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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
YELLOW FEVER PLAGUE
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
French Bark Arrives from Hong Kong
with Two Deaths on Board-The
Vessel Quarantined.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 29.-The
French bark Duchess Anne has arrived
in port from Hong Kong flying the yellow
flag.
Both the federal and state quarantine
launches put out to the vessel, and soon
the news came back to port that there
had been two deaths on board during
the voyage from the bubonic plague.
Captain Cervary, master Of the ship,
was the first to suecumb to the dread
disease. He was sick only a few days
and died ON August 20, Nearly month
afterward a sailor named Menier was
stricken with the plague and on Sep
tember 10 he died and was buried at sea.
The bark was ordered into quarantine.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
TROOPS WE'RE CARELESS.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Oct. 9.-The
war investigating commission closed its
sittings here tonight by hearing the tes-
timony OF some residents. who stated
their observation OF the condition at
Chickamauga Park while troops were
there and giving their conclusions as 70
the cause Of the sickness Of the soldiers.
They defend the climate as salubrious
and healthful, and generally attributed
the prevalence Of disease TO the habits
OF the volunteers.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
MRs. BoTKIN,s cAsE MOVING

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 29.-The at
torney general of Delaware has in
structe' Detective Mcvey to employ an
attorney to get the Botkin case into the
United States supreme court. A writ OF
habeaus corpus will be applied for BY
McVey in the district circuit court
Should the application be denied an ap-
peal will be taken to the supreme court
of the United states. There is only one
possible obstacle to such a course. The
district court or circuit court which de-
MED the application may also refuse to
allow an appeal. Such refusal is very
rare.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
WILL USE SMALLER GUNS.

RERLIN. Oct. @.-The German naval
department, acting upon special report
from the naval attache of Germany at
Washington and others. has resolved to
discard the use on board German war
ships of guns of the largest cahbre, The
largest used up to the present has been
nv inches. Henceforth 9h-lnch guns
viii be the highest constructed,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
REMARKABLE UTTERANCES
OF PROFESSOR NORTON.
Scores the Nation for Going to War With
out Proper Preparatlon-Address
on the New American,

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, oct. 29.-Profes-
sor Charles Eliot Norton, in an address
before the Graduated Clup of Harvard
college. expressed sentiments which are
likely to arouse as much discussion
among Harvard men and others as has
followed many of Prof Norton's recent
utterances. The speakers subject was
"The New American"
In the course Of his remarks he revived
the conditions which made this republic
in many ways an experiment In the his
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
no SUCCEED SIMON,

PORTLAND, Oct. 29,-The gold demo-
Gratis today nominated ], Couch Flan-
ders and the fuslonists Charles X, Henry
for state senator to ill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Senator
Joseph Simon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
DREYFus TO BE RETIRED,

PARIS. oct, 29,--The court Of cessation
today decided to grant revision OF the
Dreyfus case. The court. however. de-
clined to order the release Of Dreyfua
pending the result OF the trial.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.

NEW YORK. Oct. 29-colonel George
E. waring, jr,, died of yellow fever today
at his home in this city, where he has
been since he arrived from Havana, Tues
day last. The body was cremated.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30
EAsTERN FoorBALL SCORES

WEST POINT. N. Y. oct9.-The yale
West Point game resulted in a score or
in Iavor Of Yale E
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30

PHILADELPHIA. oct. 29.-Universisy'
Of Pennsylvania. %; University OF Chi
cago, II.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-30

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. oct. @.-Harv-
10 to in favor Of Yale.
The oasis., 1898-07-02

