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The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
Before Santiago.

Who cries that the days of daring are those
 that are faded far, That never a light burns planet-bright to be
 hailed as the hero's star? Let the deeds of the dead be laureled, the
 brave of the elder years, But song, we say, for the men of to-day
 who have proved themselves their
 peers! High in the vault of the tropic sky Is the
 garish eye of the sun, And down with its crown of guns a-frown
 looks the hilltop to be won; There Is the trench where the Spanlard
 turks, his hold and his hiding place, And he who would cross the space between
 must meet death face to face. The black mouths belch and thunder, and
 the shrappel shrills and flies; Where are the fain and the fearless, the
 lads with the dauntless eyes2 Will the moment find them wanting? Nay,
 but with valor stirred! Like the leashed hound on the coursing
 ground they wait but the warning
 word.
 tChargcI' md the line moves fOrwi I'd,
 moves with a shout and a swing, While sharper far than the cactus thorn is
 the spiteful bullets sting. Now they are out in the open, and now they
 are breasting the slope, While into the eyes Of death they gaze as
 into the eyes of hope. Never they wait nor waver, but on they
 chamber and on. With up with the flag of the stripes and
 stars, and down with the flag of the
 donr' What should they bear through the shot
 rent air but rout to the ranks of Spain, For the blood that throbs in their hearts Is
 the blood of the boys of Anthony
 Wayne! See, they have taken the trenchesl Where
 are the foemen? Gonei And now "Old Glory" waves In the breeze
 from the heights of San Juan! And so, while the dead are laureled, the
 brave of the elder years, A song, we say, for the men of today who
 have proved themselves their peersi -I.eslle'a Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
Uncle sam,s DipIomacy.

A lot of talk Is goin on at present OCT the
 sea Concernin' how the diplomats shall get us
 to agree; They seem to think In Europe that hostilities
 should cease, And want a congress at Berlin to name the
 terms of peace; They've got some fancy notions as to what
 should now enSue, And propose to fix the limits for the old
 red, white and blue There's a call for compromisin from the
 feller on the run, But I'm tired of diplomacy-we'll settle with
 the gun! Pm not much good at sayin' things which
 may mean this or that, When l have any talk to make jist come
 right out fat; I meyer took no lessons in the lyin' bizness,
 and Prefer to stick to matters that fully un- So let the oily diplomats take notice that
 I've done With Europes way of doin' thingswe'll
 settle with the gun! I've had enough diplomacy to last me for
 spell; If Europe wants the diplomats to run
 things, very well, But let them list confne themselves to
 Europe's own affairs, And not attempt to mix me up in diplomatic
 snares! I've started In to do job-TVe got 1t nearly
 done, And reckon that I'll go ahead and finish
 with the guni I've picked out what I'm after, and propose
 to have 1t, too, And they may as we'll take notice now that
 nothin' else'll do; So let them hold their congresses, but I'm
 not goin' in; My fghtin' isn't bein' done at Paris or
 Berlin!- Just let their diplomats go on and get us to
 agree, But their settlement won't settle if 1t inter-
 feres with me, For I'll stand no slick undoin' of the work
 that I have done, And I guess I'll blunder right ahead and
 finish with the guni
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
RICHES IN TRIPLES,
Some Big Fortunes That Have Come From
 Little Inventions.


