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wbv Timothy Runs Out,

Why timothy runs out is thus ex-
planned by American Cnltiyator:
As contrasted with clover, which is
only biennial and dies as soon as it per-
fects its seed, timothy may be called a
perennial, but it is the least persistent
of all the grasses grown, except on land
that is inundated by an annual overflow.
The timothy root always runs near the
surface and is, therefore, much injured
by winter freezing. Not even letting the
fall growth remain as winter protection
will keep it from being thus injured.
Usually on upland the timothy roots
exhaust the surface soil after two IT
three years growth. Even if they cd
not the sod is likely to be destroyed by
white grubs, the progeny Of the click
beetle, which lays her eggs in timothy
sod, and the first feed of its young is
usually the bulb at the surface Of the
ground from which timothy roots pro-
ceed. In many fields we have seen the
sod SO entirely eaten out by these grubs
that the plants for a yard square or
more could easily be, pulled up by the
hand. The thinning off of birds by
sportsmen or for ladies' hats has greatly
increased tine white grub nuisance. For
this reason we should not try to keep a
timothy sod more than two or three
years, though if it is a meadow that
cannot be easily put to other use it can
be done by putting on coat Of manure
every other winter. If the grubs eat out
the sod, SOW some more timothy seed
this fall or else prepare to plow it to be
planted with some hoed crop next May
and reseed the following spring.
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Beet Sugar In New England.

The New England Homestead has
been asked to boom the beet sugar in
dustry in New England. That journal
replies: "We do not think it wise to do
this. Why? Because conditions in the
middle and western states are so much
more advants Seous that we do not see
how beet sugar factory in New Eng
land could expect to proftably compete
at present with this industry III other
sections. The enterprise can hardly be
satisfactory success, one year with
another, unless factory can be assured
nf from so, 900 to 100, 900 tons of beets
As the average yield of sugar bects, as
grown on a commercial scale Jy even
experienced planters, probably would
not much exceed ten tons per acre. it is
questionable whether the 5, 900 orIO, 600
acres of beets required could be relied
upon year in and year out. Such guar
;antee is the first requirement to secur-
ing the immense capital needed.
"On the other hand, our New Eng
land farmers will benefit by the devel-
opment of the beet sugar industry at
the west and south, as every acre of
beets will mean SO much less to other
crops or dairy produce in those sections
to compete with the products Of our
New England farms. Our people made
a failure of beet sugar at Franklin,
Mass, and Portland, Me-, 20 years ago
or SO, and while we believe it possible
to re-establish the industry here it does
not seem expedient to make the attempt
for the reasons above stated. -
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Markets For American Products.

The best foreign markets for Ameri-
can products and commodities are among
those nations whose power to buy things
and pay for them has been augmented
by the use of labor saving inventions
The principal market, therefore, for,
American exports, says the secretary
Of agriculture in his report, is found In
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and her colonies, which took during the.
last fiscal year $511, 751, 040 worth of.
exports from the United States-that is
to say, English speaking people bought
58 per cent of all commodities and prod
ucts exported from the United States
during the fiscal year 1896. Germany,
France, Holland and Belgium purchased
during the same period of time $780,
953, 054 worth of exports from the Unit
ed States-that is, the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and the nations enum-
Grated purchased 81.9 per cent of the
entire export output of the United States
during the fiscal year 1896.
Other nations, including the remain
der of Europe, Asia, Africa and South
America, took the balance of American
exports, which amounted to $3.50. e0A.
644 in value ana TO 1871 per cent OF the
sstire shinplents of this country.
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49, 7AD GARDEN
MARKETING HONEY.

