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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-06
pelightn of Growing up.

Aunt Gertrude-And what will you
do when you are man, Tommy?
Tommy-rm going to grow beard
Aunt Gertrude-Why?
Tommy-Because then I won't have
nearly so much face to wash.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-05-06
Cover for San Buckets.

A good cover for sap buckets may
be made at a cost of less than one cent
by taking a wide single (a), saving
off four inches of the tip end and fas.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
On Ia Porto Rico

TT was as easy as rolling off a log.
Miles with his transports concluded
to make a point on the island of
Porto Rico opposite the coast on which
San Juan is situated. The excellent
maps that have come into general use
since the war broke out show the situa-
ton at a glance-many Of them plainly
indicate the public highway. which is
reported TO be in fine condition, and
over which the commanding general
can march his men. eighty odd miles.
to San Juan.
The landing was like one Of the sea-
sons plcnlcs: the stars and stripes
we're a1oat on Porto Rican soil before
the Spanish garrison knew what was
going on. That splendid little pleasure
yacht man-of-war, the Gloucester, add
ed new laurels to its already glorious
record, and, from first to last, the cere-
mony Of occupation was as gay and as
admirably executed as a well-rehearsed
wedding procession.
This mornings account OF the landing
at the outposts of Ponce describes
peaceful meadows, herds of cattle,
thrifty plantations and a greatly-sur-
prised Porto Rican community. The
assurances are that there will be no
trouble i'm getting all our forces landed
and headed for San Juan, which ought
soon TO be ours. The ambition Of the
administration. according TO all ac-
counts, was 10 have possession of the
island OF Porto Rico before the time
came for terms of peace. This wish is
as good as gratifed already.
Yet General Miles will have to hurry
up. The news of this morning is
every American will be glad to read
it-that Spain asks for peace. There
is, thus far, no suggestion of an armis-
tice. but the announcement OF one Is
likely to follow speedily. and. so, Gen
eral Miles, landed on Porto Rico, may
pause upon the coast. In his case-lf
peace Is hastened-the American peO-
pie are ready TO take the will for the
deed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
Not Up to Date.

II PROTEST that is almost un!ver-
sal comes from the American
press against the action of the
navy department in ordering three new
battleships for which a speed of only
fifteen or sixteen knots an hour is speci-
fed. The department at Washington
seems bent on sticking TO this figure, al
though argument and recent experience
appear TO be all against that policy.
We are proposing to have a navy which,
In quality at least. shall not be out
classed by that OF any power in the
world, yet in the spending of millions
Of money for new battleships we are
distinctly Ignoring, so good authority
says, the modern methods adopted by
the leading governments In Europe.
The Engineering News. which has dis
cussed this question with earnsstness
n with every indication Of intelligence,
calls attention to the fact hat every
naval power in the world except the
United States has increased its standard
speed for battleships TO from seventeen
TO nineteen knots: that there are already
at least fifty foreign battleships afloat
or under construction which have speeds
one TO three knots In excess Of the speed
OF any OF our battleships; n that for
the United states at this time to build
new battleships with speed even lower
than that of its b~attleships now
afloat will injure it's naval prestige as
much as the loss of a battle
The Engineering News insists that our
-ecent engagement of Santiago was a
.o~nvincing proof Of the fatal error &c
which our navy department is commit.
ting itself. The News urges that had
the Spanish cruisers been able to reach
such speeds as their engine power should
have given them, even with their bar
nacle-laden hulls, the chances are goot
that they would have got out OF range
before the American vessels on guarC
could get under way and stop them. A
II was. the fastest Of the four, the Girls
tobal Colon. did outstrip the other yes
sells and get entirely away and out o
effective range II was then that tn
Brooklyn and the Oregon undertook
stern chase after the fleeing vessel Tn
Brooklyn has about the same speed rat
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
After the Ball.

