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Evening star., 1898-05-07
HE WAS WITH DEWEYI

what q glorious victofy Dewey gained
over the Spanish fleet at Manila" said
Holmes E. Offiey at the Riggs the other
night Of1ey was chief clerk of the Navy
Department during Grant two administra-
tions, and few men are more familiar with
naval affairs. Previous to his holding that
position he was for nearly four years Sec
retary to Admiral Goldsborough aboard
the old flagship Colorado of the fleet that
was sent to Europe Just after the war of
the rebellion
That was picked crew." 'Off1ey con-
tlnued, and it would be hard to find an
abler one Dewey was with us on the Col
orado and he was her executive officer
With Dewey there was John Crittenden
Watson of Kentucky, then lieutenant and
now detailed to command a squadron of
SIMPSONS fleet. Sullivan D. Ames was
lieutenant and royal good fellow. He
died some years ago. Henry b. Robson,
now retired commodore was with us.
W. l. sampson, now the acting admiral of
the neet OF Havana was then lieutenant
on the Colorado. Lieutenant James p.
Robertson and Ensign Charles II. Craven,
rafting good boys, are both dead.
of the midshipmen the Colorado
there were Ahrmentrout, now dead; Chas.
ffenry Davis, now commander of the Dixie:
Theodore F. Jewell, now commander of the
Minneapolis; F. W. Dickins, now assistant
cnie1 'of the bureau of naviga tion and
Charles H. Goodrich, who is also now
commander.
Admiral Goldsborough's stafr at that
time was composed of Benjamin F. Gar
vin, chief engineer. who has been dead for
a number of years: James Mcclellan, sur
geon, also dead; Clement d. Hebb captain
of marines. now a retired colonel; Paymas-
ter John s. Cunningham, dead; Chaplain
Charles r.. Hale now. think. a Protestant
episcopal bishop in the west: Surgeon Jas.
ii. 11nkh2m. dead. and mvSplf a no ad
mirafs secretary.
Dewey was always looked upon as
most jovial shipmate. Admiral Goldsber-
cugh. himself one of the best discipline
rlans and judges of ability in the service,
recognized Dewey as an A No l man.
Among his shpmates Dewey was regarded
as what is called in the navy as "a square
man. ANY one who ever came in contact
with him is not surprised at the magnifi-
cent record he made in this fight at Ma
Mia. should say in justice that Sampson
was held in about the same estimation. and
the same can be justly said of Watson.
1T was, indeed, a picked crowd on the
colorado and en- the other vessels of the
European squadron. The war was just
over and the United States wanted to show
to the other nations that she had some
thing left.
But wHat l am over here at the hotel
Tor is to Sec If l can't hear something re-
sardng the wounded. In such a shake up
as that some enc must have been injured
on our vessels
And the veteran naval man sat farther
back in his chair to recall the days when
he was young and ready for an affray him
self
Evening star., 1898-05-07
She Thought He w.s Crx,,.

s"Over in Illinois. when was a boy." said
congressman from the state to a Star re-
porter, there was lawyer named Hatha-
way, who lived in my native town, and who
had something the matter with his eyes
L think the doctors said his lachrymal
glands were weak.
Any way, he was always wiping his
eyes. Sometimes it was amusing in court
to see him bring out his big red bandana
and wipe his eyes when he was talking to
the court upon some dry legal proposition.
You know you rather expect a lawyer to do
1t before jury in criminal practice
We'll, they used to tell this story on
Hathaway: One day a woman came into
his office to consult with him regarding the
beginning of a suit for divorce from her
husband. She related how she had been
abused. and told story of suffering. Just
at this point Hathaway reached for his
handkerchief and wiped his eyes.
His client, who was a sympathetic ma
ture, sought to stay his arm, and said:
Don't cry, Mr. Hathaway, don't cry
Hathaway was sensitive regarding his
infirmity, but he always laughed heartily
when the story was told in his presence
Evening star., 1898-05-07
FOR TOTAL DISABILITY,
A Woman Who Knew just Why She
Wanted n Pension.


