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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
GIBBlNS CAN PROVE 1T.
Ridicules Spanish Denials of His state
ments Regarding the Maine.

Ridicules Spanish Denials of His State
ments Regarding the Maine.
LONDON, April l4.-The Daily Mail
publishes an interview with Joseph
PANEL Gibbins, the submarine expert,
in which he ridicules the Spanish de.
mails of his statements as to the sale by
him of submarine mines to Spain and
declares that he can prove that the
United States warship was willfnlly and
deliberately blown up.
What is more, according to The
Daily Nails report, he thinks it pos.
sible to reduce the explosion to the act
of two men or even to one individual.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
Topeka and Somers Sail.

PORTLAND, Eng, April 14.-The
United States cruiser Topeka and the
United States torpedo boat Somers,
which put in here owing to the severity
of the weather Oh Sunday last, sailed
again during the day. Their crews
have been largely changed.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
His Holiness Grieved.

LONDON, April 14.-The Rome CORE.
spondent of The Daily News says:
1.-The pope is exceedingly upset by the
latest developments of the Hispano-
American question, which seems turn
ing in way he had hoped and tried to
ayart
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
American Consuls Resign.

MADRID, April l4.-Advices just re.
ceived from Carthagena confirm the re.
port that the United States consul and
the United States vice consul at that
port, both of whom are natives of
Spain, have resigned.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
Hastens Defenses.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 14.-Brigadier
General Graham, commander Of the
department of the Gulf, has left here
for Savannah to hasten to completion
the defenses at Tybo and Sullivans
island.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
Students Are Patriotic.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, April 14.-At q
meeting held for that purpose naval
reserve battalion of 100 men was
formed at the University of Michigan.
1t is expected that within week the
membership will be fully 200.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15

Hazle's Headache Capsules will stop
the worst case of headache or neural
gia in Is or 90 minutes. A. l.. Bin
ford, agent.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
Correspondence Called For.

. WASHINGTON, April 14.-On motion
" senator Daniel, the senate adopted a
.esolution calling for all diplomatic
ssotrespondence with Spain and speclf.
Maily asking if this government had
s"somitted to Spain proposition Tor
Suoan independence, and il so, how
s0o under what conditions,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1898-04-15
Cockre1 Wants an Explanation.

= WASHINGTON, April IA. - Senator
1ockrell says he will introduce reso'
.auon probably asking for an expiana'
uon of the fact that none of the Cuban
consular correspondence prior to NOV
~ last, had been sent to the senate.
Inc resolution under which it was tur'
uisned. called for the correspondence
'eglnning on the 4th of March, 1897.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23

The relief or the moment was so great that it completely prostrated me, and l fell in faint to the floor.
 "When came to my senses, 1 learned that the peculiar and excited manner of the maniac, the large knife ill his pos session and his anxiety to sharpen 1t drew suspicion on him and induced the officer to secure and bring him 10 my cabin to ascertain his condition. Need- less to say pronounced the man insane, and he was kept securely confined and watched day and night until the ship arrived in Liverpool, where he was handed over to the proper authorities. I 1sturned to New York on the same vessel, bat never went to sea ill the ca pacity of a surgeon again. Washing ton Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23

visitor IS lmpressed--if an American he is astounded-by the prominent posi- tion in which he beholds three great portraits displayed with reverence and deep significance. The first is that of Peter the Great. the father of Russia, as we know it. The second is that of Abraham Lincoln. the liberator. The third Is that of Alexander That was all evening to be treasured up in mem ory "-New York Sun
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23

glass painted over with nsn glue, Just ringers for the real thing, but worth about 90 cents. I walks out of Cooney's in trance. comes over here, and 1 ain't moved fer an hour. Think of it, Jew, think of it, all day and long chance fer that thing Take it and givA it to yer gal tho next time you go up to Jones woods. S'help me, if I ever find that guy touched fer that I'll pick fight with him and lick him. Goodby. I'm going home and get some rest. Chas- ing hansoms is hard work. And tho pickpocket strolled down 0 side street the picture of melancholy. New York Sf1,,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23
That Awful Child.

