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SURRENDERED TO A NATIVE

Captain Frank Cook. the gallant COM
mander of the Brooklyn, may almost be
claimed as a Californian. At all events
his wife is a native. She was Miss cara
Earle, daughter of George Earle, former
ly Of Sacramento. Any Of the old resi-
dents Of that place will remember the
family. Miss Cara was a very lively as
we'll as very beautiful girl and she cap
tured the young naval officer, probably
the only time in his life that he was ever
made a prisoner. Captain Cook after
wards and for some years was instructor
in the naval academy at Annapolis. No
doubt he is a very competent officer to
have command Of such magnificent ship
as the Brooklyn. which bore the pennant
Of Admiral Schley In the late engagement
of the harbor of Santiago. Captain
Cook went aboard the Crlstobal Colon
when she ceased to resist. and accepted
the surrender Of Admiral Cervera.
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Just the Tune

II took out living picture once" said
the theatrical manager. land had several
queer experiences.
1--WE always had trouble getting suitable
music, for one thing. 1 remember that We
struck a certain town where the music was
furnished by a seedy, freckle-faced young
man, who ofIiciated at one of those bang
ety-bang pianos. 1 asked him If he could
think of music suitable to each picture as it
was displayed.
"'Oh, yes certainly he could, and do +
impromptu
1.-THE performance opened. He was seat
ed at the piano and he turned to look at the
first picture. 1t was Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden
He didn't hesitate an Instant. Like a
fash he turned and began pounding out
There's Only One Girl In This World For
Me. "-Chicago Journal.
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Cuhans and their helples,

between the Cubans and their helpless
victims.
Admiral Cervera II being treated more
as an honored guest than as a prisoner Of
war. The captured of his fleet are faring
better than they did under the flag of
their country. Admiral Dewey prevent
ed the assassination of Admiral Montijo
by people of his own race. The
soldiers Of the conquered army Of
Toral have been permitted to
march out Of Santiago with the
honors Of war, retaining all Of their pri-
vate effects, and their guns may vet be
returned to them. They are being fed
with the same rations given our own
troops, and will soon be transported in
safe and comfortable passenger vessels
to the shores of their own loved land.
The transfer Of Santiago from Spanish
to American control promises to be In
every way a blessing to its distressed In
habitants. The president notifies them
by proclamation that all OF their civil
rights shall be protected, that the military
government which 1t IL necessary to set
I'D over TIE district shall touch them as
lightly, and be as free from embarrass-
ing or humiliating restrictions or exac-
tons, as the stern necessities OF war Will
allow. Their local administrators are to
retain their functions, for the time being
AZ least. and the taxes collected are to
he used for the maintenance OF the local
government. In the hospitals that nave
heer established, in the harbors and on
land wounded Spaniards are being cared
for by the same skilled physicians and
gentle nurses that minister to the unfor-
tunate heroes Of our own army. cara
Barton and her little army OF human'-
tarians are feeding the hungry ana cloth-
ing the naked Of the desolated land, With
mt reference to nationality or creed.
Up to this hour the conduct OF the war
has been without incident calculated to
shock the Christian conscience OF the
American citizen, or to bring the nush
Of shame to his cheek. There is no ground
for apprehension that any departure Will
be made from a course that has provoked
the admiration of the world. The only
danger is that the noble sentiments ana
lofty ideals which characterized the en-
trance Of this great nation upon grand
crusade in behalf Of humanity may be LOST
sight of. at the final ending Of the strug-
gle: that we shall be tempted to go be-
yond the declared objects of the war;
that our phenomenal achievements on
land and sea shall carry US on our feet'
and lead us into the adoption OF policies
not only full Of menacing perils. but
the exploitation Of which threatens to
be at the sacrifice of the honor and the
glory earned with the blood and treasure
of the nation.
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OUR NEEDS IN CONGRESS

California, as perhaps never before, Is
,,kely to need an able experienced, enec-
tive delegation in congress, every member
NJ which shall be not only fully informed
hut deeply impressed with the needs OF
the Pacific coast, under the new condi-
tions almost certain to obtain. and able to
make an effective contention for their
satisfaction.
If we are to have a mighty navy. then
must our representatives In both houses
Of congress be alert to the interests OF
California in its construction. There
must be a fair division between the snip
wards of the Atlantic and the Pacific
seaboards.
If considerable sums are to be expend-
ed in the building of dry docks, then must
the requirements of the Pacific squadron
of the future be duly considered.
If vast amounts Of money are to be
disbursed for coast defenses, then must
the unprotected cities on this side OF the
country, from San Diego to the British
line, be fully taken into account.
II an extensive merchant marine Is to
be created, to supply the needs Of COM
merce in the Pacific, an intelligent and
discriminative revision of the present alb
surd navigation laws must be had.
If an army Of civilian officials is to be
raised up, for employment in federal
service abroad, CALIFORNIA; claims for
recognition must be effectively asserted.
And if the Nicaraguan canal is to be
constructed, as seems most likely, there
will be great need of wise and discerning
oversight of the preliminaries, to the end
that no California interest shall suffer by
lnimical initiatory legislation.
The future is pregnant with mighty
possibilities for this coast, but valuable
rights, privileges and advantages may
easily be sacrificed through inexperience,
indifference, ineffectiveness, selfishness
c. neglect upon the part of those We place
in the watch towers.
We shall need statesmen In the sem
ate-in the house we shall need states
men. We have them, ready developed
and In embryo. Let not the people lack
discernment In selecting them.
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Various Kinds of Heroism