The pension examiner having read a few
more stirring dispatches from the front
and wondered what kind of a search war
rant would be necessary to find the hosts
of Spain. picked up an envelope from his
desk and smiled at something it suggested
II had funny case when l was out Oh
my last round,' he said to his only WIS.,
itor. "A woman had called on q lawyer in
the town where l was to see something
about her pension. and he had sent aer
to me with tie brief information that she
wanted an increase. She told me her name
and 1 remembered her as the wife of
man who had driven me forty miles in a
blackboard IA couple of weeks before"
" Mr.. kenston tells me you want an in
crease of pension?' I said by way of intro
duction.
:" Yes, SIR
On what grounds?
"'TotaI disability
Total disability? exclaimed in aston
ishmept. for her husband was as strong
man as / was when he had taken me across
the hills two weeks before though / knew
he had a bullet in his leg, which made him
rheumatic
"'Yes. sir; total disability she insisted.
How do you make that out?'
"'He's dead, sir. Died last Sunday
OF course concluded the examiner
the pensioner was totally disabled, but il
was not classified that way, and we fixed
1t up with the widow according to law"
Evening star., 1898-05-07
A saddened Anniversary.

"One encounters some strange and at
times pathetic things even in the hotel
business" said Eugene Coffin, one of the
clerks at Wizards. to a Star reporter.
ION April we had come to our place
an elderly woman who registered as Mrs.
Mary F. Doan of Boston. With her was
her daughter.
''The following day, the mother: said,
would be the fiftieth anniversary of her
wedding. Her husband was dead, but she
and her only daughter had come to Will
lard's to celebrate the anniversary.
Il gave them the same room that the
mother and her husband occupied fifty
years ago. The hcGsekeeper was notified
and she got the steward to have baked a
cake on which read fifty years.
'The next evening mother and daughter
occupied a private dining room and en-
joyed all the luxur:es that our house af-
fGrded. The waiter who attended them
said that before dinner both knelt on the
floor and were in silent prayer for several
minuteS'
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Getting Into Line.


Rafferty," said Mr.. Dolan as the latter
strolled up the walk, ''Ofm glad we've Gem.
Oi wor t'inkin' about yez only a minute or
two since. The two iv us is gettin' left
out iv the push. Where's yer badges ?
Where's yer sporty clothes? Where's ony-
thin thot shows ye're somebody ty be look
ed up to an rushpected? Nowhere"
"Oi called in here ty have no argymint {"
replied his neighbor in measured tones
''Oi fought thot if ye had nothin' ty do
Ord pass a few minutes talkin' over the
war wild yez.''
THE war. is 1t? Rafferty,, thot's got
pasht talkin'. Mebbe we've noticed thot
whin the shootin' begins a greddeal iv the
talkin' shtops. OPve nothin' ty say about
war now. But Old be marchin wild the
b'ys inty Cuby only fur two reasons. Ne
wife positively furbid me goin' an whin
OF wtnt ty see the recruitin' officer he
wouldn't accept me. Oi nivver mention the
second rayson ty me wife. So as long as
@ 0rve got ty shtay home, oi1l be busy an
What is it ye're eoin'ty do"
congress iv fathers"
Lave me undherstsn' yez, Dolan.
which wan " 'em is it yez want me i'm"
Both. AS a father We kin come an yer
sind substitute"
Thin Oh don't see as OF cut much fv a
figure
'Iv coorse ye do It's you an not the
goat ye sind who hov Is name an the pro-
gram. an you win the proize II you hap
per ty hov the besht goat Oi'll hov Micky
ciane out the barn an hang up the lam
afther next"
''Whin'll ye be havin' th' other?"
The congress iv fathers? Oh, thot kin
happen at the same tonne. It'll do some
hov been gofn' an these many years.
We've had mothers congresses, sons iv
revolutions an daughters iv revolutions an
the whole family In wan ting or th'other.
all excertin' tn old man. An whin in
future years the work iv measurin' whats 9
been done is taken up In histh'ry they'll
say. where was her"
4 ssOi shpcse thay'u t'ink he were blowin'
Evening star., 1898-05-07

The following Is how n writer In the
Clarion analyses the music of the bagpipes:
big flies on window, 72 per cent: cats on
midnight tiles. liz per cent; voices of In
FAINT puppies, per cent; grunting of hun
cry pigs In the morning. 5Ia per cent steam
whistles, per cent; chant Of crickets, per
cent."-Glasgow Evening Times
Evening star., 1898-05-07

ty Fogarty's." replied Mr.. Rafferty, refiec-
lively.
''That'n be the suspicion onless we get
up an do something"
''Spos'n we nov a congress. How'll We
behare?''
Wen read papers,
''O fought ye'd hov nothin' ty say about
tie war. There'll he nothing but war news
in the papers barrin' the haythen names
the Spannards kapes ringin in. Oi hov
Evening star., 1898-05-07
The Savage and the Bird Case.