The Dear Child-Oh. Mrs Peek. when did you get back?
 Mrs Peek Bless you, dear, was not away anywhere What made you think so?
 The Dear Child--I thought you were 1 heard my mamma say that you were at loggerheads with your husband for over a week. London Tit Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23
Looking to the Bank Account.

Gritie-Tou are not maintaining the high standard which you set at your theater when the season opened.
 Manager-No; I've stopped encour- aging art to give the people what they want. Philadelphia North American. UNCLE sAM,S MENAGERlE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23
As Between Men.

"Tes, dear, met your father and told him that 1 wanted to talk with him as one man with another.
 And
 Well, that was the kir1 of talk got With all the temper he has 1 am sure he would never have used such lan guage i'll talking to Q woman. a-Indi- annapolis Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23
Animals Kept at the Department of Ag- ricuIture For Experimental Purposes.

Animals Kept at tho Department of AG-
 ricuIture For Experimental Purposes.
 It is not generally known that the de- pertinent of agriculture has a menagerie ill connection with it, but such is the case. The menagerie is not a very large one, nor does it contain any rare or strange animals Most of them are of the domestic variety.
 It is a part of the division Of animal industry, and the animals are used to develop interesting cases of disease and to illustrate the effects of an epidemic of a particular kind which the division may wish to experiment on with a view of stamping 1t out and to test various kinds of foods of which trial is thought to be efffeacious.
 Comprised in this collection of anl- maIs are rats and mice, guinea pigs, rabbits different sorts of fowls, some cattle and sheep and a few others. The larger of the animals are kept at the breeding place of the department, on the Benning road, while others are dom ici1ed in the basement of the division of animal industry laboratory, near the bureau of engraving and printing.
 Down in tho basement, under the lab oratory, which was visited recently by reporter, were seen a number of GOODS and cages, in which were grouped guin- ca pigs, rabbits and chickens. The animals seemed to be perfectly at home and formed 8 seemingly happy family. as some guinea pigs were in the cage with rabbits One of the little white and black creatures was nibbling at the whiskers of a sleepy looking rabbit which bIinked eontentedly, as if it en- joyed the operation or was too lazy to resist any trespass on tho part of tho guinea pig.
 A dilapidated looking chicken, which had much the same appearance as has Q tramp who has been forced to saw wood for a meal at friendly inn, rested on top of a cage. The guinea pigs seem- ed to be the life of the place and ran in and out with apparently little or no concern whether school kept or not !"
 On some of the cages where the rab- bits were confined. printed in large black letters, was the word "rabies. ," Upon the cards also were the warnings to the attendants and others not to put their hands in the cages. This meant that the animals had been inoculated with hydrophobia virus, and it was therefore dangerous to handle the ami mals. 4 further precaution taken in such cases, it is said is not to inoculate animals carnivoroua by nature. as they become terribly ferocious, or any ami mals whose chief means of defense is by biting
 A cat or dog, for instance, will strive to bite when afflicted with the disease. while Q rabbit, which is purely a vege- harlan, will simply nope and die with 0ut making any resistance.
 It was stated that one steer, which had the "blackleg. remained at ono of the experiment. stations for about eightyears, and tke persons there really became attached to it.-W Washington
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-23
An Artists Slip.

