Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-21

reasons why this country should cling
to the protective policy.-Rocheste
Chronicle.
But those Santiago prisoners may as
well understand that rOund-trip tick
cts to Spain will not be issued by
Uncle Sam.
Captain Eulate of the Vizcaya says
the Brooklyn did it. And the target
ought to be able to guess pretty we'll
as to who hits the bull s-eye.
A disposition is everywhere mani
tested to make it hot for the scorcher.
Why not try what the cooler" would
do toward his reformation?
A resident of Union Hill, n. j., was
killed the other day by mosquito bite.
Why doesn't New Jersey offer liberal
bounty for mosquito scalps.
Santiago has fallen; but General
Miles, with a glance toward Porto
Rico, announces that the performance
in the big tent is no about to begin.
Dewey has great confidence in his
''Strategy board" 1t consists eXclu-
sively of the commander of the Asiatic
| squadron of the American navy at
Manila.
In the meantime Spain should not
overlook the fact that the market
price of peace is going higher every
day. The fiddlers will have to be paid
after the dance.
There is every reason to believe that
our army and navy officials in Cuba
will experience a great deal of diff
Guilty in making their reports verify
the work of the special correspondents.
Says the New York Mail and Ex-
press: $50 far Spain has lost twenty
one naval vessels and tWenty-One mer-
chant ships, while this country has
lost none of any class" Remember
the Maine.
An Iowa clergyman who was mar
ried the other day left in his wake
sixteen Borrowing young women. to
each of whom he was engaged. The
next advocate of the 16 to l ratio who |
happens along that way probably will |
strike pretty rocky road.
YOusouf, the Turkish wrestler, who |
was drowned in the BOurgOgne dis
aSter, is said to have had $500 in |
waist when he jumped into the water.
He never needed any extra ballast on |
land, why did he give his antagonist
such a Strangle hold at sea?
The tremendous exports of manu-
features show that the United States
will not have to depend in the future
upon its agricultural products for its
balance Of trade. In spite Of war
and the increased home demand for
products, America is the creditor of |
the world by an enormous amount
Chicago TimeS-Herald.
The war with Spain has taught us
that merchant ships are quite as much |
a portion of the nations military
equipment, when engaged in foreign
war, as are armies and navies them
selves, and that trained American
citizens who are competent to per-
form the duties of engineers, seamen
and tiremen are just as necessary as is
any other portion of our naval
reSOurces.-New York Commercial.
The official statistics prove that the
value Of the exports from the United
States during the present fiscal year
will average about $500, 900 for every
day during the fiscal year, including
all the Sundays. The whole world
stands amazed over that record, yet
only twelve months ago it was being
urged that the enactment of the
Dingley tariff would ruin the foreign
trade Of the United States by closing
the worlds markets against our pro-
ductS.-Des Moines Register.
The war and postoffice departments
have adopted a system for the i'm
prOyement of the mail service to the
soldiers. Under this system, the
Quartermaster's department of the
army transports all mail within camp
to and from the point of arrival and
departure, and battalion and regi-
mental adjutants will be held respon-
sible for the correct distribution of
mail. Every military post or camp
established will be given a postofficc
immediately, with a postal superin-
tendent in charge. In short, nothing
will be left undOne that will aid in
quick and canstant communication
between the soldiers and their rela-
tiveS and friends.