The Accepted Package For Comb Honey.
Packages For Extracted Honey.
Western producers usually market
their honey extracted, while eastern
producers sell it in the comb, each be-
ing governed by the local demand It is
almost needless to say that white clover
honey brings the highest prices. Bass
wood ranks next The comb honey, Of
course, brings highest prices, but wheth-
er comb or extracted honey pays best is
an open question. AS much Of the ex-
tracted honey is adulterated by the time
it reaches the retailer, it would seem
that there must be considerable field
for producers who have the output and
the ability to build up trade in guar
anteed pure extracted honey sold under
their own brand and seal, but to do SO
would, of course, require the use Of
smaller packages than they use when
selling to the dealer or consigning to the
commission man, says George q. Hill
in farmers bulletin on marketing
farm produce. He adds:
The inVariable package for comb
honey is the one pound frame These
are shipped in cases holding either IL
or "a frames and having glass fronts.
Some producers use homemade shipping
cases, but the attractiveness Of the man
ufactured case with glass front usually
brings an increased price more than
sufficient to compensate for the extra
expense. A sheet of paper little larger
than the bottom of the case should be
first placed in the case with the edges
turned up, forming tray to catch the
drip. On this light cleats should be
tackled, on which the frames rest and
which hold the latter above and out OF
the drip. These cases, if sent by freight,
should be Grated together, making a
convenient size. In the bottom of the
crate straw or chaff should be placed,
while projecting boards on the sides to
serve as handles will insure more care.
full handling.
For the retail trade various glass jars,
etc., are used, and attractive pasteboard
cartons are also used to some extent
Extracted honey is usually shipped in
square tin cans holding five gallons each,
and these are boxed for shipping either
singly or. more often, two in a box. Tin
pals of various sizes and having screw
tops are also used.
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SMiTHFlELD HAMS.
The Method Employed In Curing These
Celebrated Hams.

The Method Employed In Curing These
Celebrated Hams.
The method employed in curing the
celebrated Smithfeld hams is as follows:
The hams are placed in a large tray
of fine Liverpool salt. Then the flesh
surface is sprinkled with finely ground
crude saltpeter until the hams are as
white as though covered by moderate
frost, on, say, use three to four pounds
Of the powdered saltpeter to 1000
pounds of hams
After applying the saltpeter, immedi-
ately salt with the Liverpool fine salt,
covering well the entire surface. Now
pack the hams in bulk, but not on piles
more than three feet high. In ordinary
weather the hams should remain thus
for, three days.
Then break bulk and resalt with the
fine salt The hams thus salted and re-
salted should now remain in salt in bulk
one day for each and every pound each
ham weighs-that is, two pound ham
should remain two days, and in such
proportion of time for larger and smaller
sizes.
Next you wash with tepid water un-
til the hams are thoroughly cleaned and
after partially drying rub the entire
surface with finely ground black pepper.
Now the hams should be hung up in
the sIhokehouse, and this important
operation be begun. The smoking should
be very gradually and slowly done, last
ing 80 or 40 days, most packers using
green hickory or red oak to smoke with
After the hams are cured and smoked
they should be repeppered to guard
against vermin and then bagged These
hams improve with age and may be con-
sidered perfect at about one year old
The conclusion naturally to be drawn
from these facts is that any ham treat
ed as these packers treat theirs woald
be better than the average. The Smith
field ham, however, owes its popularity
to its peculiar flavor, and this flavor is
not due to the manner in which it is
cured, else any ham cured in the same
manner would rival it. It does not owe
its flavor to the manner Of feeding alto
gether, else hogs from other parts of the
country could be brought here and per-
fected. The necessary things, in the
opinion of the producers, as summed up
by National Provisioner, are as follows:
(D A slow growing, peculiar shaped
hog. (2) Peculiar game flavor produced
by the wild life in the woods and the
nuts, berries, etc., upon which it lives.
(9) Rapid production Of flesh. when the
fattening process begins. The fat FORM
ed of corn and pure water. ~ The
methods of curing and smoking.
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HorHousE VEGETABLES.
Soils Best Adapted For Them-Admirable
VanffIatine nevfca4

