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The age-herald., 1898-05-20

Admiral Sampson has transferred his flag from the thin-skinned New York. to the Iowa which has the hide of rhinoceras.
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FRYING INTO FAMILY AFFAIRS.

From the Atchison Globe.
 We have always longed to get well enough acquainted with a farmers wife to learn if her husband planes her when there is too much or too little rain.
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Instead of sea serpents the yarn-spinners with the far-away look see Spanish ships this season. Fashions come and go.
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LARGE SUPPLY NEEDED.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The state department Is working on a rush order of governments to fit those islands this country is about to acquire.
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An Anglo-American alliance would. by the way. afford coaling opportunities to American vessels in every part of the world.
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The civil war and the revolutionary war, both fought out between Anglo-saxons, are history. nothing more. They are fully oyer.
The age-herald., 1898-05-20

The modesty of those cruisers is some thing remarkable. They have what is known as the retiring disposition.
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News from Admiral Dewey is always the news the people expect.
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The summer girl will be reconcentrado at the seaside this year.
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The Caribbean sea problem is at present a bundle of surmises.
The age-herald., 1898-05-20

Sampson and "FIghting. Bobu Evans are now together. It is an ugly pair to taek'e.
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The bunting trust looks with equanim' ty upon the the 100000 flags sold since the war was begun.
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wHEELER's SACRIFICE.

Even boarding-house prunes have been advanced in price.
The age-herald., 1898-05-20

The battleship Oregon has clean heels, for she was docked just before she started from Frisco.
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Cervera will turn out either a great strategist or great gump.
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sch.cy,s FIrst Command

How Commodore Schley got his first com- mand Is an amusing episode in his early
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If divorce suits continue to increase, fashion will soon demand devorce gowns
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F zee

From the Chicago Record.
 .sWhy do you say that railway travel is restful?"
 No telephones"
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Here is like to be great pressure Of worthies.
 Loves Labour Lost.
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FAST FOX AND A

A FAST FOX AND A SLY CHASER. From the New Orleans Picayune.
 Spanish fleets are foxey, and 1t takes Q Echley squadron to come up with them.
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to uisposo or the PnlnppineS at once and in an off-handed manner He is very con- siderate, when he must be.
 If Mir. Polo is running Pinkerton estab- iishment up in Canada. he should be re- ported to MT. John Bull. of London, who will attend to his case
 MT. Gladstone in one of his leisure periods turned the Rock of Ages" into Italian, and it has become favorite hymn in the ancient land.
 An Anglo-American alliance would. by the way. afford coaling opportunities to American vessels in every part of the world.
 The civil war and the revolutionary war, both fought out between Anglo-saxons, are history, nothing more. They are fully oyer.
 The speech of the Hon. Joe Chamberlain in favor of Anglo-American unity is easily accounted for-he has an American wife. 
 Instead of sea serpents the yarn-spinners with the far-away look see Spanish ships this season. Fashions come and go.
 The modesty of those cruisers is some thing remarkable. They have what is known as the retiring disposition.
 The bunting trust looks with equanim ty upon the the 100000 flags sold since the war was begun.
 The battleship Oregon has clean heels. for she was docked just before she started from Frisco.
 If divorce suits continue to increase, fashion will soon demand devorce gowns.
 Ceryera will turn out either great strategist or a great gump.
 The Caribbean sea problem is at present a bundle of surmises.
 