lt Is not true that there are mOsqui- toes here. and even if there were any they would be incapable of stinging our marines.
 The Oregon has been detained to defend them against any attack of this nature.
 General Linares, who is m Santiago de Cuba, says that his soldiers are dy- ing of hunger. He has confessed the fact to friend of mine, a Cuban general" who breakfasted with him yesterday on hunk of meat from mule which miraculously escaped from the American bombardment.
 The Spanish officer gave my friend the stump of the mules tail asking that he make it present to Admiral Sampson, who is very much admired in the island.
 l believe that tomorrow morning after we take our coffee that we will take saDtiago de Cuba, at which place there are very fine mangoes
 The Spanish soldiers want to sur render to the admiral SO as to be able to eat up the crackers on board our ships, but Sampson is not inclined to allow it.
 The Cuban General Garcia, has nine thousand meu do not know where and he will cooperate iu the attack on Santiago.
 As the city is already besieged, 1 do not know by what forces, the result is certain.
 Sampson in order not to weary O. waiting occupies himself by firing at the mouth of the harbor at a ten miles range from the forts
 It is certain that Ceryera's ships which are anchored it. the harbor have suffered greatly.
 On my return to New York, after we take Santiago, shall take along "negrIta" and a hammock
The oasis., 1898-07-02
SPANISH HUMoR.
Alleged Initiation of American Press Dis
 patches by Local Iberian Organ.

Translated from Fl Correo Espaflol, the organ of the Spanish colony iu Mexico
 On board the Press dispatch boat Humbugr Alongside of Cuba, via Mole, June 20: I have completed a minute inspection of the fortress Of Santiago de Cuba.
 From a distance of ten miles 1 have been able to see perfectly that all the batteries have been destroyed, with the exception of Morro, SocaDa, Punta Gorda, and few others.
 Sampson and I are enthusiastic, but am more enthusiastic than Sampson.
 As am able to be at all places at the same time, 1 know that our con- patriots are very much at their ease Caimanera.
The oasis., 1898-07-02
A LEE AND A GRANT.

A Jacksonville. Fla. dispatch of June l6. says af the unveiling uf s2O.- aOu confederate monument in that city eighteen days ago, on the plaza 0f one of the hotels of the city. sat d soldier ex-president while the citi- zens of Jacksonville passed and re- passed. marking the presence Of a statesman who had made the aurels Of a victor unfading forever by pro claiming over sea of bitterness:
 Let us have peace.
 Today the grandson, as member of the staff of General Lee, stood with in few feet Of the same spot, re- viewing an army of soldiers in blue. veterans who had opposed each other on the battletields. and thousands of Flor.dians marching to do honor to a confederate soldier in bronze, who viewed with the cold, stony eyes of the past living chapter of our coun- Jry's history.
 4 regimental band from the land of the old Yankees stepped proudly to the strains of march and old Glory waved in the southern breeze. The new Yankees from North Carolina and Virginia, clad in blue, took up the echoes with the spirit-stirriug re- frain of Dixie Behind dropped the old federal veterans and then came the cOnfederates under the stars and bars. floating by the stars and stripes
 A federal army in Jacksonville marched, amid the plaudits of the people of an extreme southern state, past the reviewing stand occupied by Lee and Grant. and Harrison, whose father was d federal general and republican president, aud Of nephew of the vice president from New Jersey, to unyeil monument dedicated by ex-confederates tt the confederate who is dead. except on the pages Of history.
 Through the streets of southern ciJy tramped an army it blue, led by a Lee, in whose name and fame is con- centrated southern history from the beginning, and at the foot of pedes- tal that lifts up the typical southern soldier tO the reverence Of the ages stood Sartoris, who is a Grant to us. now. and d Harrison, at home with lhe people from whom his ancestors spraDg
 On every hand the flag of reunited country fioated in the semi-tropical ,uB. Veterans of both the blue and ,ne gray remarked on every side that was to their hearts delight to wit ness at last such a sight.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18

A naval officer is of necessity a
leader of men. Much can be and is
gained by discipline and experience;
but the best commanders, like poets,
are born not made. The boy
who is habitually Sinking, fearful of
self-assertion, yet lacking in self-con-
troll, nervous in the sense of irritable,
and vaeilliating, may still have the
personal courage which would take
him creditably through fight; but the
vocation is not for him. What it
needs is patience. coolness, dogged
persistence, ready assumption Of
proper responsibility, quick decision
and equally quick action, and the
capacity to inspire confidence in 9TH
ers.
beyond all this is intelligent audac-
ity. Not the holiness which is mere
recklessness and the taking of the
chances of forlorn hopes, but the au-
dacity which comes from thorough
knowledge, keen Judgment and index
ible decision. Men with this quality
do not always reach the best places;
but when they get the chance to win
victories they win them, and then the
best places fall to them by right. The
last generation saw this proved at
Mobile; the present one at Manila.
New York independent.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18