There is going to be room for many kinds
of heroism in this war There is nothing
romantic about seasickness, thirst, ague or
prickly heat, but they can make life bur-
den for any man not human pachyderm
with an iron digestive system. So can the
scorching heat or soaking rains of the Phil
ippines and the multitudinous unnecessary
insects to be found in those oriental Islands.
There are great many people in this world
who. could be induced to face death much
more easily than they could be persuaded
to make themselves intensely uncomfort-
able.-Washington Times
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Need of a New Constitution

A logical result of the annexation of Ha-
wall and the indicated addition of the Phil
ippines, Porto Rico and other possessions
now Spanish will be revision of the United
States constitution. That document con-
templates sovereign and independent
state. but not an empire. If we are going
to have an empire containing divisions and
provinces which cannot be admitted to
equality with the present members of the
union. and which must be governed as in
dependent colonies. we must have dbenge
in our organic law to provide for state of
things which the trainers of the constitu-
ton never ticipated.-Philadelphi Led
ger.
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No Glasses Among Brave Men

Congress did we'll to amend the resolution
of thanks to Hobson by inserting the names
of his crew. There is no distinction Of rank
or title in heroism. Rank in army and
navy is merely necessity OF organization
and discipline, implying no essential differ
ence of social or political standing. This y
a democratic country and the gratitude Of
the nation for gallantry and high service In
war Is as much due the men as the officers
of the army and navy.-6t Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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Natural Equality Among Americans

The American soldier, whether he be the
society exquisite or the cowboy OF the
plains, will display those qualities which
have shed luster on American arms wher.
ever the American sword has been drawn.
The lesson of this Is that there Is after all
but little differences I'M men. IT dfspels the
contention of a set of theorists who MAIN
tain that classes are necessary and natural.
With equal opportunities. under similar
conditions, there is after all an approximate
natural equality.-LouisNiIls Dispatch.
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A CONTINGENCY

We repeat that the American people are
not yet of one mind about the Philippines.
They are not keen to become party to
the political complications of the far east.
These are matters they will determine for
themselves, however. within their own
right and without any encroachment upon
the just rights Of others. But should any
power attempt to define those rights or to
limit their exercise, then, indeed, we shall
become one in mind-and In action..-New
York Times.
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Spanish IdiomS

Brilliant Victory-Escape of Spanish fleet
from destruction.
Spanish Courage-Abliity to keep out Of
the range of SIMPSONS guns.
Without Damage-Without humiliation.
Cowardly Yankees-Men like Admiral
Dewey.
American Defeat-Destruction Of Span
ish feet by the "cowardly Yankee"
To Pacify-To render desolate; to 'Wey-
lerize."
To Fight Naval Battle-To 'bottle up"
a fleet so that the Americans cannot get
at 1t.
To Inflict Damage Upon the Enemy-To
fire Off projectiles at the American war
vessels without getting within half a mile
Of the true range.-Detroit Free Press.
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Piling Obligations on Posterity

If 1t be true-as perhaps 1t is not in all
cases-that governments derive their just
powers only from the consent of the gov
erned," how would it be possible for just
government national. state or municipal. 70
exercise the power of taxing future genera
tons? In all. cases where that power Is
employed, consent is asslmed, or its alb
sence disregarded. There are cities in the
United States that are piling obligations on
posterity unjustly. Much of the vast &C.
emulation of debt has been an outrage on
posterity. And If posterity is not scrupu-
lously honest 1t may rid itself of a burden
by the summary process of reputation
Washington Post
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Ironical IFS

