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AUSTRIA oAREs NOT.
Cannot Take Fart 20 Quiet spain WIN.
out Concert Of Az Europe.

London, May "a diultch TO the
Daily Telegraph from ~ says.
Although the position - -
regent Of Spain grows d dini.
cult, no step. can b. tnkp-'Dy the Aus.
trian cabinet in the matter notwith.
standing tho deep and wide -ympathies
felt IN high quarters here
IL Is stated 40 the foreign Office that
separate and isolated action on the par,
Of Austria must be- carefully avoided.
This Is only iu strict accordance with
the principles already laid down
Moreover. such ln attempt 90 puIer.
ing assistance tn tho queen regent might
b. easily misIuterprtod. and besides
meeting with the strongest opposition,
from those who side with the Americans
could not fail a. give rise % misunder.
standings in many quarters
Accordingly thcrr Is q firm determi.
nation here that II Austria takes any
part at all with regard 20 the conflict IL
would only h. Ia take part In united &C.
ton by European cabinets, and then
only II Spain herself seeks the intorycn.
ton Of the powers
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steel Yacht Purchased.

Cleveland, May THE steel steam
yacht Comanohe, built Tor II. VI. Hanna
In 1899, has been bought by the govern.
mcnt.
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FORMING AN ALLIANCE.
Paris Newspaper says United state. aud
Great britain Are Making a Deal.

Paris, May 5-Tho Eclair says nego-
tiations are pending between tho United
and Grat Britain, which viii result In
the latter supporting the former II other
powers favor Spain, by attempting to
stop the war before the United States
has received satisfaction The United
States, it b added, has promised, in re.
turn. 20 capture the Canary islands and
ccde them TO Great Britain.
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In the race for the nomination for
governor 30 far the vote T. announced
asioIlowa Sayers, les; Crane, 2s;
Jester, Il.
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LANDED Tr,E PRIZE.
The ne spanish stssmor Arsonsuts
Sow ~ ksy West

Nuw ~ ksY West.
Koy West MAY Tho Spanish mail
steamer Argonautn was conveyed into
Key West harbor by the United State.
cruiser Marblehead late Tuesday after.
noon ltam~ars that Colonel vinccnto
de- Cortijo u tho Third Spanish cavalry
who. with 10 other army officers was
taken ON The prize. isa brother In. law ~
Lieutenant General Valcrine Wcyler
D. CortiJo donio, this. lut iti. learned
from good sources that he u,tHns this
relationship 20 the former governor gou.
crli OF Cuba
Colonel DE- Cortijo and tho officers
wcrr taken o. the Guido
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Madrid, May lO-A cable dispatch
has been received here from the captain
general Of Porto Rico saying that three
suspicious looking vessels arc lowering
IN the ofiing. He adds that he has
confidential news to the effect that the
United States feet is approaching Porto
Rico.
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Gross supplies Matanns Il gcnonly
regarded A. the most likely place for
this, both on account u tue deep bar.
Dor aud because Of the distress there
among the reconcontrados Tho Rcd
Gross ship State % Texas is still here
awaiting orders and so is the Panther
with nearly zoo marines.
The Vick.hurg. which arrived on sun.
day from Norfolk. was IN tremendous
storm On liattcms. los.nea bmtswain
overheard
10 is reported that the Iowa Is 90 Ia
detached from the North Atlantic squad.
ron 90 join the flying squadron She h.
taking a deck load N coal loo addition 70
1900 tons she carried IN her luuAers.
She had zoo or 500 tons whom .he or.
rived She would hardly have come ia
for coal ~ she were 60 stay on blockade
duty aud 10 seems likely therefore shs
b. going considerable distance. The
New York and the Indiana are also tax.
ing on deck loads u coal Il will b. q
simple matter 10 cover the .anding ~
troops without the aid Of the hatileships
and the flagship
The torpedo boat Cushing has gone 20
join the fleet. her machinery Thing IA
fine tum again The Wiu.ow DO has
returned to hrr station.
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VIII Be FlRsr GOVERNOR.
rtshugh Lee wa Do sent 60 Cuba to
Take Ch,fg. AFTER the war.

