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The age-herald., 1898-03-31
spain and the United States.

Wars have been fought without the spot
 cash obtained from loans made at reason-
 able rates. The confederacy was conducted
 upon an irredeemable currency; so was the American revolution; so was the French
 revolution; but wars conducted on such
 financial basis are very expensive. They
 are well-nigh ruinous. And if Spain goes
 to war with this country, it is practically
 certain that she must find her resources at
 home, for her credit is so poor that no other
 people will lend her money.
 Her credit in Europe is the poorest of
 European nations standing even below that
 of Greece. Spanish bonds are largely held
 in Paris, and are not in favor in London.
 The taxable capacity of the nation was
 reached before the Cuban outbreak oc-
 cured, and that has added yearly charge
 of at least $42 900. This points a finan-
 cial collapse, but Spain has been there be- fore. About fifteen years ago her debt was scaled down nearly one-half, and another scaling is more than probable Her last | loan was placed at a discount of 8 per cent. and was practically compulsory at
 that-made by the Bank of Spain The country is absolutely without foreign cred 1 it, or substantial domestic sources.
 l To say that such country can conduct successful aggressive war with the | United States is rediculous. The bonds of | no country, British consols possibly ex- 1 cepted, are more favored than those of this country. The prevailing war scare has
 not materially affected their price; and the 1 reason of it is found not only in the coun- l try's enormous resources, but in it's pres ent financial strength. Gold is flowing in from Europe and Australia. The treasury and the banks are glutted with gold. At per cent. this government could either at
 home or abroad borrow a sum sufficient to carry on all the war that any nation can wage. Every dollar of such a loan would, in fact, be fioated at home, on the best of bearers, and it would be oversubscribed at | that
 l The differences between the two countries are the differences between a country with bright financial outlook, enormous re- sources of all needful kinds, and a country
 without credit, on the verge of collapse, decreptt and over-burdened
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The Spanish-Cuban Bond Scheme.

The Spanish debt is of immense propor- tions, although 1t was scaled down nearly one-half about fifteen years ago. What is known as the Spanish-Cuban debt proper the debt that has been incurred in the attempts to suppress the Cuban rebellion amounts to s2s9, 9,Ooo, 900. This forms, of course a part of the general Spanish indebtedness, but the bonds of the Spanish-Cuban debt are distinct, and the accounts that pertain to it are separately kept.
 It is this indebtedness-these Spanish Cuban bonds-that are the power behind the throne at Washington-that constantly arise to thwart American sentiment and palsy American statesmen. These bonds have largely fallen into the hands of bloodless syndicate of campaign subscribers resident in New York; Boston and London. Their agent, who hovers about the White House, is the same MT. McCook whom President Mckinley desired at the outset to make attorney-general; but so great an opposition was developed to the appoint ment Of corporation attorney that the president compromised the matter by ap- pointing Judge McKenna to the place. MT. McCook is now serving the syndicate of Spanish-Cuban bondholders, where he can be most useful. He it is who is dictating the Spanish policy of the administration in this crisis of the republic. He 1t Is who. dlsregarding all claims of humanity al, dangers from pestilence to these shores all honor of the republic. is attempting to get up dlcker that will put millions in his own pockets, and in the pockets of his as- sociates.
 Congress alone can break up this organ
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The Mosquito Fleet.

Besides the war vessels the government has, or soon will have, two other fleets of a warlike nature. One, called the auxil- liary fleet, will consist of the large ocean liners, the greyhounds of the sea- These will not only be swift in movement, but they will carry rapid-f1re guns, and even some guns of heavy calibre. These flying in every possible manner.
 An additional feet consisting of lesser craft, is to be organized at once It will popularly be known as the Mosquito fleet, and it's commandant is to be Commander Horace Elmer, who has of late been on duty at Cramps shipyard. His headquar- ters are now at the Brooklyn navy yard, where he is engaged in selecting vessels upon which gun can be mounted. These vessels are to be largely manned by the naval militia of the states As fast as appropriate vessels are found bargains are. if possible, made for their purchase or charter.
 The chief object of Mosquito fleet Is the protection and defense of the city where it is made up Such fleet will be needed at Mobile, at Pensacola, at New Orleans, at Galveston. The owners of small craft in the gulf cities will soon hear from Com mander Elmer or his assistants, if their vessels are strong enough to sustain arma- ment and it's use in the event of attack.
 These vessels may be said to constitute the inner line of defense in conjunction with the land batteries. The outer and picket lines are to be maintained by the armored vessels and the auxiliary fleet.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
LET US HAVE PEACE.