- NE of the sequels to the wheat
~ boom-which silver's enemies
pointed to, as long as IL lasted,
with unusual pride. as an evidence Of
restored prosperity-is the publication
in Chicago of the list of properties on
which old man Letter has placed mort
cages, i'm the hope that with the bor-
rowed money he made get the Letter
millions u OF the hole into which
young Letter dumped them. To raise
two million dollars, Letter pere gave
mortga ges on choice realty rated to be
worth sl,e35, 800.
The property mortgaged includes
pieces Of such value as the ground upon
which the Grand Pacific hotel stands
and the building itself. the ground and
Lakeside building at the southwest cor
ner of Adams and South Clark street.
the building at 81 and 81 South Clark
street. I'm which Mr.. Letters real estate
office is located. the building occupied
by S%paulding. the jeweler. at the south
east corner Of State street and jackson
boulevard, n the property at the
northwest corner of Fifth avenue and
Monroe street.
Young Letters proof of property"
in the shape of h~igh-priced wheat. was
a circus while 1t lasted. The delirium
was short-lt look only about sixteen
months to box the wheat-pit compass;
the period of penance will be long; the
nla oontIannon hac horround nj fn,Ir mar
cent. and for a ten-year term, these two
millions; they will cost him $50. 900 a
year for interest alone.
With the Letters the public has the
least possible sympathy. By a gam
bling process the plunger in the family
raised the price on every loaf of bread
that went to the w~orkingman's table.
but the wage-earner received not a pen
ny more of pay for his labor-from
the total of his insignificant all. he was
just so much more out. The erratic
advance in the price of every bushel
of wheat vas a fiction. yet the solemn
testimony Of every goldbug was that
dollar wheat proved Mckinley prosper
ity and ~two-dollar wheat proved ii
twice over.
Really. Mark Hanna's lieutenants
who lately were ringing the changes on
prosperity wheat" ought to chip in a
little something toward letting old man
Letter out; for a little while his money
furnished their bright-and- shining cam
paign argument. To-day wheat is away
down. Town somewhere neal seventy
cents, down where it normally belongs
along with cheap silver, cheap labor and
cheap commodities, proving by its pres
enc there. for the twentieth time, the
argument advanced by the advocates OF
free coinage-and the goldbug cry about
dollar wheat and prosperous grangers
collapsed as suddenly as Letter did.
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ing as the Colon, but was not her equal
In armor or armament; and in a duel
between the two vessels fought with
equal skill on both sides, the Brooklyn
would probably have been worsted.
What the result would have been had
the two vessels fought alone will never
be known. for the oregon. running at a
sixteen-knot speed, was able to come
to the assistance of the Brooklyn n
made the defeat of the Spanish vessel
sure.
This version certainly appears TO be
fully warranted. and in all the discus
sion Of the navy departments purpose
TO abide by old-fashion plans and to
be content with a rate of speed that is
inferior. no good answer to the wide
spread criticism has been brought out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
A Boys Opinion.

Some good men are naturally such
teachers, and so full of benevolepce,
especially toward the Young, that they
cannot help spreading wisdom wherever
they go. That the seed may fall on
stony ground Is proved by a story which
a gentleman who went hunting far into
the interior of Nova Scotia, tells in a
letter.
The hunter was carried is miles at
night by a boy is years old, and a horse
10 years old. The ride was tedious, and
the boy driver was inclined to fall
asleep. The hunter, therefore, thought
to interest him In something.
IT see we are going due west" he
said.
How do you know that?' asked the
boy. Were you ever here before?
No: but there is the north star.
How do you know it's the north
starr"
why, there are the pointers"
What pointers?"
The hunter explained and told the
boy how to find the north star. Then
he pointed out two of the planets. The
boy seemed wide awake now, and the
hunter went on to give him his hrst
lesson I'm astronomy, telling him how
Jupiter was 300 times as large as the
earth. and how Mars showed changes
OF seasons-how II had bays and appar-
emit canals, etc, and how II was sup
posed by many to have Intelligent in
habitants.
When, after his hunting. the stranger
returned to the town where he had hired
the conveyance, and the boy. he found
that the people seemed to have a GER
tain humorous interest In him. III was
so evident that he was the object OF
some curiosity or joke that he made In
quiries and finally ound a man VINO
could tell him
why" said this Informant, yeu've
made a great reputation Tor yourseif
around here"
In what way?"
"Oh. the kid that drove you over TO
- the other night came back the
next day and told all the settlers at the
! hotel that OF all the liars he ever heard
you were the sliokest."
what lie did I tell him."
The boy said that you pretended 10
know the number of miles to the sun,
and that you pointed 20 a star that you
said wa called Jumpter. and that you
said IL was 1. 800 times bigger than this
world. and that you pointed to another
star that you said was one where folks
lived"
ooh says that boy. you just ought
to hear him. He's a peach Old Has
klns Amt in II with that Teller for 1yin.
I tell you he's the biggest liar in Nova
Scotia. III point him out to you when
he comes back"
The boy had pointed him out, and he
was at that moment enjoying the repu-
tation of the champion Of all the nars
who had ever come to Nova SCOTIA
l Country Gentleman.
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blood by their friendly e~xhor,a.ions to