Itshugh Le~ wa ~. sent - Cuba 10
TAX" chang Nurr the war.
. New York, May 90. "A special TO Tbs
rnal aud Advertiser from Washing.
ay.
- eneral Fitzhugh Lee will be
Fmry governor u Cuta For
y weeks he will act a. the o..
Eiser Of Secretary Aiger Ho
l1Yaye a private office aud desk near
the secretary's Office aud will either re-.
main here or visit various mobilization
points. When Havana Is taken. General
Lee will be sent TO Cuba aud with head.
quarters az Havana will assume the tenn.
pomry dictatorship Of the island until
n republican and stable form Of govern.
ment Is established by the Cubans.
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New York. May THE steamer Ably.
dos has arrived horo from san Juan,
Porto Rico and on the steamer were i've
American residents Of san Juan. One
Of the passengers said the American con.
sulaie at san Juan had nearly all tho
American citizens sent away before tho
consul fled a month ago Chief Omoer
stanage Of the Abydos said there wer
two Spanish gunboats and one Spanish
cruiser In the harbor OF san Juan when
the Abydos steamed out on Aprl 30
The Notifications were being strength.
ened and soldiers were being rcoruit,d
N rapidly "a possible by the spanish
military authorities The greatest ex.
element prevailed, for an attack ON
Porto Rico by the American naval fleet
was expected at any time
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Chattanooga, May .0.---The Twenty
9Th regiment Of Infantry. saia661Ui0
Tampa on -I.nsi
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lamation, 10 there Is mo- place left on the
Asiaiic coast open 10 the free entrance
Of the wnrhip. ~ either Spain or tho
United States This Is rather remark.
able IN that DO marks the first action N
this kind on the part Of China, which
has never before issued neutrality
proclamation and the naval officer, are
duly grateful Tor the consideration
shown by the Chinese government in
Withholding the issue Of the decree un.
til informed that the American, bad ac.
quircd base in the Philippine
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paniards who, on their re-
e. AWAY about 90 wounded,
u 10 dead ON the field. Amer.
YCuhsa colos5 were hoisted side
., - on Cuban soil
Another special says the party that
landed in Santa Clara province was fired
upon by the Spanish cavalry in ambush
and the Cuban land force under General
Diaz attacked the Spanish, who were
200 strong. The Wilmington shelled
the enemy and they were routed.
The landing party, il il added, com.
prised a score or more Of agents Of the
Cuban junta, United States commits
sioner and General Acosta, togethel
with cavalry horses, arms and ammuni.
ton destined for the men. Acosta was
formerly In command o. the cavalry
troops In the western part Of Havana
province
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e wh6ie name ~
uld awaken inter.
bud inspire conf.
ntioned, In any
His reputation is
|of steadfast, hon.
brk In congress. II
IL that his sound
|fayed the govern.
lollars on appropri.
member Of congress
practical uaefulnoA
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Austin, May Another day has
passed and nothing further has been
done IN the way Of placing the Texas
volunteers In the service Of Uncle Sam.
A. = result the military ardor Of tho
has become damponod 20 consid.
extent They are not rs enthusi.
- have been Many Of them,
who have given up In.
- enlist. wear long
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u, as we'll
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each and
tied coin.
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tive In the
ers, but 1
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Evening journal., 1898-06-04
MISCELLANEOUS MEMS.