From the Boston Post.
 Yet, let us have peacel But not at the sacrifice of national honor
 Let us have peace! But not through a pusillanimous policy dn dealing with the assassination by emiscreants as yet un- known of 259 men and officers of our navy while in a so-called friendly harbor.
 Let us have peace! But not on condition that we remain lethargic and indifferent to the demands of humanity.
 Let us have peace! But not for fear that the war would break the stock market.
 Let us have peace! But not on the basis of he peace at-anyprfce Tory element.
 The American people want peace sincere ly, but they are not afarid to face war If necessary. They know what war Is; that it is a terrible price to pay. But they know there are some things worth that price, terrible as it Is; there are some times when that price must be paid as the alternative of moral bankruptcy of the nation.
 Let us have peace with honor intact or war with victory decisive
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REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press:
 At some time in her life every girl has just as good as proposed to some man.
 It's only the girl with the hideous mouth that hates other girls with pretty mouths.
 Ask any girl if she believes in love, and the first thing she will say is to ask why you ask.
 After a girl has once been kissed by a man she always takes long breath before she does it again.
 A husband can break down his wife's lifelong love for him by driving nall into the parlef clustering. M
 A woman never realizes how lacking other women are till she tries to think which ones of them would be worthy of her husband.
 It's funny that the men don't kick at the women's wearing big hats in church the way they do when they wear them to the theater.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Frcm ths Chicago News.
 The soda fountain will soon be fizzible.
 Whenevr a man stays out until sunrise something's up.
 The secret woman Is compelled to keep is untold agony.
 A man kicks more from habit than from actual necessity.
 People are seldom what they seem to think you think they are.
 The human race is occasionally run on the course of true love.
 Man is good his enemies bad and the rest of the world indifferent.
 A rolling stone gathers no moss, but 1t is different with the rolling joke Without his needle the mariner could never thread his way through the seas. The barber may have an excuse for scrap- ing acquaintances, bun none for cutting them.
 When shiftless people can't think of any other way to annoy their nefghbors they get a dog to howl through the night
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
TRUTHFUL MAN.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 "My wife," said the tall lantern-jawed man, lis as womanly woman as yau could find but she can hammer nails hks lightning"
 'Wonderfulp' sang the chorus.
 Lightning" the tall, lantern-jawed man continued, 'sedom strikes twice in tho same place."
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
STAINS COAL.
BALL.
,m the Chicago Tribun.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 In the discussion of the naval situation there Is one fact always to be kept steadily in view, and 1t Is fatal one for Spain That country has no coal of It's own and it has no coaling station nearer our shores than the Canary islands, 1000 miles away. It cannot keep its war craft afioat except with our consent, and this is especially true of torpedo boats. They are practically use- less any great distance from their base of supplies, and they have no cruising capac- tty dn their coaling bunkers.
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THE LAST SEVEN.

From the Washington Star.
 Did I understand you to say that you have $10 0O0, 900 at your disposalT' asked the capitalist.
 'Yes," replied the member of the Span, ish cabinet. "Of course, that was an ap- proximate statement
 Cant you figure 1t exactly?"
 ''Well-we're dead sure of the last seven figures"
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NOT A VIRTUOSO.

From the London Graphic.
 I'd like to hear you play the violin, Mr. Billing said 7-year-old Tommy, who was entertaining the visitor.
 But don't play the violin, Tommy"
 Then papa must be mistaken. heard him tell mamma that you played second fiddle at home"
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

ized gang of plunderers. To congress alone the people look for action that will vindi- cate the honor of this country and bring peace to Cuba Free Cuba is the solution of the probiem-a Cuba that knows neither Spanish oppression nor Spanish bonds. Spanish rule and Spanish bonds must go together.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

Those able journalists who are trying to consider the starvation within prison lines of O0,0O0 non-combatants mere incident, should explain what on earth rises above the incident business.
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NOT A SOCIALIST NOW.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 q have just been reading about the au- thor of Quo Vadis. It seems that he once took part in an effort to found social set- clement in California"
 'Yes; but he isn't socialist now"
 "How do you know? Has he publicly re- nounced that doctrine7'
 Mot that ever heard of; but he's mak- ing about $50,000 a year."
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stake this time. It Is the doctrine of the men ninety miles away should not be starved to death in what are virtually prison pens.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

If the Hapsbourgs of Australia and the Latins of Italy expect to get any ships back from Spain, they wilx be disappointed. Those ships will at the end of the war be fin hands that do not respect fraudulent bills of sale.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