 The summer girl will be reconcentrado at the seaside this year
 
 News from Admiral Dewey is always the news the people expect.
 Even boarding-house prunes have been advanced in price.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-04-14

of emergency for service on any part of the
coast in any vessel the Secretary might
deem il necessary to assign them.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt last week
directed the stripping of all sails, spars
and rigging from vessels of the Navy
where the commanding officer of which
deems such action necessary. These
articles will be properly tagged and stored
at Navy yards. The action is significant in
that it is usually the last thing done be-
fore vessel goes into war. 1t is called
stripping for action" The woodwork of
many of the ships has been removed.
Wooden lighthouses, skylights, frame
structures and partitions general through
out ships of war have been removed and
placed at Navy yards. The woodwork and
frame partitions between staterOomS have
been taken down. and in their place can
vas has been hung.
The Morgan Line steamers which were
purchased as a part of the auxiliary squad
ron are being fixed up for service. Com
manGing officers have been also selected,
with instructions to- report for duty at the
ShipyardS, where they are To be Overhauled
and prepared for service with the Key
West fleet and under Commodore Schley'S
command. Two weeks will be required to
install the batteries, protect the vitalS and
put in additional coal-bunker protection
for the machinery; otherwise the vessels
are reported in good condition and ready
Tor war service.
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Patriotic Spirit.

Col. Seneca G. Simmons Post 49, Harris
burg, Pa, pledges the Government it's sup
port in case of war. j. 4. Steager writes
that resolutions have also been passed de-
ploring the loss of the Maine.
Phelps Post, 12i, Smthfield, Pa, has
passed resolutions deploring the loss of the
Maine and expressing sympathy for the
friends and relatives of the brave sailors
who lost their lives. The resolution de-
clares that although the services rem
dered the Government from 1851 to IS have
never been appreciated and the little pit
tance received in the shape of pensions is
grudcingiy bestowed and we are discrimi-
mated against in appointment for office,
and we are advanced in years. we are Just
as loyal to our country, and in case of war
with Spain tender our service to the
Government" HI. NJ. Moody is Commands
and A. o. Scott Adjutant
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which proved to be the Drake, Of 20 guns.
under way and working out, evidently TO
get at him. II took the Drake some Time
TO clear the land in conSec uente o. ad-
verse wind and tide, hut about clock
p. m. she got within hail Of him, having
previously sent boat-party to recon
hotter, whom Jones decoyed alongside and
captured.
When the Drake hailed she was straight
astern OF the Ranger. the wind being nearly
south and both ships standing to- the
eastward closchauled to clear the mouth
of Belfast LOuCh.
To the hail What ship is that" Jones
answered The American Continental
ship Ranger. Come on; we are waiting for
you
With this he put the Rangers helm
hard up, bringing his port broadside to
bear, and as the Drake made Il similar
manuyer the two ships went off northeast
by north, going free, about cable and "a
half apart, broadsidinp.
Though the Ranger was inferior to the
Drake by two guns and about 50 men. the
superiority Of her Yankee cunnery was
soon manifest, and the Drake made a
gallant effort 10 close, by hauling her port
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JONES S ARUIZE IN LIE iiiSH tNEA
siderable new wood work in cabin and
quarters to replace that stove by shot.
IL estimate that she was struck in hull,
spars and rigging by nearly $50 round shots
besides many grapeShot. The close range
at which the action was fought made these
hits very destructive. many of the shot go
ing through and through
',rhe Drake is new ship, less than
three years off the stocks, and is well
worth the extensive repairs made neces.
sary by the mauling she got from our ship"
U'reble PaperS.)
very simple calculation Suf1iceS to ex-
hibit the terrific execution indicated in this
brief mechanical report OF the matter Of
fact Carpenter The Ranger fought nine
guns in broadside-seven 9-pounders ana
two 6-pounderS. The action lasted "a
minutes. Twenty rounds per hour per gun
was good practice with 9-p0under muzZe-
leaders. and 81 rounds per hour would have
been extraordinary. The ships were about
a cables length i60v feet) apart when the
action begun, and about 200 feet apart at the
end.
Carpenter Hichborn estimates that the
Drake was struck by nearly $50 round
shot If every shO: had told this would
have been 20 rounds per gun per hour. but
some must have missed; SO the conclusion
is irresistible that the Rangers crew must
have fired something more than ~ rounds
per gun during the hour and four minutes
that elapsed between the first bToadSide
and the brakes surrender
The brakes loss of 16 killed and 81 dis
abled, besides many others slightly
wounded by splinters, when compared with
the Rangers loss of two killed and six
wounded-one mortally--together with the
fact that the Ranger was ready for action
again by daylight the next morning, tells
more eloquently than words can the diff
ference between the gunnery of the Yam
kee volunteer whalemen of the Ranger and
that Of the REGULAR British man of-wars-
men of the Drake.
ITO be cOntinued)
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the water-line. Her upper works, boats,
spare spars and deck fittings generally are
completely wrecked, wheel shot away, cap
stan split and TANNED, and spanker boom
nearly cut in two. Several butts in her
counter and in the bends forward have
been started by shot. Five of her nine
gun carriages in broadside have been
wrecked and the guns dismOunted. The
after breeching bolts in the starboard
bridgeport have been carried away, the
same shot disabling also her port bow
chaser
"She has three bad wounds in her fore
mast weakening it so much that she has
not been able to carry a whole foretopsail
since the action; notwithstanding that we
fished it as well as we could at sea the
day after. Her standing and running rig
ging is much damaged. She needs new
sings, braces, stays and halliardS on the
fore and main, new capstan, a new
spanker boom. a new wheel, and very con-
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Gen. Lees Testimony.