A Troublesome corn required the at
tention of Mrs. Ann Miller aged ~, Of
Jersey City, and she proceeded to pare
it. While thus engaged she caused the
corn to bleed. Blood poisoning result
ed, and the woman died.
Four odd marriages we're recently
witnessed in St. Marie, Quebec. Two
neighbors, named NORM and Rheaume,
have eight children. NORM has four
daughters, and Rheaume has four sons.
Rheaume's four sons married Morin's
four daughters.
Twelve eggs sold by a Brooklyn dairy
man had among them five that were
decayed. The purchaser returned them
saying that he wanted the product OF
healthy hens. "These," said the pur-
chaser, "must have been laid when the
hens were not feeling we'll"
There was long hunt for the money
known to be possessed By William iocy
a wealthy farmer, who died many year
ago, in shenango, n. Y. It escaped the
searchers until the other day, when sew
eral thousand dollars were found con
cealed in tree on the farm.
Spectators amazedly watched Thomas
G. Greene, an Insurance broker, as he
began eating oysters on a bet, in the
Eastern hotel, this city. In 30 min
utes he had eaten 22s. Blue Point
oysters. One Of the spectators said tc
Greene; "Tom, your legs must be hol
low"
Heroic is the heart that beats in thS
breast of little Harold Thomas, aged IL
Of Pittston, Pa. He ran away from
homo and tried TO enlist in the navy, al
Brooklyn, n. Y, to get a chance Il
whack the Spaniards. The officers a.
the navy yard told him to so home, anC
wait until he grew.
The mosquitoes of the Yukon arr
more bloodthirsty than any others o.
the species. From May until Septem
ber they are engaged in a perpetua
picnic, bleeding men and animals. il
few hours Yukon mosquito will tor
ture dog to death, and force bear t.
seek relief by plunging into a strean
of water.
To escape revenue tax for the sale o
liquors some restaurants and hotel
serve wine free at meals, but add th
price of the wine TO the charge for food
| The commissioner of internal revenu
has just decided that this trick will n
longer be effective, and that the hos
telrles which serve free wine must pa.
q special tax as liquor dealers.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
PIRATE OF FISH.
The BlueAEh Ia the Most Vicious AN d
Destructive Of All the
FInny Tribe.

The greatest enemy to the best
species of fish is found IN the vicious,
voracious, and dangerous bluefsh. In
size, ordinarilyaslong your arm, with
teeth like barbs, he can snap in halves
a fish of his own size, and nearly all
fish stand in mortal dread of him. Gen
orally travelling ir schools-sometimes
as much as five miles in length-they
will in short order decimate q school of
shad, spot, menhaden or such like. In
his stomach can be found numbers of
smaller fish, according to size. We
have opened one which contained a
trout almost his own size, while another
contained q shad nearly as large. Still
others are found having within them
selves one or more of their own species
of smaller size. We have seen them be-
hind a school of shad, spot, or men
haden,and sometimes schools Of mack
erel and cod, swapping and slashing
their prey until the water was all afoan.
They eat until they can hold no more,
but their viciousness is not abated.
With snap a shad is surdered and
spit out, and the next shares the same
fate. They never tire, and the fish de-
stroyed, but uneaten, cover the surface
of the water.
Without question tho biuefish is by
far the greatest factor to be reclSoned
with, considering the preservation of
our food fishes. But mans effort seems
TO be futile In his extinction or banish-
ment. Nets will not hold him, and only
the stoutest line (for he Is "game" in
every sense Of the word), protected
with metal about the hook, will with
stand his vicious swapping. The only
method by which he Is procured for
market In our waters is with hand lines
balted with menhaden. Hundreds oi
New England fishing vessels commonly
termed "downeaster smacks," are now
and will continue during the summer
and fall. fishing of our capes and In tn,
Chesapeake bay In this manner. Oul
own people do LITTLE or none Of this kind
of fishing. The fish, when caught by
these smacls, are iced in boxes and bar
rels, and from Cape Charles or somi
other railroad point are shipped t
northern markets. The numbcr
caught by these craft in comparison
with the myriads to be found at presen
in our waters do not count for any
thing, and yet hundreds of boats ant
thousands Of men are engaged in the in
dustry.
1t has long been q question among
our people il the benefits to be derives
from these northern visitors-in tn
way of reducing the number oS blue
fish and the money they invest with ou
people for bait and provisions-wil
equal the damage they DO in tolling tn
bluefish into our waters.-Richmon
Dispatch.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
SLAUGHTER OF SNAKES.
A PecuIiaP Custom which IL Observed
tn n Section of Massn-
chuaetfa.