Heroism has a new meaning for me
since yesterday; for yesterday l sat
for an hour with the bravest soul L
ever knew. She is only little gray
eyed. gray-haired woman, with a
quiver in her voice aud smile on her
face. Somewhere in Cuban soil her
only son lies buried Her widowhooi
is four years old, and beside her hus-
bands grave are two tiny green
mounds. Three graves in America,
one in Cuba, are all that she has left
to care for except the orphaned son
and daughter of sister, who live with
her. / found her reading comic
weekly, and on the table at her elbow
lay other publications of the kind. L
suppose my eyes betrayed my sur
prise.
"My DEAR" she said gently, 81 can
not afford the Injury of grief. 1 must
be cheerful for the sake of the boy
and girl 1 have left. l mustn't be
selfish and let my grief darken their
lives. Everything has been taken
from me- everything but the duty of
living. l mustn't read sad stories. 1
must see only the merry side of
things, or II can't, why, my dear, 1
must be brave, you know"
And the remembrance of that gray
head bent above the jokes she was
trying in her heartbroken, simple way
to laugh at, because she must be brave,
because grief was a luxury too selfish
to indulge in, gives heroism its new
meaning. i sat for an hour in the
presence of heart as brave as any
hero's that ever beat. Washington
Post.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18
APPLIED GEOGRAPHY.
John W. Gibson Teaches the Science in
a Decidedly Novel Way.


a Decidedly Novel Way.
John w. Gibson. principal of the
public school at Fairbank, Tilghman's
island, one Of the veteran teachers Of
Talbot county, teaches geography on
q big object-lesson scale. He has laid
off on about quarter of an acre of the
school yard a map of the world on
Mercdtor's projection, showing the con-
tinents and islands. the oceans. seas.
lakes, and rivers, the mountains, and
the valleys. The water for the water
ways is mechanically conveyed from the
overflow of a semi-artesian well near
by. The natural lay of the land gives
the plane surface, the mountains are
built up with oyster shells, gravel, and
earth, and sand from the river shore
has been spread to show the deserts.
The work is-done to scale, Mr.. Glib
son being surveyor and civil engineer
of no mean capacity. His pupils help
ed him enthusiastically in the work.
The various mineral and vegetable
products Of the different countries are
Gibson does not claim that the idea
of schoolyard map is original with
him, but the work probably has never
been done on so large scale before,
nor with such evident attention to ac-
euracy of detail There is large enough
scope to show the progress of the naval
side of the Spanish war; constructing
warships Of tin and the bark of the
pine tree is not difficult; every con-
try boy living on the salt water can
whittle out a ship with his jack-knife as
easily as factory can make a match,
and when the daily newspapers come.
what a delight they take in changing
the positions of the squadrons. ac-
cording as the news warrants It'll This
Is both constructive and applied geog-
raphy, and makes the maps and let
ter-press of the textbook much more
interesting and more easy of eompre-
hension. Principal Gibson's novel
school yard attracts many visitors
Baltimore Sur.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18
HOLD YouR nRsATH.
That's en- Erceilsnt War in which 10
Induce slecp.