A gentleman who went out with Stanley
to Africa took with him number of bird
cages, in which he hoped to bring back
some specimens of the rarer birds of the
interior. Owing to the death of his carriers.
he was obliged to throw away the bird
cages with a number of other articles.
These were seized by the natives in great
glee. though they did not know what to do
with them; but they eventually decided that
the small circular cages were kind of
head gear, and. knocking off the bottom,
the chiefs strutted about in them with EVIL
dent pride. One chief, thinking himself
more wise than the Others. and having seen
the white men eat at table out of dishes,
thought they were receptacles for food. and
took his meals from one tremendously
opening and shutting the door between each
mouthful
Evening star., 1898-05-07
4 BCncfnctOr.

BcncfnctOr.
1t is very customary to describe the Joys
that fill ....r
Ones being when the birds begin to twitt.r
and to trill
And yet, methinks the weIcomest and most
inspiring song
Is that which echoes loud amid the hot and
dusty throng. o.
When the ball games fascinations held YOU
there. in spite of heat,
When peanuts are the only things that you
have had TO eat
Then comes a dulcet greeting. with the
sound of clinking glass,
'Tis Cool drinks, Lemonade ginger ale
and sass
1t Is true the youths apparel has an aggra-
waiting hue,
But the sweetness of his carol makes his
plumage good to view.
And you lose the slight resentment that
you might have had of yore.
When you learn that sass means HARM
less s'parilla-nothing more.
All, sweeter than the chorus which is jubi-
lantly raised
When the home team makes killing" and
the other side looks dazed.
Is his slight and simple solo, good cheer
he seeks TO pass,
His Cool drinks! Lemonade, ginger ale
and Sassr
Ay, cen with his red sweater and his cap,
whose visor mods,
He's handsomer than Ganymede. prepared
to serve the gods
For who believes that thirst within the city
may not be
AS cruel as upon the sandy desert or the
sea?
So, who would write of him except with an
obsequious pen,
This tireless pilgrim all alert to soothe his
fellow men:
Who lifts our dropping spirits, as the shower
revives the grass,
With mis- Cool drinks! Lemonade, ginger
ale and sass
Evening star., 1898-05-07

The United States Is the wealthiest coun-
try on the globe In 1850 MulhalI estiniat-
ed that It's wealth was f13. 900. .OO0 900. or
S65 O00. ON. .Oc0 while that of Great Britain
was D. D.eO0.OOOOt, or $47. SOC. 600 600. The
wealth of France was estimated at fS5O0,-
cOO.OO0, or $4aO0O. 600 0OO: Germany, f6.-
5O0,0O0,OOO. or s.. $50 ,00G. 600: Russia, f5,-
O00.O0O.OOO; Austria. f4O00.0 000. coo; Italy.
IS. .000. .O0Oc00. and Spain, f2.000. 600, 600. or
$4,000, co., ,0O0.
One out OF every six Inhabitants In
France has an account at the state savings
hanks. The amount at the credit of the
when the latest statistsls weTe taken. was
$3.50 O00.O00. The rate of interest IL 81 per
cent. Aiore than half the depositors are
women, and the vast majority Of them be-
long to the wcrking GLASSES.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

hard woods give more heat in burning than
soft varieties. II has been shown that the
greatest power ispoesessed by the wood of
the linden tree, which In very soft. Fir
stands next to linden. and almost equal TO
ii.
Among birds there are few better fight-
ers than ycose, or a gander more par-
ticularly. The ragged white Russian recso
bite ferociousiy. 1t Is no mere peck with
them: they bite and hang on with all the
teIacity OF q bulldog.
Evening star., 1898-05-07
Three Stars Extra.