II widows are In weeds. grass widows
must be in clover.
If a woman is in politics she isn't good
for much else.
If we had microscopic eyes beauty
wouldn't even be skin deep.
If you don't pay is you go, some day you.
NAV have to go without paying.
If a woman were the architect Of her own
fortune 1t would be full Of closets.
If a man thinks girl Is vision, some
other girl pronounces her perfect sight
II a man Is a good listener, q woman
votes him an entertaining conversational
tst.
If women were unable to see the fine
clothes other women wear the would prob
ably have but few wrinklss.-C Chicago NsWA
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We note with great qualification that
the future foreign policy of the United
States 10 at last to be settled upon. a ma
tional conference" is to decide the matter
at Saratoga, n. Y, on August 10. The con-
ference, of course, will be made up OF
prominent citizens from various parts OF
the country, and equally, of course, the
prominent citizens have not waited for the
invitation to tender their advice and coun-
sci, but have appointed themselves privy
councillors out OF hand.-Chicago Chronicle.
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Embarrassment Of a Tail Hold

At present the real question is not
whether we shall retain the Philippines,
but how we shall release our hold on them.
The story Of the man who had the bear by
the tail Is a vivid, rather than an opposite,
illustration Of what our situation will be
when terms of peace come up for discus
sion 1t was somewhat inconvenient for
the man to retain his hold on the bear
tail, but to turn it loose meant something
worse than inconvenience. We may find
ourselves in a condition somewhat similar
or we may not.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Aid From the Cubans

The Cubans should improve vastly as sol-
diers through contact with the army and
navy of the United States. They should
receive not only arms, clothing and am
munition, but ideas of discipline. and that
steadiness which marks soldiers who know
they are on the stronger side and who
fight to win. The degree of wisdom pos
sessed by our own officers in Cuba will b.
manifested, by the amount of assistancs
they are successful in securing from the
Cubans.-Kansas City Star.
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Armv Leaders Who Lead

The impressive feature of the recent fight
ing in the jungle near Santiago was the
mortality among the officers. This Is the
secret Of Anglo-Saxon fighting. The Off
GERS not only command, they lead and they
fight. They ask their men to confront no
danger and incur no risk they do not share
with them They not only encourage tho
dash which is the price of victory. but they
set the example for 1t. 1t Is the common
story of the Soudan. the Afghan country
and our own frontier.-Minneapo Times.
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great many people who thought ar
autonomous government not good enough
for the Cubans are quite reconciled to Its
establishment In Hawaii. 1t will be
a strange reversal Of the usual course Of
events II republican government shall
give place to autonomy.
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AN Ill WIND

The~disturhed conditions In Cuba long
ago put a stop to the production Of man
ganese ore, an essential factor In the
manufacture Of Bessemer steel rails and
structural iron. Large quantities OF
manganese were mined in the mineral
lied section tributary to Santiago. and
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The Heroes Who Report

Tributes to the heroism Of the war corr
respondents are thoroughly well deserved.
The correspondent takes all and moro than
all the chances of the officer, with little Of
the officers incentive. He does not ex-
pect the applause Of a grateful country.
the thanks of congress, nor even. IN all
cases, the ordinary security of combatant
protected by the laws of civilized warfare.
Boston Herald.
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Dewey Admired at a Distance

When Camara reached Egypt he wisely
concluded that he was just as near Dewey
as he cared to be and he started back. No
matter how long this war should last It
will be very hard to get Spanish ship in
the same ocean with Dewey. There il
something about Dewey that is very dis
tasteful to Spaniard.-Kansas City Times.
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BY THE BARS

(The following lines may be read either u,
r down without altering the sense):
The stars were all alght,
The moon was overhead;
named her queen of night,
As she my footsteps led.
So wondrous fair was she,
l asked her to be mine.
AS she glanced up at me
thrilled with love divine.
Beside the meadow bars,
AS we stood lingering there,
Her eyes were like the stars,
In radiance wondrous fair;
"You're all the world to me-"
She murmured. sweet and shy,
A thrill of ecstacy
I felt at her reply.
Love led us all the way.
AS we turned home again;
Our hearts were light and gay,
The world was blissful then;
Though shadows crossed the sky.
No gloom our hearts could know.
True bliss is ever nigh
When hearts are blended so.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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No Cause to Smile

General Linares, the Spanish commander
at Santiago, is known as "the man who
never SMILES" 1t must be said that recent
developments were not of a nature calcu-
lated to encourage him to "break record
in this respect.-San Francisco Post.
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His Way of Finding It

TouristvIt wears me out completely to
travel.
Chance Acquaintance-Your business
compeis you to do 1t, presume?
Tourist-No; I am travelling for my
health.-Chicago Tribune.
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Information was received yesterday
from the war department that all Cali
fornia troops have been ordered to the
Preside, that Alger has abandoned his
persecution of the Seventh regiment, and
that it may be ordered to join the next
expedition to the Philippines. AL of
which Is good, II true.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20