How many people are there, particu-
larly in these summer days, who, do
what they will. find that sleep refuses
to come to them, and that they are
doomed to night OF perpetual rolling
and tossing? Yet. according to a we'll
known New York physician. himself a
sufferer from insomnia for many years.
sleep can easily be summoned by
means within reach Of all. The doctor
has tried his method on his patients
and. simple as It Is, has never heard OF
It's falling. Those who find themselves
eluded by sleep will do VOL to try 1t,
and for their benefit It Is here given.
The method is essentially one Of self
asphyxiation; nevertheless. there is no
reason to fear. for there Is no risk In
deed, II Is impossible TO asphyxiate
ones self By this means. The first
thing you have to do is to take a long
and deep aspiration, as much air be-
ing drawn into the lungs as can be
borne with comfort. This air is retain
ed until positive discomfort is felt.
wnen 1t must be slowly exhaled. Re
peat this process two or three times
and the chances are you will forget all
else until you wake up from your
sleep the next morning. The explana-
tion OF this is simple enough. Sleep is
due to hyperaemia of the brain. Dur
ing sleep there is flow of nutrition to
the cerebrum; consequently an in
crease Of blood to supply its defcien-
eles. The semi-asphyxiatlon brought
about by holding the breath keeps a
quantity of blood in the head. with a
consequent increased cerebral circula-
uon. That this is the case can easily
be proved by the increased throbbing
and pulsating Of the arteries Of the
head. Another point also to which the
doctor calls attention is the habit of
sleeping with the head too high. II the
head be kept low more refreshing sleep
Is obtained. He raises the foot OF the
bed, so that It forms an inclined plane.
but recommends that this be done grad
rally as a sudden change is likely to
nave an effect the reverse Of that de
sired. The sleep thus obtained is more
beneficial, and one awakens with a
clearer head and a wider mental hori-
zon. The neck increases in size. the
cerebral circulation is improved and
the influence upon the lungs is so great
that It will lessen the tendency to CON
sumption. A few more facts relating
10 insomnia may be useful. Physicians
are more and more arriving at the con-
elusion that in the case Of this disease
drugs are Of little value, and many
times are worse than useless. General
~ some simple thing brings about re-
lief, II the.e are noises within the
house or outside cotton in the ears will
often be all that is required. One
should feign not to want to sleep. as It
Is often fear of not being able to sleep
that Keeps person awake. Then the
mind should not be allowed to concen-
trate upon subject, aud the stomach
should be treated to light repast be-
fore retiring TOT ths sighm-New York
Herald
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18

DR.. r. II. Ward remarks a very Gu
rious habit which he noticed in ami
mails not famous for intellectual bright
ness. "When passing the village of
West Point, Va, one day, while sailing
on the York river, noticed at the
waters edge, on the very muddy shore,
a busy crowd of geese eagerly feeding
on that delicacy of southern goose
diet, chunks of thrown-away water
melon rind. But the supply from the
garbage dumps along the shore was
mostly so covered with mud, sand and
adherent filth that even a goose knew
too much to eat it or else couldn't
swallow it. So each bird that found
piece too dirty to eat picked it up
and deliberately carried it down to
the water, sometimes a yard or two
distant, to wash it. Without any eff
fort to eat it first, he dropped it into
the shallow water and stood watching
it until the running stream had carried
away the extraneous matter and left
the tempting pulp fresh and clean
according toa goose's sanitary ideas),
when he quickly stepped into the shall
low water beside it and gobbled of the
edible pulp with a good will.
.'Had l heard of this from some
1ongshore fisherman 1 should have
more than suspected some mistake or
exaggeration; but saw and watched
it myself for half an hour or more, and
saw the same thing done repeatedly
and by several different birds, and
therefore l know that it was the habit
of the flock at that time. Wayerley
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18

Writing of the eceentricitics of Herr
Strauss, the dance music composer, a
Vienna writer says he is as nervous
as composer as he is a director.
Clad in velvet costume, with patent
leather boots reaching to his knees,
his eyes aflame, and in fit of inspira-
tion, he goes striding through the
house like maniac. If inspiration
does not come to him in the salon, he
clutches his papers and goes to his
bedroom, or to his wife's boudoir.
Sometimes the waltz begun in the par
lor is finished in the kitchen. Nine.
Strauss, who understands and appre-
ciates her husbands habits, has half
a dozen pianos scattered through the
house, and in each room a table with
writing materials, 90 that in whatever
nook her husband finds himself he is
quite at home.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18
La PLATA, MARYLAND, NOVEMBER
MRS. TOMMY ATKINS.
Only n Limited Number Of British FRI
Yates Permitted TO Marry.