blood by their friendly exhor;stions to
their countrymen.
The spokesman of the New York
junta. DR.. Henna. remarked a few days
ago to a New York reporter that SPANS
u~nceasing effort has been to picture TO
the minds Of the islanders a condition
of fearful servitude TO which they will
be reduced IL the Americans become
masters of the island DIR. Henna says
that he has compatriots who are well
known and respected throughout Porto
Rico who have offered their services to
the president and who have proposed
by their presence on the island and
through the processes of peaceful and
friendly discussion to help win over the
populace TO our side.
These offers have been ignored. 1t
may be that the administration has
ample reason for %snubblng these volun-
teers. as il has deemed itself warranted
In pushing roughly aside the men who
In a generation Of fighting have bravely
contended for Cuba's liberation. That is
10 say. IT may be suited TO the plans of
the administrators clique TO cultivate
the unfriendliness Of the natives in
Cuba and in Porto Rico. The admins
tration can undertake this course with
impunity-it can crush out the natives.
II It wants to: all 1t needs is the use OF
the American peoples money and the
sacrifice Of hundreds of lives, more or
less.
That appears to be the admlnistra-
ions policy-it will leave the harvest
ing of the islands so much the easier for
administration favorites; thereTl be no
native rights or claims which the ad-
ministration will be bound to respect-it
can carpetbag Porto Rico. and no ques-
lions asked.
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SCHLEY AND SAM
The Case of the Scotch Terrier and the
Rat.

MT
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Editor of the Commercial-Appeal: Re-
garding the Schley-Sampson controversy.
| would like to PROFOUND a riddle to you.
Mr.. Smith owns a Scotch terrier that has
some reputation as a rat killer. During
his absence the dog runs a rat into the
hole and takes his place at the mouth of
It. After waiting for some time the rat
dashes out. the dog pursues, catches and
kills IT. Now, who deserves credit for kill
ing the rat, the dog or the owner?
vERITAs.
We must confess that this is a very deli
cate question. Our own opinion is that the
dog caught and killed the rat. But we
have submitted the case to Commodore
Sampson, the board of paresis and 9TH
ers, and our faith in our own judgment is
badly shaken. In the first place, Mr..
Smith was the owner of the dog. If he
had not been the owner of the dog, Mr..
Jones, Mr.. Brown or somebody else would
have owned 1t. In this event the dog
would not have been on Mr.. Smiths prem
ises and we are warranted in inferring
that the particular rat In question would
not have been caught by this particular
dog. Possibly II some other canine had
been present IL would have caught the rat.
Hence the dog. that at first blush would
seem to have caught the rodent, deserves
no credit. for the rat would have been
caught by some dog or other. IL the said
dog or other had been present. Besides,
Mr.. Smith no doubt got him a dog for the
purpose of killing rats. and, of course.
he disposed OF him in such a way that
when the rat made an effort to escape,
the dog, following the admirable instruc-
tons laid down by Mr.. Smith, promptly
closed In on the rat. beached him and
wrung his neck. Under the circumstance
we are compelled to say that the dog was
acting under the command of Mr.. Smith
and Justice further requires us to say that
instead of the dogs deserving any credit.
IL was MIR. Smith who watched the rat
hole, %pounced upon the rat when he sailed
out OF the hsrbor. firmly fixed his teeth in
the rats neck, shook him until he was
dead and hen announced 1t as a great
Fourth of July victory.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
The Natives Left Out.