Gen. Lee is expected to add some impor-
tant testimony regarding the Maine dis
aser when he appears before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
1t is said that Gen. Lees testimony will
relate to the extinguishnent of the electric
light in Havana at the instant of the blow
ing up of the Maine. Electrical experts
have said that if the light went out in Ha-
be conclusive evidence that the mine I'M
der the magaz zine must have been fred
from shore electrical connection. Capt.
Sigsbee before the Foreign Relations Com
mittee said he had information that the
lights had gone out, but did not think it
advisable to give the name Of his informant
while he was in Cuba. His informant is
said to be Gen. Lee.
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A Bureau Order.

The Commissioner of Pensions has is
to the effect that hereafter no clerks will
be detailed or given work as special ex-
aminers in the field carrying with such
assignment per diem and expenses whose
salaries shall exceed 81 200 per annum.
The operation OF this rule will tend to
check the general desire OF clerks for field
positions so soon as they have become
valuable to the Bureau by reason of
thorough efficiency. A per diem of So
attaches to field positions, and the special
examiners are by no means anxious to
exchange n field position at the reduced
rate of 81 800 per annum for Bureau poit-
folio at 81 400 or even 81 600.
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hardest broadside battle ever fought be
| tween two ships of their rate.
GhIIANTRY OF YANKEE TAPS

hardest broadside battle ever fought be-
tween two ships of their rate"
CALAMITY OF YANKEE TARS.
In a personal letter to Joseph Hewes,
dated Brest, May %, 1918, Jones is much
more copiouS and free in expression than
in his official report to Dr. Franklin. After
describing the tactics of the action in
terms similar to those of his official report,
he says.
THE behavior of my crew in this en-
gaGement moro than justified the repre-
sensations / have SO often made TO you OF
what American sailors would do if given q
chance at the enemy in his own waters.
We have seen that they fight with courage
on our coast. But no one has ever seen
them fight on our coast as they fought
here almost within hail Of the enemy
shore. Every shot told and they gave
the Drake three broadsides for two, right
along at that.
Il never saw men handle guns as they
handled the Rangers nine Founders. They
never looked at handspike. They
simply, when the gun was loaded, picked
il up by the checks and breechngs tackle,
carriage and all, and thrust it out port;
and when they set it down on the deck, it
was trained.
After the second broadside, seeirg their
spirit gave them the order to fire at will,
SO that there was no regular brOadSidc
after that, but constant roar and fame
each gun being fired as soon as ready and
some eun-crews working a little quicker
than others.
More than twothirds of my crew, as you
already know, were whalemen from the
Cape and The Islands. Meaning Cape
Cod, PrOvincetOwn, Falmouth, etc, and
Nantucket and Martha Vineyard. These
men being very cannish. humored them
by giving them guns Of their own. | was
glad | had done so. They certainly set
the pace for the others. In every case the
Captain % their gun was a harpoOner-a
man accustomed to set a harpoon into q
whale clean TO the wood, sometimes clean
over the bitches,
"frhc surcness of eye and the steadiness
of hand these men had learned in their
trade was manifest in their gunnery. They
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knowledge as to Weak Points.