 It has become almost an axiom with the majority that larger fortunes are to be raised from some simple invention than from difficult and expensive inven- tions that involve a great outlay of money to manufacture. This is to a certain extent true. A certain Ameri- can patent for fastening kid gloves has yielded a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars for its fortunate owner, and the inventor of a collar clasp enjoys $20, 900 royalty a year as the reward for his endeavor. A new kind of sleeve button has made $50, 900 in five years for its patentee, and the simple twisting of safety pins in such way that there is no possible danger of the point stick ing in the child promises to enrich it's owner beyond any of his early dreams of wealth. A man one day turned piece of wire so as to hold . cork more securely in bottle and forthwith some- body saw brilliant idea and patented the modern wire stopper holder, which is now used annually on several million bottles. The accidental bending of 8 hairpin by a woman to prevent it from sliding out of her hair so easily produc. ed fortune for her husband, who inn mediately saw the possibilities of a crinkled hairpin for women.
 Instances could be multiplied indei- nitely of large fortunes being made from small inventions, but fortunately for those inventors who make 8 life study oR Snk k-so S0 OA disdain to waste their talents upon trivial, popular articles of the day there is often also ample reward held in store for the products that take years to produce and which revolutionize ex- isting methods of industry and me- chanics.
 Edison has reaped honors and riches of prinoely character from his discov- cries; Mccormick has realized in his reaper the fortunes of millionaire; the Corliss engine brought honors and deo- orations to it's inventor and enabled him to amass @ great fortune in few years; Professor Bell found in his tele- phone not only the consummation of his early hopes and ambitions, but a sub ssansAaA peOuHAary KoWaRu' AaH'oyAAeU steel armor has become synonymous with the inventors name, and it brings an annual income of huge proportions to it's discoverer; Elias Howe, the in- ventor of the sewing machine, realized over $2, 900, OOO from his inventions, and Nikola Tesla, though still young and rich in promises, finds an abun- dance of money in his work.-George Ethelbert Walsh in Cassier's Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

At a recent convention of accident insurance companies some interesting statistics were presented in regard to the liability of men in different occu- pations to meet with accidents. One would naturally expect that commer- cial travellers, being on the road most of the time, would be very liable to in- jury, or at least more so than farmers. But the experience of the insurance companies has been just the opposite. The commercial travellers show per centage of claims for injuries received of only 3.6 per cent of the number in- sured. Farmers claims represented 24.3 per cent of the number insured, or about seven times as many as the com mercial travellers. From which it seems that travelling is not very dangerous, and that 1t is a much safer occupation than farming.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

There is in the country a great re- neWal of interest in the Nicaragua canal, a bill for assisting in the con- struction of which is now before Con- gress with the expectation that it will be the most important subject to be discussed by that body at its next ses- sion. There are some questions that will add to the public interest upon the subject, like the retention of the Phil ippine islands, but the annexation of Hawaii is enough to make the project an important and necessary one. It Is nearly half a century ago that the idea of constructing an interoceanic canal across Nicaragua was first pub licly discussed, and since then four or five surveys have been made to ascer | tain the best route aud an approximate idea as to the cost of the work The line that has been most popular extends from Greytown, or some point near 1t, through Nicaragua Lake to Brito, on the Pacific coast. Finally a company was chartered by the United States to construct the canal, and necessary con-
 