~HE Porto Ricans have a junta In
New York. Its members have
lone much toward keeping their
eountrymen IN agitation against the
epaniards and their ambition is the Ill
Innate annexation of the island TO the
United States. AS is the case with the
Cubans. these Porto Ricans feel deeply
sssrieved over the policy of the admin
istratlon which ignores them entirely,
although they feel very confident that
they could assist in the conquest Of the
island. sparing the shedding Of much
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27

~ AN IL be that Blanco persuades
~ any of the Spaniards at Havana
that Spain Will regain every
inch of territory wrested from her in
this war with the United States?" Is
IL possible hat any Spaniard believes
his sort of talk or gets comfort out Of
IL or. under its inspiration, pledges
himself to defend Havana harder than
ever? When in all these centuries of
successive losses did Spain get my
thing back that any enemy cared to
take? Did Spain get Mexico back, or
Peru. or Colombia. or Venezuela. or
any inch OF all South America? To the
contrary, IL has been for Spain an I'M
broken series OF losses. This week she
has left to her a part of Cuba and the
island of Porto Rico, but the advent
of next Christmas will find Spain be-
reft for good and all of the last acre Of
all that once was hers in the new world;
and the brief interval Of time will show
whether anything Of her once vaunted
possessions in the Pacific will remain IN
her grasp. Spain is well advanced in
her period of decay; the next few years
will tell whether her home domain can
manage 10 maintain any sort of gov
eminent in peace. Blanco's talk
sounds like the incoherent drivel OF one
out Of whose mind all light has one.
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ItaIy Might Well Pause.

FROM the philadelphia Ledger.
A report from Rome asserts that ltaly
IL thinking OF establishing a virtual pro-
tectorate oNer Argentina. guaranteeing
the republic against outside aggression IN
return for certain tariff advantages. Thls
will put the Monroe doctrine 20 a severe
wrench and II is a very bad time TO 40
anything Of the kind. as Uncle am is
just getting up his lighting blood ne
may be tempted TO do things III King
Humbert Is wise he will not make any
such bargain with Argentina until ne
hears from Washington.
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TWELVE PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. JULY q, 1sss.
The Omcial Report.

~oR all the purposes of Official his
r tory, 1t was SIMPSONS victory
the way he tells 1t. Under the
rules that govern In the navy. the
credit for the magnificent success In
front OF Santiago de Cuba may be just
~ his; but It will not be so written on
the hearts of the American people.
Everybody will read Admiral samp-
SON Official report OF this amous en-
easement-it Is printed this morning on
the Standards second page 1t will b.
the more eagerly read because the
opinion is widespread hat the Fourth
of-July proclamation issued over the
admirars signature didn't exactly give
credit where credit was due; the anti
cipation was that the official report
would remove this little mlsht in the
records.
The description Of the battle is de-
nghtful reading for every American. IN
all that relates to the splendid achieve
ment OF our ships. II is graphic: the
recital is compact: II is instructive. But
II is. pretty cold. Admiral Sampson
plays no favorltes. except that he seems
especially TO admire the Oregon. As to
men, he finds that where so many &C
quilted themselves gloriously, 1t Is
quite out of the question TO mention
names-he makes mo invidious dis
tinctlons,' and thus he finds no coca
sion 10 mention Commodore schley.
whose name nowhere appears In the
report. except In a formal way, in Its
closing sentence.
From the rear admiraTs testimony II
ppea hat the Cristobal Colon,
which missed little or getting away,
ran forty-eight miles before giving 1t
UP. Sampson recognizes the services OF
the Brooklyn and the oregon in the
chase. taking pains to remark that.
these failing. the New York. with him
self on board, and the Texas, would
have come up with the Colon, anyhow
that, any way you wish to view II.
Schley wasn't indispensable by any
means. Admiral Sampson marks the
average speed of the supposedly ia
mously-tast Colon at only 1871 knots an
hour; which must be taken as added
evidence OF Spanish Incompetence In
the management and care OF w~arships
AS the Standard views 1t, in this war
with Spain Admiral Sampson lost W
opportunities. First. because he was
elsewhere engaged in the faithful dis
charge Of duty. he lost the opportunity
90 be right in front of Santiago harbor
when Cervera came out and TO share
actively in the battle. 1t was not his
fault. In the second place, after the
engagement Admiral Sampson lost the
golden opportunity-he threw 1t away
20 make himself forever the admiration
Of the American people by coming right
out and directing the attention of his
superiors. in his report. TO the man who
really did have command OF our
fleet while the battle was on and who
covered himself with glory by the man
ner in which the battle was won. That
Is SIMPSONS fault: 1t will prove to be
his folly.
What a sweeping triumph this vic
tory at Santiago wasl The complete
destruction of the Spanish fleet; a bat
lie made memorable by its losses In
lives and in ships. for the enemy; with
our ships practically unscsthed and 4
death roll carrying only one name, with
one man on the list Of the wounded.
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Costly News From Papa's Boys.