A vollble fakir was selling silk star
spatg ed banners at the 18th street ell
trance to the Treasury Department the
other afternoon. His line of talk was
ingenious.
Look a-here, fellers. said he. there's
forty-e:ght stars on this flag. Forty-eight.
mind you. 'Ill bet Matanzas mule that
you can't find another Old Glory in this
country that has got forty eight stars on
it. Those that you buy in the stores has
only got forty-five stars-one for each
state. But this here flag o. mine has been
built for the occasion. It's got three eX-
ira stars added for the three new states
Spain, Cuba and Philippineland. See? IL
you dent get one of 'em you amt I'm the
push. You'll have TO paint three more
stars en- the flag you've already got, and
you can't make q neat job of il. You
might as well have one o. them old flags
with thirteen stars on II a forty-five-
star nag In these days. Get next! Get
in the push! Get into the big star span
gled handicap with three starters added,
They ART no long Shots either"
The fakir did business on that basis. 700.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

hardly tonne ty read the news thryin' "
pronounce who's doin' the work fur the
Spannards, an where they're located How
yez taken account iv the way thin FELIX'S
turns things around? They couldn't he
STRAIGHTFORWARD ty save their loives They
always put the o last IL they were ty hoy
anybody wild 'em named 'O'Brien' they'd
call i'm 'Briano.' 'Twould be .Rourkeo' or
Rahertyo; an fur thot If fur nothin' else
On foind II i'm me heart ty he moighty
thankful there's no Irish among EN-"
IL Wor the congress iY fathers we wor
spakin' iv, wor il not?" inquired Mr. Dolan
with effortful mildness
1t wor. But let's hear about the goat
show
There's nothin' much ty do except ty
Put yer goat an exhibition an wait fur the
proiZe.'
Dolan, thot sort iv ting may do fur
hCrses but ii wont go wild goats There's
no animal approaches human intelligence
so close as goat There's no other thot'll
get right down tn mans level an chew
tybaccy an be sociable Ye kin play all
konds iv thricks wid horse. OF nivver
ioiked the animal much OWN ty hoyin'
b@en thrown from rockin' horse IN me
early infancy. But Oi wanst worked fur a
hunt club. Oh was the felly thot dragged
the bag around fur the dogs ty git a scent
iv Away the dogs 'ud go t'inkin' II wor a
fox, an the horses afther 'en. An whin
twor OYER the people wild red coats an
leS-of-mutton pants I'D go in an how the
best goin' ty ale an drink while the horse
wint out ty the same old dish of hay an
wather Ye couldn't fool goat thot way.
He'd be waltzin' inty the parler ty have his
share O. the best. No, Dolan, OF wouldn't
hov the impotence ty thry ty take any ad-
vantage Of a goat. Ord feel 'twor more in
The way o justice an common sinse ty go
in the show meself an let the goat how rs
name an the program an wear the medals"
Evening star., 1898-05-07
And No Wonder.

There was a dangerous CLINT in young
Sixtyamonth's eye when he appeared at
the breakfast table on the morning after
the news from Manila was received. He
spread out his paper carefully and waited
for an cpportune silence. Then he sprung
II.
ouired. Dewey
And then the biscuits whistled through
the air like shells.
Evening star., 1898-05-07

y don't suppose that adequate means for
disposing of ones hat in a theater will ever
be devised was the wall OF an old theater-
goer to a Star reporter recently. "Of course
the racks under the seats are all very nice
but they perform their duty just 50 long as
the occupant of the seat is enabled to sit
still. But just 50 sure as he Is Obliged to
get up and let some one squeeze by him.
should he neglect to remove his hat from
under the seat and hold 1t In his hand, gen.
orally high UP out of reach, just so sure
will 1t receive a dig from that some ones
knee. or In many cases his own, in endeav-
ering to make himself as small as possible
OF course, the occupants of aisle seats are
subjected to more annoyance of this kind
than those who sit In inside seats but 1
have seen party of ladies pass seven men
in a row and out of the seven have seen
five of them reach stealthily underneath
the seat and abstract a very much dilapi-
dated specimen of head covering / have
suffered SO many times in this way that the
first move / make when any one wishes to
pass my seat Is to grab my hat and hold II
above possible danger. l wish some inven-
tive genius would get to work and devise
something that would do away with this
nuisance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-09
All Are Welcome.