 aguan Government. The route adopted was to start from Brito following the Rio Grande and the Lajas River to the lake, distance of seventeen and half miles. In this section the canal was to have a depth of thirty feet and width, at the bottom, of 125 feet. Through the lake a channel would have to be dredg- ed, the distance from the mouth of the Lajas to Fort San Carlos on the eastern shore being ffty-six and one-half miles. From that point the River San Juan would be followed for siXty-nine miles. Two important tributaries enter the San Juan, the San Carlos and the San Francisco, at point called OchOa, and from that place a regular canal would be contracted to Greytown. There have been several estimates made as to the cost of the work, varying from $65, 5,OO0,OO0 to $133,000,000. but 1t is probable that $110,OOO,OO0 would be ample to complete it. The savings in the distance to our ocean commerce would, by the use of this canal be enOr- nous. Ships bound from San Fran. cisco to New York would save about 5000 miles in taking the canal instead of going round Cape Horn. From Eng land and European ports the saving of distance would be 1000 or 1000 miles less. While the cost of ocean transpor- tation is not great, the risks of naviga- tion are to be considered while the time, involving interest charges on shipments and insurance are of great moment. Judging from the most care fully compiled estimates, the revenues of the canal could not be much if any less than $S,OOO,OOO annually, which would pay operating expenses and a re- munerative dividend upon the money invested. The present bill authorizes the Government to guarantee bonds of the company to the amount of $1OO,- 900, being amply secured against any loss by reason of such indorsement. The war has been an object lesson to the people of the country, and has re moved nearly all the opposition that once existed against the Government lending it's aid in the building of this great waterway.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The Novosti, an influential paper pub lished in St Petersburg, declares that Dewey must have used against the ships of Montejo's squadron at Manila some new form of explosive bomb of most deadly and incendiary nature" It also characterizes the destruction of Cervera's squadron as "unjustifiable carnage" A special dispatch from Madrid, which percolates through Lon don, also declares that the Americans nave won their naval victories by using 'fncendiary projectiles not sanctioned by the rules of civilized warfare." The Spanish minister of marine ,ha dIs
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Just now the country Is watching the second generation of some of its great names to discover whether the strength of the fathers will show in the sons. While there is nothing more certain than that blood will tell-and by blood is not meant, necessarily, descent from those who made the highways unsafe when it was the polite and gentlemanly thing to be a robber baron-the too ad- vantageOus conditions under which many of these young men have started out has made impossible any real devel- Opment of the powers which may be latent in them. For Nature develops nothing good without a struggle; de- generacy is the product of her idleness. Progress toward higher type is solely by constant effort and unceasing strife. Man is no exception to this law. Our great soldiers fought up to rank against a thousand bitter opponents; our great merchants gained wealth over a swarm of pushing competitors; and so on through the list of those who. have achieved success in any calling. It is the constant conflict that strengthens the sinews of character. But in the second generation of success we too often find the son, in defiance of Ma lures final law of development, spend ing without earning, and receiving un- earned, and consequently ridiculous honors. Those who have done nothing but stagger under a fathers historic name along the path of easy advance ment are not likely to make history. It is the nameless ones who have been toiling up step by step whose names will mean something at the end of the present strife; for it is only with work that blood will tell
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
The Old Brigade.

The new brigades are mighty fne-the boys
 are brave and true, An the gray is marchin' side by side with
 them that wore the blue; I seen 'em on the hIlltops-they're drillin' In
 the glades,
 the old brigades. We won't fergit the fellers that fought on
 land an sea, An follered "Stonewall' Jackson, an
 charged with old Bob" Lee! An Grants an Sherman's fellers-their
 mem'ry never fades; We won't fergit the old boys who made the
 old brigades They're thinnin' out-the old boys-they're
 few now on the sod; They're crossin'-crossin' over to the camp
 in grounds of God; see the young boys marchin' on the hills
 an fields an glades, But we won't fergit the old boys who made
 the old brigades.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
Don't Cheer.

When down the gallant Texas steered
 Abreast her Spanish prey, Three hundred voices would have cheered;
 But Philip said them, Nayi Don't cheerr' For on those scorchinl
 decks,
 Convulsed with dying throes, Lie scores of Quivering human wrecks- Once proud, now conquered, foes No knightlier deed was ever done
 Than that they did not do; No braver triumph le'er was won
 By wearers of the blue. That when, fired, flushed with victory, Our jack-tars held their breath And paid, on distant Cuban sea,
 The hOnors due to death. The bold are the compassionate,
 And element are the brave, Fer quick to offer love for hate,
 And yielding foes to save. True courage hastens to relieve
 A wounded captive's care, And for a dying foe will breathe
 A tender, pitying prayer. New York Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