From the ST. Paul Globe.
To several Of the dispatches sent by
General Shafter TO the secretary of war
during the siege Of Santiago there was
appended the Information that Captain
Alger il we'll To this was added occa-
sionally n similar assurance regarding
Major Hobart. The captain Is the son of
the secretary of war and the major is the
son of the vice president. Extremely zap
tious critics have objected TO this purely
personal Information being conveyed at
an expense Of 81. 50 a word.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27
Americana Retter Understood Now.

From the Louisville Courler-Journal
The events of the war have contributed
essentially to bring about a better COM
prehension In Europe of the American
character. Two points have been especial
ly emphasized-that the Americans are
splendid and indomitable fighters and that
they are generous and magnanimous In
the hour OF victory. In proportion as other
peoples are capable of a~ppreoiatins such
qualities Americans have risen IN the esti-
nation of neutral nations, who did not
understand us before,
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The Dude and the Cowboy.

From the Peoria Journal.
From the work OF the rough riders II
seems that a dud fights about as well as
a cowboy, and a cowboy fights better than
any person on earth. Incidentally 1t hap
pens hereafter the dude and the cowboy
will think more OF each other than they
have In the past.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27

Admiral Sampson insists that the An
ishing touches to the very artistic job
were given by the flagship New York
when she rammed and jammed the
Colon up onto the beach.
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General Skaters report recapitu-
our losses at Santiago as 241
killed, 1,2s3 wounded and 81 missing,
suggests several reflections, the princi-
pal one perhaps being pensions.
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A careful and Intelligent perusal of
report Of the destruction of
Cervera's fleet carries conviction to the
most ~prejudiced ant-Sampsonites that
Cervera's feet was destroyed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-27

The esteemed Los Angeles Times in
vites Admiral Cervera to TAXI up his
residence i'm that city, where "he will
find many who speak his language" We
didn't think Los Angeles was such a hell
of a place as that.
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The Mango Tree and the Apple Tree.

From the Hartford Courant.
From henceforth that mango tree Under
which our generals conferred witt Gen
eral Toral and his chief of stan has a
claim upon American respect as a cousin
Several times removed) to the mythical
but immortal apple tree of Appomat-
TOW
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makers are so previous as TO shut him
out of winning Porto Rico and a few
more chances on that lieutenant gen.
eralshiD.
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Admiral Cervera says he likes the eli
mate of Annapolis. He enjoys II espe-
cially whenever he compares it with the
climate of the place where the Spanish
language has recently acquired such
wide and enduring popularity.
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Current Comment.


From the Philadelphia Press.
The city of Philadelphia labors under
many serious drawbacks. II has bad wa
ter and venal councilmen and no pros
pect of being able to get rid of either at
present.
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As to Porto Rico, many people who
are averse to taking in Cuba and the
seem to be OF the opinion
we need 1t in our business.
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Havana, 1t appears from a Key West
dispatch. was brilliantly illuminated"
Monday night. Possibly Blanco was
making light of S~antiago's surrender.
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1t will be noticed that General shat
ter is so big and broad that. with an
humane consideration for Garcia's feel
ings. he refuses to sit on him.