1t is stated that the Strategic Board has
become possessed of considerable informa-
ton regarding weak points in the fortifica-
tons of Cuba and Porto Eico, OBJ
tanned unofficially from the Cutans and
the revolutionary party of Porto Rico. APP
preciating the desire of the authorities
here to learn all that is possible respecting
the condition of Spain in her western pos
sessions, the Cubans and their friends in
Porto EiicO have been carefully examining
the islands. Their information as TO the
best points for landing an army and max
ing an attack by naval force has been
transmitted to the Department unOfficially
of course, and has been considered by the
Strategic Beard in connection with the prep
aration of its plan of campaign against
these colonies.
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The Important

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present fnaa to the cu a tnn and
served there until fd the pfH of by strong
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re e Germany again France for he @ e k
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the surrender

lacks on board TO huff But Just as she
came into the wind her fore and main top
sail yards came down To the caps at the
same time, being cut away in the sings by
the Rangers shot; and thus losing the use
of her two principal working sails forward
the Drake lost steering way swung off
and enabled Jones, by quickly wearing
under her stern, to rake her.
Having lost all her officers but the Third
, Lieutenant, and nearly a third of her crew,
az in all out of about 1907, and being hope
lessly unmanagcable, the Drake now struck
her colors, after an hour and a four min
| utes of what the English naval historian
Campbell describes as doubtless the
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CHAPTER ".

CRUISE IN THE IRISH SEA-AT-
TACK on THE ENEMY AT WHITE
HAVEN-SIGHTING THE DRAKE.
JONES'S CHALLENGE-WHY JONES
DID NOT WANT TO SINK THE DRAKE
A SPECIMEN OF YANKEE GUNNERY.
A SPLENDID PRIZE.
The cruise Of the Ranger TO France, though
lasting only rs days, and though the vessel
was small, became an historical event OF
rast importance, partly because it demon
strated to Europe that Great Britain was
not invincible at sea, but mainly because
L gave the world an object lesson of the
possibilities OF Paul Jones.
Sailing from Brest, April 10, 1873, the
Ranger ran round Lands End and up
through the Irish Sea to Whitehaven. APP
preaching that harbor during the night of
April p, Jones landed with two officers
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EDITORIAL NOTE-How Paul Jones formed
a friendship with the Duke and Duchess of
Chartres, and the influence they had on his
future, will be told in the next installment.
Every succeeding installment will treat of
some particularly interesting period Of his
remarkable. career.
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boat 10 the Drake to receive

literally harpooned the enemy to the life
with every cannon ball
AS the two ships were going off the wind
which was light, they both rolled consid-
erably, and together; that is, when the
Hanger went down to port the Drake came
up to starboard Quite early in he action
! noticed that my men were timing 10 fire
as their muzZles went down and the
enemy's side came up. BY this practice
| they were huiling the Drake prodigiousIy
below the water.line,. though damaring
her but little aioft. Asking Quarter gun
ner Owen Starbuck, of Nantucket. why he
fred that way, he replied: TO sink the
English, sirt
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Secretaries in Time of War.