patch adds, has been urged not to make any representations to the European powers on this account, but has been advised to adopt retaliatOry measures of a similar nature against any Ameri- can ships which may visit Spain. Of course this is rank nonsense, utterly without foundation in fact. The Span ish ships were set on fire by ordinary shells because wood and other infiam- mable materials were used in their con- struction. It may interest the Castil ians also to learn that the American Naval Board of Survey which has been examining the wrecks that line the shore near Santiago has submitted its report, making four recommendations, the first of which is that thereafter nc wood should be used in the construc tion of war ships" If Spain doesn't know why Cervera's ships burned the Americans do.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The advantage millionaire has over a workingman is that he may assume the others part. The workingman can not play the millionaire. Some anus ing incidents are told in Harpers Weekly of patriotic youths who have given up lives of ease and pleasure to work and live like any common sailor in the naval reserves. One of them was lately swabbing down the deck under the supervision of an old tar, who ex- claimed, By George! there's a fine yacht. Do you know who she belongs to, young feller?" Rather" drawled the militiaman; "she belongs to mer'
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
TAXES IN PHILIPPINES.
Spain Had Worked Out a System of
 Absolute Robbery.

Spain Had Worked Out a System of
 Absolute Robbery.
 The revolt of the natives of the Phil Ippines is the result of Spain's worse than prehistoric methods of colonial government Misrule on a gigantic and inconceivable scale fourished in this island empire The Pearl of the Orient"
 The actual number Of these islands is as yet unknown, for the Spaniard makes an unprOgressive pioneer, but there are estimated to be about 1, 400 of them, great and small, sessliag away just north of the aQaat5f. The total area Is In the ' 3 900 square miIes.-4'.- 4'.-a- pep .attoE1 csnsonlJ be guessed at; peChaFs te,80G000 of souls Is fair fighre q waich te place It.
 The native populaAoG is of the Malay family, and from all accounts q simple, easy-going people when left to them- selves, but capable of both persever- ance and courage of a high and com mendable order when keyed up to the fighting pitch. There is often a large admixture of foreign blood in the veins of these islander. It may he either Spanish or Chinese, and this mixed race, "Metizas," as they are called, forms one of the most influential class es in the Philippine.
 The Philippine islander has been probably the most persistenuy taxed creature the sun shines on in the world to-day, for the SpaHiard's whole theory of taxation is nothing more or less than
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
The Flow of Blood.

Professor Mosso, the Italian physiolo- gist, constructed a couch so arranged that it could be accurately balanced Ill the middle when the slightest change of weight should make either end incline. A man was laid upon it, balanced in horizontal position. As he went to sleep his head rose and his feet sank. As he awoke the opposite occurred, proving that the blood left the head in the enc condition and returned to it in the otEer
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
A Dumas Story.

Dumas the elder was rarely spiteful to or about his fellow men, but one day, when he happened to be in that mood, 8 friend called to tell him piece of news. "They have just given M. X. the Legion of Honor," he said. Then he added, in significant tone, "Now, can you imagine why they should have given it to him!"
 "Yes," answered the great dramatist promptly. "They have given it to him because he was without it. "
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
UnaYaIIinp Prayer.

Theodore F. Seward, the organizer of the Don't Worry clubs, tells a good story of a little boy who had reached the multiplication table in the course of his education One night he was sitting over paper of figures, when his mother came along and said, John nie, do you find your arithmetic very hard?" ''Yes, indeed, mamma, 1 do, was his reply. Ut was so awful hard that I prayed to God to help me, but he's made three mistakes alreadv.'' ''
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

But while your mirth holds carnival That every man Is shot. Tn the rear you'll never find him
 Where clash of arms sounds faint. He'll not let lips of others
 His own word pictures paint. He's In the thick of battle,
 He's where the strife runs red, He's grinding out his story
 In that flying sleet of lead. He loves to write of others
 In whose valor he delights; He ofttimes makes them famous
 'Twixt darkness and daylight. He longs to spread In detail
 On the flaming scroll of fame The way that they won glory,
 But he never tells his name. He dies to serve his paper,
 His life's the price of news. There's no one to sing his praises, And few can fill his shoes.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