About the only way to determine def
initely whether the major portion Of the
popular loan has really goainto the hands
of the common people is to publish the
list OF all to whom bonds have been
allotted. And that of course, the treas
ury will never do. 1t would doubtless
be regarded as violation Of private conf
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The Man Behind the Gun

European nations may acquire our sups-
rior guns and armor plate, but they cannot
acquire by purchase our man behind the
gun. He belongs to US, and there u none
like him.-Indianapolis News.
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Spirit Of the Press
Spain Must Make First Offer

We desire peace heartily, but 1t Is Spain
who needs it more, and 1t is from her that
advances are to be made. When she has
been whipped enough she has only to say
the word for peace to find us ready to do
bate with her the terms on which she can
have it.-Boston Herald.
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The Wilmington Transportation COM
pany will soon lay the keel for a new
steamer for the Catalina trade. An
effort will be made to sell the one now in
use to Spain.
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Cleansing if Not Filling

Among the supplies intended for the
starving Cubans are 60. 900 pounds Of soap.
OF course, soap is not good to eat. but OK
perience has shown 1t to be an excellent
preventive of yellow fever and other dis
eases.-Baltimore Herald.
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Swedish Philosophy

We always hat a yolly tenn
Ven odders foot tet bill,
But ven We hat to pay oursals-
Ets poorly bat oop hill.
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With every new assurance Of peaceful
intentions the German government sends
another war vessel to Manila. But we
don't care-Dewey is there.
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The number of prisoners turned over to
General Shafter, officially stated to be
be 22,7S9. exceeds the force effective of the
army of invasion. But do not whisper it
in Ascalon-or Barcelona.
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There are few Spanish sympathizers
in this country who should be sent to the
peninsula with Toral's men, unless that
should be considered excessive punish
ment by the latter.
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The Hawaiian cable should be laid by
the government or by private capital.
There should be no partnership deal.
Uncle Sam has had enough of that sort
of business.
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The guests at a dinner given by Jowett
the celebrated master of Balliol college,
oxford, were discussing the careers of two
Balliol men. one of whom had just been
made a Judge and the other a bishop.
oh" said Henry Smith, IT think the bish-
op is the greater man. A Judge, at the most
can only say. You be hanged but the
bishop can say, You be damned" yes"
said Jowett; 'but If the Judge says, You
be hanged you are hanged
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camara's fleet was yesterday sighted

Camara's fleet was yesterday Sighted
off Tunis. This is on the Algerian coast,
just south. of Sicily. It ys also on the
home stretch. The poor old Pelayo,
which served so long to alright the timid
in this country, was in tow, crippled
Bit Of junk, unable to safely navigate even
the placid waters Of the Suez canal.
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the surrender Of Admiral Cervera.

Unfriendliness to America is not the
unanimous sentiment Of Berlin, unless
the offe. Of Major Van Vroohm td fight
with our army be construed as a. hostile
act We assume the tender is sincere,
but beg to remind him that there are
whole regiments of Americans over here
who have not yet been able to break into
the army
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Not Dark Enough

How light love makes the world to seem
My dear one would kiss,
And do not dare-not here-for see
How very light 1t Is.
Detroit Journal.
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Lawyers Stories


A disappointed plaintiff once threw al
egg at Vice Chancellor Malines, the British
jurist. The learned judge had the presence
of mind to remark that the egg must have
been intended for his brother, Bacon, refer
ring to the vice chancellor Of that name
then sitting in an adjoining court.
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The Home Guards Luck

"Hullo Dobson; you're looking bctte9
than I've seen you look In year.
Eyes, feel better. My wife has sent all
our canned fruit to the front."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20

An Oklahoma attorney, in summing up
an argument before a jury In a murder
trial, said: Now, gentlemen, leave the
matter in your hands, hoping and believing
that you Will honestly and carefully consid-
er the evidence in this case, and when
meet you in heaven, which is not likely,
will have no fault to find with you for the
verdict you render in this case"
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Coasting

Jack and Jill
Coast down hill
Says Jack: "Wouldst evermore
Coast thus with me
Through life?" Says she,
With downcast eyes: "Oh, shore!"
Detroit Journal.
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Poorly soon faller vat did not tank ct
vas loaded" will be en- style vanst more as
head mourner at funerals
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Germany, it Is said. has given fresh
assurances Of her intention to keep hands
of the Philippines. Thanks! Zwei
stems!
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Eft es poorly bat teng to tai yore wife
som woman en- naborhood get her vashin
out earlier as she do.
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This Seasons Substitute

sea serpent?
Hobbler Dust back from abroad)-No; but
we sighted the Spanish f1eet.-Philadelphia
North American.
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Ven faller es young an praying for mus
tache haze naver tank how deckinS long
hae will hat to Wait ven haze grow oop for
tie barber to say "Next!"