Half century ago, says a London paper, tho late Sir John Gilbert was commissioned to illustrate a short story for London weekly. When he had fin
 ished the work, the editor remarked,
 Why, Mir. Gilbert, the story says an escort of infantry soldiers, and here on the block you have given us mounted ones. " Dear me, so have. ," respond ed the artist, but haven't time to da another drawing now. Can't you make an alteration ill the story to make it fit in?' The copy was handed to a sub ordinate to make the requisite altera- tion, but that gentleman forgot to de- lete the chapter describing how the sol diers had gained the summit of steep mountain, parts of which they were obliged to scale with ladders. Horses could not have been got there unless by the assistance of a crane Afterward shoals of letters from subscribers wish cd to know how the cavalry got there.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26

The Heavy Handicap Admiral
Sampson Carried to San Juan.

i may be permitted TO say on the au-
thority of men who know, that the
squadron which Admiral Sampson had
to take when going In chase OF the
spanish was not only most remarkable;
IL was, from at least one point OF view,
simply absurd. one need not be a
trained naval man to understand this.
For consider the Spanish squadron.
Admiral Ceryera had four modern
ships, every one of which was rated at
speed of twenty knots. not To mention
his swift torpedo boat destroyers, like
the Furor. His was 20-knot squadron,
well armored and well armed. To catch
this 20-knot squadron Admiral Sarinp-
son had the 2l-knot New York. the IL
knot Iowa. the 15.5-knot Indiana, the
10.5 knot Terror and Amphitrite, q
squadron that at best was fit TO make
for brief intervals a speed of 10 knots
aud for full days passage no more
than eight. This Is not 10 criticise the
Admiral, he had TO take what was given
him.
Placing the 1O.5- knot Amphitrite In
tow of the l7-knot Iowa, Admiral Sampi
son, at 10 o'clock on the night OF May 4,
started in chase of the 20-knot Span
iards. The next morning he had 10
take the Terror in tow OF the New York
and thereafter we all moped at an aver
age speed of under seven knots. away
through the long narrow channel that
lies between the Bahama group on the
north and the chain that is formed b.
Cuba, Hayti and Porto Rico, on the
south.--From THE Chase of Cervera,
by John X. Spears, in the August Scrib-
nerS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26
The Rescue of the Drowning.

In all methods which involve the
grasping of the helpless person by the
rescuer, the swimmer must rely upon
three limbs to make her progress.
Hence the left arm is generally used to
support the drowning person, thus
leaving the stronger right to assist the
legs in their battle with the waves.
Sometimes the rescuer with the ordi-
nary breast stroke, grasping the form
of the other Just below the armpits
the body along beside her. parallel with
her own. Occasionally. IL the drowning
person Is light and the water not very
rough, he may be supported merely
by the rescuer's hand being placed un-
derneath his chest, high enough to keep
his head out OF water. This could not
be done, however, IL he struggled at ali.
There Is another method differing
from any OF these yet mentioned, in
that IL allows the rescuer the full lib
erty of both arms as well as both legs
and, If properly managed, hinders her
progress scarcely at all. IL cannot be
used unless the person who Is in dan
ger OF drowning has consciousness and
self-command enough to obey orders.
but there are such cases as this; for
example, when one who Is himself a
swimmer happens TO be seized with
cramp and rendered helpless temporar-
lily. or becomes exhausted when at a
considerable distance from the shore.
The method Is for the exhausted person
To face the rescuer and throw his arms
about the latter's neck, allowing his
body to float forward as il VIII. feet
first, until Ii is extended almost hori-
zontally under that of the swimmer.
III the helpless person refrains from
pulling downward with his arms, and
Just maintains a sufficiently firm hold
to keep his face out OF water. the swim
mcr will be able to proceed with per-
feet comfort by means OF the breast
stroke. This has been tried often, and
proved TO be an excellent way of swim
ming with the weight OF another. Those
swimmers who have never tried IL will
find IL interesting to practice. and may
be glad some day of the possession of
the skill thus gained.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26

