Flaxseed-Nom-
inal 1.25. Lead-Strong; 500. Spelter-
DYLU IT - sortn Wheat o. Cash No |
40; May. 1.45; July, LAP; September
S41Ac. ,FTlax-Cash, 1.24; May, 1.24; Septem-
MINNEAPOLIS- Wheat-Weak and low
err; May, 1.42; July, 1.41H; September, S3Ibc:
No. hard HOY; No. Northern, 1885,.
ST. S-Cattle-Receipts, 100, includ-
ing 90 Texans; market steady; native mDr-
tons, 4.35@5.15; light and dressed beef and
butcher steers, 3.S5@490; stockers and
1eeuerS, o.oo04.i0; COWS ana helferS, =. %
@4.70; Texas and Indian steers, $1,000 . I:
COWS and heifers, 3.0O@3.9 %. Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1900; market 5610c lower: workers.
3.00d4.00; packers. 4.0OGD4. %; butchers .
4.250I4.3 30. Sheep-Receipts, POO; market
steady to strong; native muttons, 4.OO04 40:
lambs, 4.S506.50.
SOUTH OMAHA-Cattle-R Receipts, 1900;
m ar steady native native beef do steers. 4.Oo0I
steers, 3.50d4.25; cows and heifers, 5000
4,25; stockers and feeders. 3.S5Gl5.OO: bulls.
stays etc. 30; HogsL-Recepts, 1000; mar
@4.10; bulk Of sales, 4,O56l4. 10. Sheep-Re
ceipts, 5000; market strong; fair to choice
natives. 3.75@4 %; fair to choice Westerns.
3. 60t14. So; common and stock -&eep 3 coz,
400; lambs, 4.25M5.75.
KANSAS Y-Cattle-Receipts. 100:
unchanged. Hogs-Receipts, 5000: market
weak to sc lower: bulk Of sales, 40O04 o5
heavies, 4.1O014.2O; packers, 3.95Gl4 20:
mixed, 3.90G4. 2212; lights, 3.7504 10; york.
ers, 4Oo@4. 10; pigs, 3.0013. so. No sheen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
The Greatest Chef in Europe.

The Emperor OF KUSsIa, It IS said, has
given his confidence to an extraordinary
degree to his Asatian chef who has
presided over the preparations for i'm
perial repasts during the last five years.
This important individual ranks as cap
tain in the navy and colonel in the army,
and on state occasions appears in gOr
geOus uniform, his breast covered with
Russian and foreign orders. AS chef, he
has 1900 subOrdinates. When the Gar
dimes alone the table is simple, but the
chef is always ready to prepare a glor-
iOus feast for several thousand people.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
SPAIN DOESN'T LIKE TT.
Thinks England Ought Not to Have
Given Our Ship So Much
Coal at KINGSTON.

Madrid, May 30 p. m.-The news
papers here are much concerned over the
fact that the United States auxiliary
cruiser Harvard was allowed TO ship from
600 TO $50 tons of coal at Kingston ia
maica. They declare Great Britain has
violated her neutrality thereby.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 30.-9:40 a. m.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Harvard, formerly the American line
steamer New York, has not yet sailed.
The colonial authorities have allowed her
some hours longer in order that her boil
ers may be put in good condition.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK MARKET

HOGS-Receipts, 3 cars; lower; pack
ers 4OG@4.15; mixed, 4.1OG4. %: light, 3.75
o. heavy, 4250i4.35
CATTL E-Market steady; receipts. none.
Butchers steers, medium to good 100 TO
1850 lbs, 4.4004.60; fair to medium, $50 to
325@4.25; cows. fair to good 2OOG3. 65:
cows. 2.O002.S5 bulls common to good, 2 Is
@34 feeders, SEQ to $50 lbs, 2.750I3 Is:
stockers. 500 to TOO lbs 3.O064 90; yeaIs
5.00@6.0O; mixers and springers, 27O0
@4O00.
SHEEP = Receipts, none: market steady.
3.O0d3 70 Ian lambs. steady, 4.0O@4,75; spring
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
STRIKE ON THE ST. LOUIS.
Auxiliary Cruiser Will be Delayed in
Going to Sea.

New York, May 3O.-There is every
likelihood that the auxiliary cruiser ST.
Louis will not be able to put to sea today
because $50 coal passers, fremen and
trimmmers have gone on strike The
strike actually began on Saturday after
the St. Louis had been berthed at the
American line pier. The men were re-
fused leave al the time, it is alleged, and
demand for wages was put off until today
on promise made by the officials that pay
ment would be forthcoming this morning.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
CHICAGO LIYEsTOCk MARKEr

U-iiogs-Keceipts, 11,OOO; left
over from yesterday, 10000; market slow,
sc lower than yesterday; light, 3.7O64. 10;
mixed, 3.95@l4.2 %; heavy, 3.9O@4. 50; rough,
39004.OO. Cattle-Receipts, $50; quiet and
unchanged.
CHICAGO Sheep--Receipts. 1000; quiet,
unchanged: natives, 3.25@R4.55; Westerns,
4.00@4.5 So; lambs, 4.OO@6.OO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
Lee Wore No Sword.