The TTsJRsae, without reservation.
endorses the constitution. and bylaws
adopted By the Springfield Democratic
club last week. The constitution says:
All voters who pledge themselves 20
support the National. State. county
and municipal platforms and candi-
dates Of thy Democratic party are
eligible 10 membership.
There Is room in the Democratic
party for all who believe in the great
principles upon which it Is founded
and Who will support its platforms and
nominees II Republican. or q Pop
ullsf, or 8 Gold Democrat sees the
error OF his ways. there Is room for
him in the Democratic party, bat he
must. Of course. subscribe 10 the. party
platform and usages TO be received in
fall fellowship. The Democratic party
Is big and broad. and il has always
been and always viii be the hope Of
the great mass OF the people OF this
county, C. TritUae-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-09

vas that il was the duty Of the Presi-
dent and the Senate 20 pack the Court
or do anything else needful to prevent
the enemies OF the republic from Grip
ping the United States by depriEing
the government of the necessary
sovereign power to issue money. with
out which It's very existence was in
danger The question between what
the Republicans denounced as copper
headism thirty years ago and what was
then claimed 10 be the essential test Of
patriotism IS presented in the issue
between bonds and greenbaeks now
pending in tie United States Senate
Presto change, The only difference
between now and then is that the Re
publican party has become the copper
head party. according 10 their OWE
definition, and that the Democratic
party has become the party struggling
for national authority and the right Of
the United States 10 exist, gold ganb-
lers 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
The Republicans. then the friends Of
the union, regarded with alarm the
gold board Of New York, making war
on the armies Of the union in the rear
while the Confederates fought them IN
the front The united Democracy Of
Jefferson. reinforced By Silver Repub-
licans aud Populists. while struggling
10 maintain The honor Of the nation
and provide funds for the prosecution
Of the war. view with alarm and dis
gust the nachinations Of the gold
gamblers of New York and the bond
holders OF two continents who are play
ing the same game in larger fheater
as was played from 1861 TO 1865 by
the gold gamblers OF Wall street--!SA-
0er Knight HIat1bulan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-09
Purchased Legislation.

" f Bechel. who was for Is years
chief auditor Of the Pacific Express
CO.. Is on trial at Onaba, charged
with embezzlensnt-
The sum lost Is said 10 be $500. 600,
ali Of which. Il appears. vas ..appro.
priated" BY the company. -.to influence
Legislation. The stockholders, oi
whom George Gould Is one. are dissat-
is6ed and propose TO make the officials
disgorge.
This Is the story, and there is no
reason TO believe that it Is not true
But it would be interesting TO know
how many and what corporations have
such slush funds to distribute in State
capitals
Do corporations make . habit OF
buying favorable legislation aud pay
ing blackuail 10 prevent The passage
Of inimical acts? Are corporations
whose Interests penetrate every State
in the Union guilty OF corrupting all
the legislatures in the country
The Omaha scandal should be thor
oughly probed by the pabiic authori-
ties II points to = rotten and unen-
durable condition of public and private
uorals.-St- Louis PoS: Dispatch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-09
Then and Now.
WN. CANM.

The indianapolis Journal has great
vocabulary OF harsh words for every
body ~ho i in favor Of the decision Of
the Supreme Cour. Of the United States
relative 10 the power Of the govern
nent TO issue legal tender notes.
such as deuagogues. sneaks, financial
heretics, Bryanites. and the like. To
cap the climax. It quotes from the
Kansas City Star s violent harangue
against ali who will lot fall down and
worship the aristocrats of gold monop-
oly. which closes as follows:
No nation ever undertook TO raise
funds 10 carry on war By the issue OF
paper money without bringing disaster
OF the people. The experiment has
been tried repeatedly. and il has al
ways resulted in derauging the fnan-
ces Of the country which tried H.
This is q fair specimen of the auda-
cious falsehoods and the loathsone
ignorance Of the goldbug press EF-
cry reader of history knows that no
country has ever carried on q great
war involving national existence with
ont the issuance Of paper money Il Is
not true that such issuance brought
disaster; On the contrary. it was the
Issuance Of paper money that whipped
Napoleon and placed England in the
first rank Of military and commercial
nations OF the world Il was the issU-
ance Of the greeEbacks which saved
the union and placed this country in
the front rank Of the nations Of the
world in wealth. power. credit and
prosperity. The Republican party re-
garded It Of so much importance 20
maintain the power of The government
to coin money Of paper as well as OF
metal that they packed the Supreme
Court 10 reverse a wrong decision aud
vindicate the power of the United
States 70 make fell legal-teDder money
Of paper IN time Of peace as well a. IN
time OF war.
There were two vacancies On the
Supreme Court bench President Grant
selected Bradley. of New Jersey and
Strong. of Penusylvsnia. whose views
upon the paramount question Of legal
tender money we're well known. and
nominated them as Justices of the
Supreme Conri The charge was made
that the Republican party vas packing
the Court The iuputz1iou was treat
ed with contempt bg the Republicans
in Congress. and the only defense that
the friends Of the government made