In all her history Spain has never let an opportunity to be cruel and vindictive go unimproved. The man who thinks she did not blow up the Maine has never studied her record.
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The public gets the United States de- mands upon Spain from Madrid this morn ing. The stock gamblers got 1t from Mark Hanna last Saturday.
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Back number De Lome Is at it again. With pen in hand he Is telling "the secret history of his downfall" It is ancient his tory, now, so far doth one event tread upon anothers heel.
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the ability to express her views on any current topic. But, woman or man, it mat ters not, for the people of Alabama are in sympathy with the policy which declares Peace if we can honorably maintain it. Fight, if we must" The lurid glare of sensational patriotism must not confuse the minds of the people.
 DAJT.
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MT. Bailey made MT. Reed show his hand yesterday. If Reed had been in the stock market with the Hanna crowd he couldn't have pleased Hanna better
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Ex-confederate sentiment can best be studied in the record of Consul General Lee, at present residing in Havana
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The barbarous and truly Spanish plan of penning up people without an issue Of rations must be stopped in America
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MUSICAL NOTE.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Ever hear Miss Willers sing On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away?"
 "Yes; far away from the key"
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

The inside stock gamblers got all the de- tails of our demands upon Cuba before even congress had an idea of what they were.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

When Mark Hanna and his gang have shorn the lambs in the stock market then they may consider the question of Ameri- can honor.
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Pull down the Spanish flag in America that will settle the entire business as noth- ing else will.
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The four senators who saw with their own eyes the horrors of Spanish edicts in Cuba, will live in history.
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From the Selma Times.

A simple recognition of Cuba's independ- ence by congress would settle the matter. Within thirty days there would be enough armed American Maine avengers on that island to wipe every Spanish soldier on it from the face of the earth.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
JOHNNIE AND THE PARROT.

From the New York World.
 "Johnnie,' said a Chicago mother to her. 6-year-old son, 'is 1t possible that I over. heard you teaching the parrot to swear"
 "No, mamma" replied Johnnie; q was just telling it what 1t mustn't say."
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The want Of a backbone in the white house is the bottom difficulty of the case. All else Is ready.
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CUBA IN THE SOUTH.
The Message and Report Are Not Warmly
 Received,
From the Nashville American.

We don't need to maneuver for ingenious grounds on which to base quarrel with Spain. We have the right on our side, and we should be bold and direct In our action. Our cause of offense is grave, and Spain s atonement must be in just proportion to the wrong we have suffered.
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Public sentiment has changed so rapidly that from every dry goods box man is trying to prove that he was the original jngo.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

MT. ~Wanamaker begins to suspect that MT. Quay's torpedo fiotilla is approaching.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

Keep your eye on Hannais stock market deals and you can tell what's in the war situation.
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From the Montgomery Journal.

The anxiety of the president for peace is commendable, but his anxiety to have peace at a sacrifice of the honor and re- spect for the flag is unworthy the president of bhe American people.
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Suzeranity may be good thing in east ern Europe, but America wants none of it.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

Billy Mason's war policy stands amply vindicated.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
From the Memphis Commercial.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 Cuba should be freed, absolutely. Her people have earned their freedom. Spain should not be permitted to fiout a rag on the island as an emblem of authority. Her flag is a libel upon government and dis grace to the advanced civilization of the nineteenth century
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

Hanna is catching fortune; Mckinley is catching h.!
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It isn't the Monroe doctrine that is at
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From the New Orleans State.

Instead of fooling, therefore, with peace negotiations, which will not. and are not intended by Spain to, come to anything. the United States government ought to at once administer such a lesson to her as will, for her brutal treatment of the Gu bans and for her diaboncal act of treachery in the case of the Maine, as will prevent not only her, but all of her kind. from lend ing herself and themselves to such mediae- val barbarsm in future. The time for parleydng is over; it is action that is now in order.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

FrOm the RaIeIgn NeWS a1lu ODSefVer.
 Whil hoping that war can be averted, we believe the temper of the people of America Is that Cuba shall be freed-and freed without delay-for all time from the rule of rapine and barbardty of Spain. Nothing is ever settled until 1t is settled right. Until Cuba is free there will be no solution of the Cuban question.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
From the Huntsville Mercury.

The stock -jobbers may get the upper hand of President Mckinley; they seem to have great Influence with the cabinet but the American congress will not allow 25S Amer ican sailors to be blown to eternity without averaging their death. If congress, too, proves unmndful of the wish of the people the members thereof will pay the price of their Expenditures of duty. The people do not want war; they desire to avoid it, but not at the price of national honor; they want satisfaction.
The age-herald., 1898-03-31
From the Macon Telegraph.