cit is a remarkable fact" said a dis
tinguished eX-Confederate, that Cen
Lee never wore a sword during the war,
or any weapon, and he never buckled on
a sword until the day of his surrender.
and then as an act of courtesy to Gen.
Grant, and as proper for the occasion,
when terms of surrender were being
agreed upon.
"Gen. Lee did not expect to surrender
his sword to Grant, because, by the terms
of surrender, all officers were to retain
their side arms; but he did expect, as I
have heard him state, that Grant would
go through the form of touching the hilt
of his sword. according to the custom of
war. But Grant, magnanimous of sol
diers, did not even do that
Gen. Lee had sword. which is pre-
served, but the fact that he did not wear
it. as thus stated III the Star, is rather a
shock to those Of us who have enjoyed
literally, as we'll as fguratively, Father
Ryan's poem Of stirring sentiment, be-
ginning:
Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright.
Flashed the sword Of Lee,
washington Star
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01

Castries hotel, I remembered several 9TH
er questions that 7 should have liked to
ask him; but | never saw him again. The
little tramp steamer was sunk while run
ming the blockade at Cuba with cargo
of arms and ammunition for the insur~
gents. I have always felt that the cap
tain did not tell me quite the whole of that
story.-Maj. I. Preston Battersby i'll
Chambers Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01
CHICAGO POTATO MARKET

Burbanks, 6O@G5c per bus; Hebrons, 57n
Coo: Peerless, 5S@62c; Kings, 55@57c: Rose,
6O062c; mixed stock, red, 50@53c; white,
5G0ooc. New pOtatoes-Louisiana, white
2.75@3.OO per bbI New Orleans, 1.50a1. 80
per sack; Triumphs, red, 5.OO@3. % per Dbl.
1.5001.6O per sack
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01

Miss Birch-"Who was first in war.
first in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen? %
Silence.
Miss Brch-"Of course you know. Now
who v.as it?'
More silence.
Miss Birch-"Dear, dear. Think. chill
dren. Come now, it was G-George-''
Grand chorus-''Dewey, ma'am.'-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-01

Did you command them to disperse?"
asked the chief
Il did" answered the officer, ''but I
don't think they understood me. l think
they thought | was daring them to fight,
SO we left. '-Indianapolis Journal.
John Mass died at Depere, aged CO
years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15
"A Silk Worm ofthe Sea.

Silk is obtained from the shellnsh
known as the pima tmytildae), which
is found in the Mediterranean. This
shellfish has the power of spinning a
viscid silk which in Sicily is made into
a regular and very handsome fabric.
The silk IS spun by the shelllish, in the
first instance, for the purpose of attach
ing itself to the rocks. 1t Is able to
guide the delicate tilaments to the
proper place and there glue them fast,
and If they are cut away it can repro
uuce them.
The material when gathered (Which
is done at low tide IS washed in soap
and water dried, Strengthened and
carded, one pound of the coarse fila
ment yielding about three ounces Of
fine thread, which when spun IS of a
lovely FURNISHED golden brown color
New York Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15
Charley Noble.

Mythical personages are quite com
mon at sea, from Davy Jones to Mother
Carey. Perhaps they are necessary to
vary the montony OF an ocean life. The
Sun says that Charley Noble Is the gen
tleman on board man-of- war who Is
supposed to commit suicide whenever
any one fires a pistOl-shot into galley
stovepipe to clean it from SCOT. This
imaginary individual has been for
years a stumbling block to lnexperlenc-
ed paymasters' clerks, and sometimes
he comes near to being source of eX-
pense.
I'VE took a new clerk down to the
West Indies with us several months
ago" said paymaster. "and one day
Il shot was fired up the galley stove
pipe. l rushed into my office in great
excitement. and my clerk asked what
was the matter.
Charley Noble has committed sui
eide. poor fellow" said |, and you must
make up his accounts at once
''Then | went on deck. and took care
to stand near several other officers. In
few minutes UP came my clerk. He
was very much agitated, and his voice
could be heard all over the deck.
"'There has been a mistake in my ac-
counts, sir.' he cried. 4 have looked all
through the list, and can't find Char
ley Mobiles name anywhcre!
"Everybody roared, and the clerk
stopped to think the matter over"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15
A Philadelphia Fish Story,

While fishing in the Schuylkill River
Harry Davis, Bridgeport lad. caught
huge but singularly deformed eel.
1t was long enough to be knotted about
the fisherman's waist and as thick in
places as a mans wrist, but in the mid
die, where it should have been thickest.
the eel was no bigger than baby's
finger. On examination Davis found
at the place of deformity something
hard and metallic. He scrnped off the
slime and brought to light a broad gold
banda wedding ring-with the in
scription, paul to May, 1890. Mizpah."
Evidently the eel in its very infancy
had either been caught. encircled with
the ring and then returned to it's ele-
ment or else the ring had been lost in
the river and the eel had contrived
somehow to get it on.-Philadelphia
Record.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15
Sheen without Wool.