AS general rule the recruits at the
United. States army headquarters are a
very quiet lot OF young men. They go
through the preliminary examina-
ton with few remarks and II
rejected pass quietly out with a
tremor of the lip and blink
ing of the eye that betokens how
deep is their disappointment. One OF
the other kind came up the other day
however. He was somewhat blustery,
and as Capt. Thomas Sharpe asked
him the questions he answered in a
nippant manner that assured the old
Indian fighter that he would be a diffi-
cult subject to teach army discipline.
When the examination was ended capt.
Sharpe said quietly: stand aside. Re-
jected."
whats that?" asked the would-be
recruit.
Rejected" repeated Capt. sharpe.
"You mean L can't join?' asked the
applicant.
Capt Sharpe nodded.
"wel, I'll be blowed." said the pros
pective soldier. Cant join, huh? Well,
well see about that. That's a pretty
how-to-do amt 1t? The idea. A free
born American citizen, pays his taxes
and never misses the polls on election
day and then he can't go fight for his
country when he wants TO. Well, we'll
just see about this" And he walked
out with great long strides that indi-
Gated that he was going 10 seek some
redress for the indignity that had been
heaped upon him.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26
Where to Carry Stamps.

business men have various ways of
carrying their postage stamps" said the
sitting in his chair at the stamp window
in the general postofiice. "A good many
men who post their letters here always
have one or more stamps about them.
Some OF them carry their stamps In
stamp cases. but the economical man
carries his stamps under the band OF
his hat or I'm his pockets. The other day
n young man called for five twos,' and,
putting one on letter he had to mail,
he took out his watch. and. opening the
back of IL, slipped the remaining stamps
into the case. They don't stick TO the
cover. and that is about the best way
one can carry stamps, IL he has a
watch."--New York sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26
Even Wedding Rings Change
With Fashion.

The most frivolous woman up to date
is the one who followed assiduously all
the fashions and fads to an extrav-
agant and foolish extent. She 80 car
ried this habit to excess that II extend
ed even to her wedding ring. This she
changed from time TO time as the FASH
ions changed, and new width or shape
came into favor.
When Ii was first placed upon her
finger the ring was broad, heavy, oval
topped ring, with rather sharp edges.
That poor little circle has gone through
the fire enough times 10 change IL into
fiat ring with square edges, into
perfectly round wire, into a half wire,
into fiat top band with round edges,
and even to eliminate It's identity en-
tirely as a wedding ring, and IL Is now
noImore her original wedding ring than
any other ring she wears. But she still
calls IL her wedding ring, and her we'd
ding ring is always in the latest fash
ion.
Whether she does this entirely for the
reason that she cannot bear to wear
anything out of date. even in jewelry
or whether she wishes TO appear a
bride, or whether she imagines that IL
will help her to appear younger than
she really is. is mystery. She herself
Is scandalized at the very idea that any
one will insist upon wearing an old
fashioned wedding ring. and expresses
great disgust with any woman who al
lows herself to be out Of fashion in this
matter.
Quite a discussion took place on the
Hudson River boat the other day, be-
tween her and another woman who had
romantic ideas concerning her ring and
had never allowed II to be removed
from her finger since IL was placed
there by her husband during the mar
riage ceremony. considering II sacred
emblem. too precious to be removed
even for moment.
The frivolous woman. however. Is not
utterly devoid of the proper sentiment
about this important ring, or she would
put IL away in her jewel casket and buy
a new wedding ring with each new
style. 1t would cost less money than
TO have the old one done over.-New
York Herald
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26
Ready-Made War Policies Sup
piled.