The young men Of Byfeld ara pre-,
pairing for their annual snake hunt.
ing expedition. The custom Of cello
brRting the advent OF spring with o
grand reptile hunt Is probably indi-
genous in this section alone. but Il has
been followed hero for many years,
and the sport has been participated ia
by a largo company of young men. \
great many years ago a company Of
young men who were vending their
way through a rough pasture many
miles from any habitatlon discoYerd a
spot of remarkable beauty and stopped
there to rest. One Of the party caught
sight of a snake of unusual size, which
was no sooner dispatched with the
aid of a great stone than another was
seen gliding along the ground. In a
few moments they were wriggling
about in all directions, and the young
men discovered that they were in the
midst of den of snakes. The ground
was filed with snake holes, the WIN
ter abode Of countless numbers of the
reptiles.
The young men then rained stones
on the heads Of the snakes until they
were tired, and then decamped, not
having lessened the number to any per-
ceptible degree. Since that time, about
the middle Of April, a party Of men
arm themselves with shovels and cud-
gels and stones and raid the snake col
ony. Every year finds no diminution
in the number of snakes, and conse-
quently there is an abundance OF
sport" 1t is not everyone, however
who takes delight in this kind of sport
for the wriggling, Shiny creatures just
awakened from their winter torpor are
not pleasant looking customers. tits
not related that any woman ever tool
part in any OF these expeditions.
Sometimes a few hours of slaueh
ter viii accumulate nearly 250 feet O.
snakes, individual specimens in som,
instances measuring six or seven feet
If anyone has a desire to pay a Ion,
visit to this city of snakes he will fin,
it by the side of the Boston G. Main,
railroad between Byfield and New
buryport, about two miles below tn,
former place. This section has beer
given the peculiar name of "Penn,
Honorary" Through it flows n slug
gish stream, a perfect habitat for rep
tiles that flourish in the low lands. Tn
high land back of it the snakes an,
the upland runners find in every wa.
suitable for their winter rendezvous
Boston Transcript.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
CHILDREN AND WHEELS.
Parents Should see to It That the
Little Ones DO Not over
exert Themselves.

While bicycling in moderation Is one
of the best forms Of exercise for many
adults, particularly the gouty and
those who lead sedentary indoor lives,
indulgence IN Il by the young should
be hedged about with many precau-
tions. When not oyerdone, sprobably
as beneficial TO children as to their
elders, but it Is less needful, since the
young, especially boys, seldom suffer
for want of exercise, their outdoor
games giving them, as n rule, all they
need. But aside from this there is
positive danger in the wheel, arising
from the proneness Of children to COM
pete with adults-to ride too long, too
fast, and too far.
Wheeling resembles stair-cllmbing in
its nature and effects. No mother
would allow her child 70 run up the
steps Of the Washington monument
two or three times a day, yet she will
let him take his bicycle and race over
country roads for miles, his little heart
pumping $50 or 200 times a minute, and
fondly thinks 1t is doing him good.
It is Just here that the danger lies
the heart is strained, overstrained; 81
is dilated and then enlarged; it works
continuously TO its full strength, draw
ing on all its reserve force, and by the
time the child has become a man the
heart is permanently tired and may
possibly stop short some day without
warning.
Children need not be forbidden the
use of the bicycle, but parents should
see to it that they have properly con-
structed saddles, and that they do not
"scorch," climb steep hills, ride against
high winds, or ride at all more than a
few miles at a stretch. Unfortunately
it is these very feats that they are
often melted by their elders to perform.
There are few more piteous sights, TO
one who has seen the consequences OF
such folly, than that of tiny child on
tiny wheel struggling up hill after
six-foot father and a seasoned mother.
Youths Companion.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
THE BEST FOOD.
II Is That which ncst Satisfies the
Taste nnd ApDenses
the Appetite.