Soils Best Adapted For rThem-Admirable
Ventilating Devices.
A Massachusetts farmer asks Rural
New Yorker some questions concerning
the raising of cucumbers, lettuce and
spinach in a hothouse. Following is the
reply, which contains information of
general interest:
If you succeed with cucumbers, let
tuce and spinach in small house with
out partition, you need have no fear
of being unable to grow any or all Of
these crops on large commercial scale.
Unless you intend these for home use
it would be best to drop cucumbers OF
else the last two, for cucumbers de.
mand o much higher temperature and
different management. For heading Lett
tuce the best soil is one that contains
much sand and very little clay or silt.
Professor B. T. Galloway says Of the
soil used by the Boston growers that il
is "loose at all times, regardless Of
treatment, it being possible to push the
arm into it to depth Of 90 inches or
more. A four inch dressing Of fresh MAJ
nure. when spaded in to depth of 10
or 20 inches, will be completely disin-
tegrated in six or eight weeks" He
prepared soil which gave the same re-
suits by mixture of two parts of drift
sand and one part of greenhouse soil.
The greenhouse soil was a mixture Of
one part Of clay and two of well rotted
manure.
The best way to apply manure is to
mix it thoroughly with the other mate
rials when the soil is being prepared for
the benches. All gardeners prefer well
rotted manure for this purpose. While
the plants are growing, liquid COW ma
nure is applied. It is common practice
to work into the soil a dressing of bone
meal after the plants are well estab-
lished. If you prefer to try commercial
fertilizers, it is best to get complete,
low grade fertilizer. When you strike
the proportions Of nitrogen, phosphorio
acid and potash best suited to your con-
ditions, you can buy these elements sep
arately in concentrated form and mix
them yourself SO as to get the rig. pro.
portions.
There are several admirable ventilat-
ing devices for large establishments, but
of the many common sorts no one is
best for all purposes. The knack of ven
tilation comes only with experience.
Lettuce being a cool house crop, can
stand more air than cucumbers. In an
ordinary forcing house a sash at the
peak is sufficient and avoids side drafts.
Gardeners are generally agreed that the
chief factor and the most unteachable
one in the management of soils is the
watering.
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a cheap and Yaluab1e Food.

The pulp from the beets after the sug.
ar rs extracted makes an admirable
feed for all stock-horses, cattle, sheep,
swine and poultry. Yet its value for
this purpose is only beginning to be ap.
preciated in this country, though in
Europe the farmers would no more
think of allowing beet pulp to go to
waste than our farmers would think OF
using hay for fuel. In this connection
The New England Homestead calls at
tention to the report that the only beet
sugar factory in the east, the one at
Rome, N. Y, is COMPRISING its pulp
into cakes and drying the same over to
keep indefinitely. 1t may yet be feasible
to dry the pulp to such an extent that it
may be ground into dry meal. New
England farmers should realize that
sugar beets are we'll worth raising as
food for hogs or sheep as well as cows.
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Winter Protection For Peaches.

At the Missouri station it has been
found that an effective way of protect
ing peaches during winter and early
spring is to whiten the trees so as to
prevent the absorption of heat This
was done by spraying them with lime
whitewash. The whitened buds re-
mained dormant until April, while un-
protected buds swelled perceptihly dur
ing the warm days late in February and
early in March. The whitewash used
was composed of four parts Of water and
one part Of skimmilk, with enough
freshly slaked lime to make as thick a
wash as coRld be conveniently pumped
through bordeaux spray nozzle with
out clogging. 1t was sprayed on tha
trees by means Of bucket spray pump.
The first application was made the lass
Of December, and three subsequent
iprayings were necessary to keep the
rees thoroughly coated until spring,
Horse Radish For Market.
Horse radish is particularly proflta,
Bile crop when properly grown, which
Is the case in comparatively few Sec
tions, New York and New Jersey gar
deners having the best method. They
grow it only as second crop, follow
ing cabbage or some other early yegeta-
BILE. It is grown from the small shoots
trimmed from the main root when pre-
pairing tt for market and is usually dug
in the late fall, even as late as Decem-
ber, if the weather will permit. The
small roots are cut into pieces from
four to six inches long, which are plant.
ed in the spring in holes SO deep that
the top of the set is at least three inch
es below the surface. These, by late fall
and early winter, make long, smooth
roots, which are most salable.
In preparing for market the small
roots are trimmed off and preserved fol-
next years set. the main root only be,
ing sold. 1t should be not less than
inches long and ~ inches in diameter
and will, if grown as above, often be
much larger, while having grown but
one season the tough stringiness Of old
er roots will be avoided. 1t is shipped
during the winter months In barrels,
but is usually sold by the pound, bring
ing all the way from $50 to $40 PEI
ton, according to figures given in .
farmers bulletin,
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FsellIng Roots.