Being new and untried 1 had one
drawback as correspondent, but luck
ily | learned my trouble early. i had
no policy. A war artist sound this out,
and, being friendly, he took me from
an unfinished letter to a private room.
He had something on his mind, he said,
and 1 could finish the letter any old
time.
You don't know much about the
army?"
/ told him that until six weeks ago /
was not able TO tell a doughboy officer
from a cavalryman by the stripes down
his leg. He smiled with infinite pity
and tolerance.
Therefore" said, IL am not mill
tary critic. and shall not pass judg-
ments and deliver opinions for some
days yet"
You've got to-" he said, in a tone
that ended argument. You must have
policy. I'll give you one.' And he
began.
Now the war artist with pencil has
no peer, and with his pen he laid bare
in these columns, not long ago, the
bowels OF a battleship after fashion
that would have done no discredit to
Kipling. But when he talks-there' s
the rub. He is a linguistic terror to the
foreign attaches who are beginning &c
plume themselves on their English. He
favors monosyllables, pauses, dashes,
exclamation points, Indian sign Ian.
guage. and heys, hubs and humphs that
fill out sentences, complete paragraphs
and round up elaborate argument.
There Is a lot any damn fool can
say--of course-ney? But you mustnt
say it-huh? Civ 'em hell afterwards,
That's right--aint II? Understand?
Regular army all right" (Sign Ian
guage here.) These damn fools out
side--hey? Best army in world at close
of war" tsign language), best equipped
you understand, huh? Congress
(violent sign language) wanted to
sqush it--sqush it-that's right-you
understand-huh? Cut 1t down-cut ~
down-see? 1llustrate-wanted $4,000
mues-got 2000-same principle--that's
right. No use complainin' of regular
army-regular army all right, huh
You mustn't say II now. Give 'em hell
Observation-Disclosures (Sign Ian
guage) "All right now-go ahead"
/ nodded my head basely--the policy
was 80 simple, so lucid, and Delleved !
might understand after / had thought
it all over: and, after thinking 1t all
over and translating the artist into
English, make out, with an active use
OF inference and common sense, mere
ly that most men in public life do no
more than they have to do; that pofti-
cal systems shrink I'm consequence. un-
I'll they fit closely to immediate needs;
that when there is a sudden need fol-
sudden elastic expansion the system
has grown stiff from disuse: and that
the honest public servants are now do
ing their best, and that we must be
patient. That the trouble is with the
men and the people who have blindly
refused to recognize the possibility OF
the emergency now upon us-the land
lubber Of the western interior, the rural
popuIists and the city agitators, and
the tender hearts of Boston; that these
are the men who are to be given hell
--afterwards--to the particular end
that never again shall a soul of them
see Washington except at his own ex-
pense and for his own personal bust
ness or pleasure.-John Fox, Jr., In
Harper's Weekly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-26
Chautauqua i'm the Clouds.

This summer the Chautauquans will
meet among the clouds. The society
has founded new home amid the
canons and cool retreats of the Rocky
Mountains. away up in the rarefield
atmosphere OF Boulder, Col with its
apple blossom perfumed streets and its
towering snow clad peaks. The Texas
Colorado chautauqua, as this educa-
tional union of the South and West Is
called. will open it's first season on the
Fourth of July amid burst OF oratory
and stirring strains of patriotic music
The entire campus grounds are thor
oughly enclosed, and also provided with
the surveillance of a we'll organized po-
lice force.
No more beautiful spot could be inn
agined for this work than the site
which has been selected. Nature has
lavishly decorated the landscape with
unsurpassed scenic effects. Boulder
Canon. Red Rocks, Lovers Leap. Pro-
file Rock. Falls of Camp Albion. Castle
Rock and scenes on Arapahoe Mountain
are all In close proximity TO the cam
pus grounds.
Boulder is the seat OF Colorado's
State University and the home OF cul-
tured and hospitable people. IL Is To-
Gated In n picturesque valley az the
foot of the great continental divide.
Above IL rise the foothills and ter
raced sides of the mighty Rockies.
whose mastodon rock bound ribs rise
thousands of feet above the flight OF
sea gulls.
The work OF the Woman's Council Is
TO be conducted by Mrs. Noble l.. Prem
tis. who has been Identified with this
work for years. This department Will
be conducted on such practical lines a.
TO make it OF interest To the wife. the
mother, the club woman, the young
woman and every woman Interested
I'm the question pertaining to the bet
terment OF home. family and society.
one of the most popular and interesting
lecture courses has been provided that
has ever characterized the gatherings
OF Chautauauan workers. America's =
greatest platform speakers. covering
biographical historical. scientific. hu-
morous and other practical subjects.
have been arranged for. Each sunday
afternoon In the auditorium. which has
n seating capacity Of over six thousand
people. some no, q divine will lecture
and this will he followed by n sacred
concert.-The Herald.