 The Telegraph is in favor of a quick termination of the Cuban scandal, but 1t is willing to concede that we had better go slow until we have ammunition on hand sufficient to enforce an aggressive policy, If that shall be deemed necessary.
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Hanna's hand seems to be on Reeds throat also.
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From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
 Our only hope now lies in congress. which, on consideration of the report, may compel the president to take action to bring Spain to her senses for the nefarious crime of wreclSing the Maine and for her un- paraleled cruelty to the helpless Cubans.
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brotherhood of man-the doctrine that says men ninety miles away should not be starved to death in what are virtually prison pens.
 The public gets the United States de- mands upon Spain from Madrid this morn ing. The stock gamblers got 1t from Mark Hanna last Saturday.
 MT. Bailey made MT. Reed show his hand yesterday If Reed had been in the stock market with the Hanna crowd he couldn't have pleased Hanna better.
 When Mark Hanna and his gang have shorn the lambs in the stock market then they may consider the question of Ameri- can honor.
 The inside stock gamblers got all the de- tails of our demands upon Cuba before even congress had an idea of what they were.
 The want of backbone in the white house is the bottom difficulty of the case. All else Is ready.
 Keep your eye on Hannais stock market deals and you can tell what's in the war situation.
 MT. Wanamaker begins to suspect that MT. Quay's torpedo hotilla is approaching. 
 Suzeranity may be good thing in east ern Europe, but America wants none of 1t.
 Billy Mason's war policy stands amply vindicated.
 Hanna is catching a fortune; Mckinley is catching h.!
 Hanna's hand seems to be on Reeds throat also.
 The American congress is the nations hope.
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SUBMARINE MINES.

The American congress is the nations hope
The age-herald., 1898-03-31

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but Il is different with the rolling joke
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From the Memphis Scimetar, The time for diplomatic haggllng is past The world looks to us to solve the Cuban ques- ton promptly and in a way worthy of great nation, and we cannot in honor balk that exception.
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Thus ready for the way of life or death. l wait the sharpest blow"
 -PERICLES.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-09
Transfers.

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acres Weston S7j0.00
w w Hill to A A Miller, lot Weston
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Custar l500.C0
o Diver 10 Curtis B Diver, 10 acres
Montgomery 10000
Susan Leathermau to Mary E Leath-
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EG Laskey to ] M Roberts, lot
Grand Rapids 10000
Mary Seymour to Oliver Freeman, 40
acres Jackson 10000
II G Feasel ct al to William Dicken,
so acres Montgomery 100000
G G Feasel to Geo W Feasel, acres
Montgomery 467.00
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-09
CLOVER LEAF EXCURSIONS.

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until Aug. 10, Stations Delphos to st.
Louis.
Imp. Order Red Men. Bloomington,
Ind, Aug 16 and II Indiana Stations.
Conference of Friends, Richmond, Ind,
Aug. - and 20, Stations east of Frank
fort.
Lake Side o., during July and Ang-
ust, a Il Stations.
Photographers Asso'n, Chautsuqua,
N. Y, July IL and 16, All Stations.
Imp. Order of Forresters, Toronto,
Ont, Aug 24-27 All Stations.
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N. Y, Aug. and 3, All Stations.
Note.-"All Stations" denotes tickets
will be sold from all stations; Indiana
Stations from Indiana Stations only. etc.
For rates. return limits and full intorma-
tion see any Agent or address
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-09
THE DRUMMER BOY.
Has No Place in the Army of the
Present Day.
History of Present War VIII Pnil 60
Herald His Vnlorous Decds-tIns
Been Replaced by the
TruaHpetcr.

Youths who are won't to revcl in the
deeds OF the drummer Of the civil war
will perhaps find it unintcresting read
ing when the battles of the present war
are spread upon the pages of history.
The drummer boy will be absent; his
gallantry will not embellish the stir
ring accounts of battle, because during
the present conflict his blood will not
be shed in common with that of his
father, as in the rebellion.
''But 1t will be better for everyone
and for the nation" remarked an aged
official Of the war department in a con-
versation in which the absence of the
drummer boy in the present war was
the topic. The drummer boy of the re-
bellion has been replaced by the
trumpeter and the field musicians, who
better serve the purpose of command
ing officers.
There were none more brave or more
willing to serve the cause which their
fathers were serving, whether from the
north or the south, than the drummer
boys" continued the bullet-scarred vet
eran, "but it's like everything else
the drummer boy who rescued the flag
at Nicksburg and carried it on to vic
tory has been succeeded by something
more modern"
Officials of the war department have
received many applications from youths
imbued with a desire to emulate the
drummer boys of former struggles, but
in each instance, on account of the age
limit, they have been rejected. Many
old soldiers sympathize with the would
be drummer boys, but in point of fact
the latter must suffer in silence like
everyone else whose ambition is in
terfered with by the abolition of old
customs.
Drummer boys have been supplanted
by the buyer and field musicians" re-
marked Col. a. w. Wagner, of the Mill
tary information bureau, in discussing
the subject to-day. "a drum is of nc
use without a mate, so to speak, be-
cause its peculiar music must always
be accompanied by the fife, or fife
must be assisted by drum to be OF
service in time of war. Modern i'm
proyements have given us the trumpet
which is available in all kinds OF
weather, while a drum during rain
storm would be as useless as dead
soldier in an exciting charge upon the
enemy"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-09
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