fhteh Etfihttttu 70 Marry.
The question of permission to marry
is a burning one in the barrack-room.
Only limited number of men are al
lowed to marry, the strength of the
roll varying with the establishment Of
the corps; sergeants are given permis-
sion to marry as a matter of course, il
there is il vacancy in the establish
ment, but no soldier is allowed to en-
ter tho blessed state unless he has
seven years service, S25 in the saw
ings bank, and two good conduct
badges. have heard it said that
there is such thing as borrowing the
S25 till the necessary permission has
been obtained, but there is no getting
over the other two conditions. The
married quarters seem comfortable
enough; what strikes us most is the
enormous number OF babies and quite
young children who swarm round the
door of every quarter, occasional yells
leading to the hasty arrival of flushed
and heatedlooking matron to restore
order in summary fashion. The al
lowance Of space does not strike one
as particularly liberal, soldiers with
small families being given only one
room with the minutest possible
scullery, the fathers of larger families
rejoicing in an extra room. Sergeants,
as rule, have two rooms, but other
wise have no pull over their comrades
of lower rank. The wives of the
private soldiers add largely to the
scanty pay of their husbands by doing
washing for the men of their hus-
bands company, and twice blessed is
the woman whose good man belongs
to company having few married sol
diers. IL this case she will be able
to get more to do than her less fortu-
nate sisters. Some Of the women who
have reputation as washer-women
earn plenty of money by washing for
the officers Of the regiment. The SOL
dier's wife seems to drift naturally
into being washer-woman. A little
conversation with the ladies is lib
eral education in esprit de corps; each
woman thoroughly identifies herself
with the regiment to which her hus-
band belongs; and even in these days
of short service it is not difficult to
find women whose fathers and grand
fathers have soldiered in bygone days
under the tattered colors now hang
ing in the sacred precints Of the Off
GERS mess. The ladies' Of the regi-
ment, as rule, take great interest in
the welfare of their humber sisters,
frequently visiting them in their quar-
ters, and giving more than their sym
pathy at one of those crises which oc-
cur so frequently in the married
block, and generally lean ultimately
to the object of their solicitude apply
ing for extra accommodation, owing
to an unauthorized addition to the
strength of the battalion. From so
cial Life in the British Army" by
British Officer in Harper's Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-11-18

''Butcher, do many people COM
plain of your tough meat?n
''No'm; after my customers has bin
a-eatin' my meat while they don't
know tender steak when they gifts
it"-Detroit Free Press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
SELLING PRIZES or WAR.
THE DISPOSAL OF THE PANAMA LAST

TIL, DISPOSAL OF THE PANAMA LAST
WEEK SALES IN THE civil. WAR
The sale Of the prize ship Panama last week
for the benefit of the officers and crews of the
Mangrove and Indiana was the first transaction
Of the kind since the war with Spain began
Tine ship was captured on April - by the light.
house tender Mangroye. in command If Lieu.
tenant w H. Everett. and the battle-ship Ind.
lana She came from Ncw-York. whence she
.ailed on the day before the Havana blockade
was ordered. with a number Of passengers and
4 large quantity Of miscellaneous aupflles for
the Spanish Army. with which ne made fruit.
less effort to run the blockade
She was built in Glasgow in lSl'. and is de.
scribcd as an iron steamer Of 1871 tons, 33l
feet long ~ feet :. inches beam and - feet
. inches deep. The veascl was bought by the
Government for xflHD
Tn, sale brought to the minds II the older
men in the shipping business around the water
front II New-York tte days Of the Cyil War
when sales Of blockade runners and other prize
ships we're not unusual happenings Many o,
the sales were made 10y Burdett Jones & Co.
whose Office is decorated with pictures Of the
prizes \ member II the present firm said that
the prizes were unloadcd and the cargoes
turned into the United States warehouses and
the ships sold AT public auction. The sales were
made by order %: the Navy Department. under
the direction OF the United states marshal In
some instances the cargo was also sold and one
/ advertisement cut from The Tribune gives
notice that Daniel II Rurd.tt # Burdett,
Jones & CO.. viii sell th. cargo II the prize
F steamer Fienhc.m. consisting 81 blankets army
d a. -N cries