Ii fco5lM,g roots run them through
some kii;i u cutter that will chop
them sutlicl aitiy fine to prevent any
poss. .o.;..y Of choking farm animals.
They arc especially valuable for sheep
and dairy CONS, but can be fed to al
most aay kind Of farm stock with profit
dariag tcld weather, when suceulent
ssed is scarce. In connection with other
! eds COWS can be given as much as 20
4 nnds day.-American Cultirator.
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New York, weekdays. tS.1s, *s.Se ,,10.24 a. m.
*l2.l9, 1874, 1850 *5.2l, " Al, *II 3. m Sun
days, 1918, 1889 'il.s4. a. m. ..SSs, .5al, IA,
Philadelphia, weekdays, 1918, $50, $40.
7,I5, ta;S5, 1926, 800, 1878, tIOM ll.0s, a. m.
tl2d9, Ia. t2s4, tS59. 4.io, tS2l, $40, t7ll 0I5
ia ta a. @ tsss, iio. i'' ts.si, 81. So siS tais sis
9 Chester. e t. Weekdays, e tsIs, $50, s4o al5.
tss ts ' zlo, M iS, S So tai, SIS III til pm B. m s1, Sun
IS SsafS,, ,5 5Sa, H., $50, "a q. si5: ilieo, p: m
t2.34, p. M, Sundays, u IS a. m.
Cape May, weekdays, M, 1850 am, Sun.
Ii Baltimore inc and Washington, weekdays. t4.1s
7I0S III 0l a. M, tl267 l2O0, 804, i4O4, f4.57
an: NJ. ii2S7 J&Os, Os tz57 10 ts fl :. ls1D NJ
Baltimore and way stations daily. 7.lo, a. m
Newark, Dell weekdays, t4ls, z.le, s.s5
III q am..tl2a So4, Il o., t457, f6is 7.S2, ,teIi
sundays, tlls. ITO. 1885 a. M. 1857 s.u
t4 81, 7.s2, ts.llp. m. 49, '''1
Pittsburg, weekdays, 1885, m 1918 D. m,
Sundays fS; q m Il 81 p M.
Chicago, daily, 8 IS a m sI.57 m.
20 oSonEicego q via Cincinnati ana indianapolis
Cincinnati and st. Louis, daily ts.s5 M
Toledo and Detroit, *s.ll m daily to
Toledo and daley except Sunday to Detroit.
Chattanooga, ,t6ls pm. daily. weekdays 4.57
sundays.& Throughsleepers to Memphis and
New Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, daily 7.l0. a. M.
S0a ISa i05o p. m: sundays, 710 m S.04,
792 p m.
Landenburg accommodation, weekdays.
no lO-UO 2. M, 3.04 457, p. m. Sundays 10,
q. M, 4.57, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station for
Philadelphia, weekdays, 8 35Opm
Baltimore. weekdays, 645 a m 255 D. M
Landenburg and way stations, week days
90, seo g. M, 2 s., $40, p. m. Sundays, S5s
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street
station for Wilmington, weekdays, 1896, 6l0
10. tS.00 eco, tie Is, 11.30, a.. M, 1920,
LIZ, zoo t. 80, tao 430l5 l6, t5.42, 6O0 $50,
s1ndays. ts.s5, isoo, 900, n.so, am,
tl22O, tl.S7, zoo, tl.90, IS Is, $50. t7.3O
1885 1880 p. m.
Telephone, lSS.
Rates to Western pointst lower Ian via any
other line.
D. B. MARTIN, Manager of Passenger Trafac
w N. GREENE, General Manager.
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BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA R. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations 1893 a m weekdays, 6 81 m Tuesdays
thursdays and Saturdays. Returning train
leaves Franklin City $50 a. N. week days, and
I4z tuesdays, Thurs s and Saturdays onlv.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamerl L43 p. m, week days Returning,
leave Chincoteague 4.42 a. m, weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 1888 a m, 637 p. M. weekdays. Returning
leave Lewes 6.45 q. m..S IL p. m. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, O.39 a. m. week
days and 6.37 p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
week days and 2.4S p. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT r. R.-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations % a. M. and
o3z M. week days Returning. leave Centre
Vile 90 a. M. and II p. M, weekdays
DELAWARE & CHEsAPEAKE r. R-Leaye CLAW
ton for Oxford and way stations o.3s g. m and
5.47 p. M, week days. Returning, leave Oxford
6.45 a. M, and 40 p. M, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE & SEABoRD r. R.-Leave Seafort
for Cambridge and intermediate stations II. II a.
M and LA p. m weekdays, Returning, leave
Cambridge 6.2Oa. m. and 235 p. m. weekdays
CoENEcTToN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
with Delaware Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore 4 Delaware Bay Railroad At Har-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Seaford
Railroad. at Delmar, with New York Phila,
delphia 4 Norfolk. Wicomico & Pocomoke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
j. B. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
J. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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Feeding Alfalfa.