The principal kind of meat consumed
by the people of Arabia, both native
and foreign. is the mutton of the Soma
Ii, or blackhead sheep, and, no matter
by whom eaten. all pronounce it the
best mutton ever tasted. This sheep,
as it's name Indicates is from the SOM
ali County, on the African coast.
These sheep have no WOOL but short.
fine hair, similar to that of dog. The
most peculiar thing about them is that
they have large lump of pure fat
growing right at the root of the tail.
and this fat varies in size and weight
according 10 the condition of the sheep.
A medium sized lump of this fat
weighs about four pounds. Such a
sheep, which weighs from thirty-five to
forty pounds, is sold at from four TO
five rupees (S5 cents to S1.0J). The
skins, when sun-dried. are exported,
and large quantities of them go every
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15

the vaults are broken. Time and the
fury of many winters have effaced the
French inscriptions from the marble
slabs.
When the State Legislature made an
appropriation for the establishment of
a State cemetery on the Illinois side Of
the Mississippi and for the removal OF
the bodies from Kaskaskia island. for
some unknown reason the remains Of
the Menards We're not moved. The
State cemetery. however, has fallen to
decay and is being sadly neglected, but
the great white monument which was
erected on the highest point of the bluff
will ever stand as Il fitting recomp"nse
for the gallant deeds of the forefathers
of the State of Illinois.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15
SEA BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS.
Hunters Contest with Gulls for Pos
session of the Spells.

If the murre Is disturbed by an egg
hunter and its single egg taken it will
return and replace It's successfully
| stolen ovum until eight have been laid.
1t Is loath to leave its hest. even when
the despoiler approaches. and when he
comes up she leans away from him and
moves over to the far side of the nest.
But presently, yielding to the alarm
within her breast, she emts Il sudden
squawk and flies off, flushing the en-
tire rookery as she moves toward the
sea. leaving the pickers to fill their
pouched shirts with the booty. They
must hurry the work. for as soon as
the eggs are uncovered the gulls hover
close and become thick upon the scene.
These the men must fight off. for they
brazenly interpose themselves and bat
tie with the humans for the possession
of the eggs.
The opportunity being open. the gull
sweeps down upon the murre egg,
seiZes it in Its mouth and goes sailing
aloft, cracks it in it's bill and gobbles
what of its contents it can. the residue
falling on the rocks below. Then 1t
takes another swoop away and bal
ances itself to spy out a new egg. The
gull's egg is palatable.
That these islands were great re-
pository of edible eggs became known
In the early sos. At the time of the
discovery Of this fact provisions were
scarce and gold plentiful in San Fran
cisco, and the rookery eggs offered in
the markets of that city brought one
dollar dozen. The opening of this
new and free opportunity to acquire
wealth precipitated numbers of people
upon the inlands and In the business of
egg gathering. Quarrels ensued be-
tween the competitors as to their re-
spective rights in the premises. with
the result that a company was formed
among II number of the pickers which
bought out the claims of the others.
This company managed to hold onto
Its advantages for some years, not,
however, without experiencing contests
and encroachments, until the bcker-
ings ultimately grew so fierce as to at
tract the attention of the United States
district attorney at San Francisco. He
sent detachment of government sol
diers there and deported every egg
picker.-Harper's Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15

Britain sees her glorious trade pros
poets vanishing, and with them the
United States sees her own hope OF
commerce In China dwindling.
The militancy of Russia and the des-
potisln of China have Joined hands and
understand each other. What will be
the result? Students of China in
Washington say that Russia cannot
hold her place in the tlowery kingdom
against the march of Anglo-Saxon prog
ress. 1t is liberty versus slavery, and
liberty must win. But there are men
in Washington who freely predict the
most bloody war III history and who
look forward to the slaughter of mil
lions of Chinese before the question is
settled
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-15

To see the spaniel at his best he
should be taken to the haunts of the
water fowl. In the salt marshes, the
lakes and streams of the East, and in
the prairie sloughs of the West, he Is
indeed a great little dog. His stumpy
legs may be poor performers on dry
ground, but they are very efficient
when it comes to swimming. The dog,
too. is hardy fellow. ready to face any
weather and cold water whenever ask
ed. AS a retriever from water he is
most desirable, while his intelligence
and compact form make him the best
of dogs for the ducking skit1'. OF
course. the Irish water spaniel is eX-
cluded from all references to short legs
and clumsiness; n good specimen Of
this dog appears to be quite long
legged. The freshman Is also very act
i've and full of dash.
The chief value of the Irish spaniel
to the sportsman Is as a retriever. He
is worthy rival of the famous dog of
the Chesapeake and no weather is too
severe. while few tasks are too diff
cult for him. He Is game to the core
a very powerful, magnificent swimmer,
and to all intents a natural retriever.
His oily coat can bid defiance to cold
water, while Il vigorous shake appears
to at once dry 1t. He Is as hardy as n
badger. He is a most intelligent and
willing worker and will show to the
greatest advantage under conditions
which would battle almost any other
retriever from water.-Outing