NN tory,
 V V Or battles fought and won,
 How the army of invasion Made the hated Spanish run; Did you ever pause a moment, While the dons receive their dues, And sort of take Q tumble To the boys who wrote the newsI Perhaps you think 1t easy Amid the cannons' roar To rattle off good copy
 While your paper cries for mora Let me tell you, gentle .reGder, War reporting Is no joke, For your soul may quickly mingle With the rakirg battles smoke. While pen Is flying swiftly Tide of conflict to record, Some swirling Spanish butler May pass you OCT deaths ford Oh, it's we'll enough to laugh At written on the spot,
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The negro seems to lack a pride of race to correspond to the pride of na- tionality. Instead of following the best and brainiest of his own race he is bet ter content to follow the dictates of the white politician, and the vicious white politician makes the negro vote a dan ger and a menace by using 1t for his vicious ends.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

cars revolve on a primitive wooden framework, and the motive power is simply either the muscular arm of one of the Soudanese below, or the frantic and exuberant efforts of the passengers themselves. Many travellers who have penetrated into remote parts of Egypt
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The several Vanderbilt families are gradually taking up their homes in France, but 1t is understood that they are sufficiently friendly to the United States to enable them to accept divi- dends declared by their railroads.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A leading New York attorney writes to a Gotham journal to say: 'I am engaged by the year to look after the matrimonial and other legal matters of Miss Lillian Russell" The airy, fairy Lillian evidently saves money by mak- ing wholesale contracts of this sort.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A Chicago business house displays below the name of the firm line read ing Established Before the War" That sign doesn't mean so much now as it did a year ago.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Remember that only letters will here after be returned by the postoffice to the sender, until full return postage Is paid. No second, third or fourth class matter is to be returned or forwarded to a new address without additional postage. The new law covers newspa- pers, books and packages of merchan- dfSa
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The question, asked these many years and in tones more or less musical, What are the wild waves saying?" may be near satisfactory reply. The manufacture of paper from seaweed is said to be a growing industry in France. The seaweed will doubtless reveal the whisperings and thunder ings of the ocean it has heard to writers who use the paper.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The York (Pa.) Dispatch editorially says: Postmaster George Young, of Gettysburg, was in this city to-day be- tween trains" Did he get out of his unpleasant and dangerous predicament all rightf
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

"When Mrs. Lowe was declared elected" remarks a Denver paper in discussing the national convention of women's club, ''the hustle in the hall was simply indescribable." Whose?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The man behind the gun is the one who wins naval victories, and no one appreciates this more keenly than the man in front of the same gun.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Has 1t ever struck you that the fol lows who invent bullet-proof cloths have a wonderful faculty of turning up absent about as soon as real war test offers itself?
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A Madrid correspondent says that ''the best people of Spain are the least demonstrative in their hostility against America" Certainly; the best people of Spain are underground.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

The manner in which the bull fight CTS in Spain have been crowded out of popular interest should be warning to this country's prize fighters.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

It Is safe to conclude that there will be 8 great deal of powder burnt in the next few years. European nations have learned the value of shooting straight.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Chicago's tallest and thinnest citizen died the other day. He was feet Inches tall and weighed only 125 hounds. He was a Pole.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A new trolley line across the Niagara bridge, from Canada to the United States. will have to be reckoned among the ties that bind.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Say what you will, the commander of the Cristobal Colon understands punctuation; just as soon as the Colon was cut in two she made full stop.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

For Insurgent Philippines.
 Beneath this old flag the Philippine insurgents rally under Aguinaldo. It has rather sinister appearance, with
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A successful physician is one who is able to relieve his patients of good fees.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A dude fights nearly as well as a cow boy, and a cowboy fights better than anything else on earth.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

A brainless man Is about as useless as a trainless railroad.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
Useless Worry.

"I'm afraid Wixey thinks little hard of me-"
 You're foolish. There's a man that cau't think hard on any subject"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

have been amazed, as you may well imagine, to come upon one of these pleasure wheels, grooming and creaking round, with It's loaded cars of grinning passengers.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24
ST. JOHNS HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

If there are any blowholes in Ameri- can armor plate Spain can't prove it.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-24

Its cabalistic-looking figure, and recalls literature of the Capt. Kidd school to the average citizen.