At the Utah station, where investi-
cations on the growing and feeding Of
alfalfa have been i'll progress for nums
Der of years, some studies have also
been made in connection with feeding
experiments On the composition OF ear
", medium ;Ad late cut alfalfa Of the
first and second crops. In each case the
alfalfa cut just before blooming was
richer IL i..otein than that cut Later,
but neither the first nor the second crop
was as rigE II protein as the third crop.
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a m. a m. a m. p m. p m. p m

Daily. Daily except Sunday.
: "a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining.
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar
n Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
"p" Stops to leave passer gers from points
ming and points north.
Il" Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
't'' Stops to let off passengers from Har
rngton points south.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATIONS TRA1ss-1esve
Wilmington s.l3, ll.04. a m, Isl, Az, and
. %, p. M. weekdays Leave New Castle s.3I,
BAG, ll.Oz a. M, AT and IS p M, week.
days.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos q. m
and arriving at 6.33 p. M, weekdays. run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via PorteS
and Newark.
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r1iddletown Directory.
MUNICIPAI OFFICERs


President-G. Wv. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; Charles H. Howell.
BANKS.
Peoples National Bank.-President, g. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. ID. Kelley; Teller
W. g. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National lBank.-President, JOSEPH
Biggs; Cashier John s. Crouch; Teller, T..
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. u. A. M.
Meets every. Monday uight in McWhorter's Is
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. S, A. F. & A. NJ. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, /. .. o. f.
Meets every Thursday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock,
Damon Lodge, No. 12, X. OF p. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor9er's Hall at
5 O'Clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. q, g. A. R.
Meets every Friday night in Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
every second and fourth Friday night in *.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A.o.U. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst FRI
day night of each month in Hose House.
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ODSQIDDfOl

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who have Construction, Throat, Bronchial or
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I'VE know Of no. review published. IN this
count or in Europe. which combines so success
fully IS the AMERICAN Monthly the alertness.
timeliness. and energy Of journalism with Inc
sound Judgment, carefully weighed opinion, exact
knowledge, aid weII-chosen English Of the purely
literary periodical. - The Outlook.
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Rents Boxes

In Its New Burglar and Fire-preo
Vaults, Makes ample provision in its
Store Room and Vaults for.the safe keer.
ing Of Securities and Valuable package.
placed in its cussody.
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the month, Of the political, the
economic, and literary happenings
which are Of value to intelligent
men and women. The Editors
progress Of the World" " tells sue-
cinctly an illustrated story Of the
month. The Leading Articles"
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J. R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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Authorize to Act as

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINIsTRA
TOR, GUARDIAN, ASSIGNEE, RE
CEIVER, REGISTRAR AND AGENT
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President-G. WV. Naudain; Secretar,
w. s. Letherbury; Charles HI. Howell.
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impossible promise particular that viii appear the
sAKIERICAN MONTHLY" during coming for it the
Bookn,an says, great monthly newspaper As sueh prints for
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Pure

Blood means sound health. With pure,
rich, healthy blood, the stomach and di-
gestive organs viii be vigorous, and there
will be no dyspepsia. Rheumatism and
Neuralgia will be unknown. Serofula and
Salt Rheum will disappear. With pure
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The Sun Publishes All the News All the
Time, but it does not allow its columns to
be degraded by unclean, immoral or purely
ensational matter.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-06
Fourier OF july Present.

The American feet aud army at
Santiago hare presented their conn
try with a grand Fourth OF Jely treat.
General Shafter and his brave sol
diers after several days OF heroic
fighting against strongly entrenched
foes, captnred all the heights around
the harbor and rendered it untenable.
In doing this they lost about 1000 in
killed and wounded, but inflicted a
loss OF shon, 5000 in killed, wounded
aud prisoners on the Spaniards.
Admiral Ceryera with his six for
midahle vessels made dash for lib.
erty on the Bird, bat Admiral Samp.
son was ready for them and ali we're
soon destroyed. One American yes-
sci was slightly injured, one sailor
killed and two wounded. The Span-
iards lost 200 killed and Admiral
Ceryera ants 1900 prisoners