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IO1Ig ItdCH UP llle % way, and hove
TO of his native hamlet of Arbicland
with the intention OF going ashore ito see
the familiar old place once more" but
fearing that he might get caught in that
narrow estuary by a headwind or a calm,
abandoned that intention, and steered for
st. Mary's Isle.
BATTLE WITH THE DRAKE.
Leaving this place in the evening of the
same day april 23D the Ranger ran over to
the Irish coast during the night, and about
noon of the 9th bove-to off Carrickfergus
harbor.
There Jones saw an English sloop-of-war,
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and p men Just before dawn
On the I'D, surprised the
coast guard, took the two
batteries defending { h G
mouth of the port. spiked
most of their guns. about
30 in number, and then set
fire To the largest ship in
the inner basin, where some
20 vessels Of all sizes lay.
Considerable damage was
done and great alarm occa-
stoned. But as daylight
came on the British, seeing
the small force OF the assail-
ants, rallied, and Jones re-
treated 10 his ship without
casualty.
Bearing away from White
haven he ran up to St.
Mary's Isle, n Kirkcudbright
Bay, above the mouth of
Solway Firth. Here the Earl
of Selkirk lived, and it was
Jones's intention TO take
him and hold him as a host
age for the better treatment
OF American prisoners of
war then in English iaiIs.
The Earl was away from
home. Some of the landing
party, however, took a small
quantity Of silver plate from
the EarPs castle. Jones re-
monstra;ed with them. but
finally yielded 10 their argu-
ments that the English in
America did not spare any.
body or anything.
After the Ranger returned
to Bresi, Jones bought this
plate and returned il TO the
Earl with some correspond
ence that need not be re-
produced he e. / cost about
f170 To buy the plate and pay
the shipping from Brest To
Dumfries, where the Earl re-
ceived il with a suitable ac-
Acknowledgement.
ID ring this run from
Whitehayen Jones took a
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-16

Last Sillaiay morning at the NJ. q.
cirapel, imme6Mtely following services,
Miss Myrtle Cha!sr,' and Mr.. BENZ.
Hoff were united in s,arrirge, Rev.
Chaplin, the brides father, performing
the ceremony in the presefes' of u
good sized congregation. The seahti-
full short Methodist Episcopal ceve.
mony was performed, which was fot.
lowed by an impressive prayer by Rev.
DIR. Lymer. Hearty congratulations
followed, the newly married couple re-
ceiving the choicest blessings of those
present.
Mr.. Hof is we'll known here where
he was for a long time employed in L.
Elsey's store. He is now managing
Mr.. Elsey's store at Edgemont, where
they will reside, leaving for that place
Monday evening.
Both young people have a host of
friends in Hot Springs who will join
the STAR in wishing them joy and
prosperity throughout long life of
matrimonial bliss.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-16

Geo. Cassel aud Bert Underhill re-
turned Wednesday from Chickamauga,
where they served Unncle Sum as pri-
Yates in Grigsby's regimsnt-kutwn as
''rough riders Both young men are
very glad to get kome, and back to this
delightful climate, which they now ap-
preciate more than ever. They have a
nut brown color from so much out
door exposure in camp life. George
Cassel looks quite thin, just recovering
from long siege Of typhoid fever. Iu
conversation with George he related
many interesting facts regarding his
soldier life:and that of troops at Chick
amauga. He thinks, The sickness was
principally caused bys the change in
climate together with outdoor life and
mode of Mving-a complete change in
everything. Then,- toe, with $4,000 men
camped together aud with no sewerage
all refuse being dumped in holes in
the ground, and then covered when the
holes were full-must necessarily be
unhealthy. yet the per oentage of sick.
ness at Chiokamsugs was not bad
What complaints have been heard
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-16
Old soldier. and the War.

Major A. r. Anderson of Hot Springs,
S. d., an ex-member of congress from
Iowa, is in Omaha en- route home from
the Cincinnati encampment of the G..
A. r. He secured the endorsement of
the Grand Army for the project for "a
national sanitarium for old soldiers at
Hot Springs.
"The sentiment of the old soldiers at
Cincinnati" said Major Anderson, lis
unanimous in favor of upholding the
administration in it's conduct of the re-
cent war. myself have no patience
with some of the puerile criticisms of
the war department. went through
one war and know that it is no picnic.
The deaths from disease are always
in excess of deaths from bullets.
"Inmy own regiment we had sixty
four men who died from measles be-
fore they got within hailing distance
of a battlefield. Soldiers who go to
war must expect hardships."- Omaha
Bee.