1t is the fashion of some well-mean-
ing people to look suspicionsly upon all
food that is especially tempting to the.
appetite. They seem to regard the
taste as naturally depraved and liable
10 lead those who are guided by IL into
all varieties of danger. Nothing could
be more absurd than such a fancy. The
taste Of a person who is not in health
is often depraved; that of a person in
health, whether man or child, is the
best guide it can have in the selection
Of food.
The mother who ignores the taste Of
her children by compelling them to eat
that which she considers good for them
is doing a cruel, as well as a danger
Gus, thing. She is attempting to sup
plant the Heayen-given guide which
man, as well as the poor brute of the
fields, possesses to enable him to dis
tinguish between that which is good
and wholesome and that which is poi
sonous. A poison is not necessarily a
thing which Is fatal to life. Strictly de-
fined, it is anything which in itself or
in any Of the products of its chemical
transformation IN the body shall be in
furious TO the structure or action Of any
organ.
Oatmeal porridge, in this sense, may
be poison, for every intelligent person
ought to know that this simple grain
food" sometimes acts very injuriously
on the digestive organs. Tho mothor
who forces a little child to eat oatmeal
when it is repugnant to its taste "a
acting in tyrannous manner and prob
ably endangering its health. One of the
inalienable rights of all human beings
even OF children, Is that the food be en-
ioyable and agreeable TO tho tnste, as
God intended IL should be.
The human organs Of tasto are very
complicated. When food Is taken into
the mouth it passes before three set.
of nerves before it can be swallowed
| Nearly oil vlrulont poisons have 81
aerid a quality that they arc rejected
at once by the taste. This Is especially
true of vegetable poisons, which, fol
The protection of man and animals, ar,
made especially bitter and distasteful
The sense OF odor assists the taste. !
great many things which we call tastes
are perceived by the sense OF odor
This is true of pepper and most spices
This combination of the nerves o
taste and smell, which Is the only pro
lection of the animal, should also b
the highest guide of man In his selec
tion Of food. The ideas of food theorist
change with each generation. The "a
vorite foods of one generation are cor
demned by the theorists OF tho mex
Meantime that God-given guide, Il
taste, remains, and after all the age
has changed but little. Essentially tn
same kind of leavened bread and th
same meats and vegetables are cate
to-day as were served on tho "a
bles Of the Pharaoh Of tho Exodus. Th
best guide TO the best food Is given /
the simple lines of one Of England
greatest poets; THAT which Is nC
good Is not delicious to o we!lgor
1 erned appetita."-N. Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
A Place That Is Tull of Exciting
wonders and the Deauties
of Nature.

OF the four national parks Of the
west, the Yellowstone Is far the largest.
Il is a big, wholesome wilderness on the
broad summit of the Rocky mountains,
favored with abundance of rain and
snow; q place Of fountains where the
greatest of the American rivers take
their rise. The central portion is a
densely forested and comparatively
level volcanic plateau with an average
elevation of about 5000 feet above the
sea, surrounded by On imposing host of
mountains. Unnumbered lakes shine
In it, united by a famous band OF
streams that rusR out of hot lava beds
or fall from the frosty peaks in chan
nell rocky and bare, mossy and boslSyi
to the main rivers, singing cheerlly on
through every difficulty, cunnlngly di-
viding and finding their way east and
west Of the far-off seas.
And besides the treasures common to
most mountain regions that are wild
and blessed with a kind climate, the
park IA full OF. exciting wonders. The
widest gcysers in the world, In bright
triumphant bands, are dancing and
singing in it amid thousands of boiling
springs, beautiful and awful, their
basins arrayed in gorgeous colors like
gigantic flowers; and hot paintpots,
mud springs, mud volcanoes, musb and
broth caldrons of every color and con-
sistency, FLASHING, laying, roaring, in
bewildering abundance. In the adja-
cent mountains, beneath the living
trees the edges of petrihed forests are
exposed to view like specimens on the
shelves of museum, standing on
lodges tier above tier where they grew,
solemnly silent In rigid crystalline
beauty, after swaying in the winds
thousands of centuries ago, opening
marvellous views back into the years
and climates and life of the past. Here,
too, are hills of sparkling crystals, hills
of sulphur, hills of glass, hills of Gin
ders and ashes, mountains of every
style of architecture Icy or frosted
mountains covered with honey-bloom
sweet as Hymettus, mountains boiled
soft like potatoes and colored like a sun
set sly-a' that a that, and twice as
muclle's a that, Nature has on show In
the Yellowstone park. Therefore 1t is
called wonderland, and thousands OF
tourists and travellers steam into II
every summer and wander about in il
enchanted.-John Muir, in Atlantic.
Evening journal., 1898-06-04
IrnnicnI Ifa.

If man is in the right he doesn't
have to get mad about it.
If a woman lacks q graceful form
there are ways of making up for it.
If q man is sentenced to the guillotine
be is very apt to lose his head.
If everyone could have his own way
this world wouldn't be worth living in.
If man has plenty of gold he can
put q gilt edge on almost anything.
If you have a mans past record you
can predict his future with reasonable
accuracy.
If the patient has faith in the doctor,
the doctor should reciprocate by trust
ing the patient.
If ghosts haunt churohy0rds it is
probably for the purpose of finding out
from the epitaphs how good they were
during Chicago Evening News.