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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-08

The sentiment Of the preachers OF our
sity is for peaceful solution of the troll
bles between Spain and the United States.
They are not towards, but men of peace
md want everything done that eau honor
ably be done to uphold the dignity of I'm
lie Sam, without rssorting to arms. We
think the issuing of pernicious papers with
sensational matter in them, is curse to
journalism and should be suppressed.
There are men in the business who do not
care everything for the almighty dollar.
Thsy are not bunco sharps or swindlers.
1t is all right to print the news, thai is the
provinces of the newspapers but to inflame
Tho minds of the people is wrong and rep
rehensible. 1t is like the she'll game. AS
long as the publishers can find suckers.
lust SO long will they take their hG9pay and
rive nothing In return.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-08
Drapery Department

those China Silks Cents. Also the
Silk lines for
special for March Tapestry Podo3 yards long, fnyed top and botor
reduced from 80 3d.
Chenille Table Covers II yards square, reduced from So
Rud bedrooms
instead OF ~
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-08
Chamber Suites.

More arrivals each day and each lot add
we are showing in suits. few yet left Of the S
months sale from $50 and $780,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
THOSE WHO WRITE.

I, may no, be generally known tAat
the late william James Linton. the
poet and engrayer. whose death recent.
ly occurred. was the husband u the
distinguished English novels, and es'
sayist. Mrs. =. Lynn Linton.
The late Alphouso Daude, is said to
have been an ardent music lover At
his Thursday evenings there was a..
ways music. The masters he admired
partlcularly we're Gluck Pee hlven.
Wagner. and above all. Chopin.
Nr. Louis Zangwill. whose new nov.
81. Cleo. tho Magnificent" has Just
been Issued. will now drop his rseu.
donym o; n. z. under which he wrote
"a Drama In Dutch" The Beautiful
Miss Brooke" and other novels.
The University Of Jena has CONFER d
the doctors degree o. Potter Loonili
AlIshan, an cminon; Armenian scholar
who IL also popular among his country.
men as a poet. lie is77 years Old on,
Of HIS former friends vas Alexander
Won Humboldt.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy has two volumes
aearly ready for tho press: one entitled
England Nineteenth Century" TO b,
issued In the Story u the Nations se
ries; the other, "reminiscences ~ dis
tlngulshed Europeans and American
whom Mr. Mccarthy has known. aut
the title Of which he has not yei de
| clded upon.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
BEYOND THE SEA

NJ Deibler, the French execu,ioner
celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday re-
Gently by gulllotIning a murderer at
Bastia.
Smallpox is rayaging eastern Africa
in both the British and German pro-
tectorates. The epidemic started five
months ago In Zanzibar.
a l3O-pound conger eel has been
caught In Loeb Long. Scotland. II
measured c feet 1914 inches in length
and feet inches In girth.
President Kruger will soon unvelI
a statue OF himself at Pretoria. Il is
the work OF a Boer sculptor named Van
BOW. and represents Dom Psrl In his
usual clothes. including the stoyeplpe
hat
There are 1861 students at the Pope's
Gregorian university at Rome this
year, 800 more than In the last year
before the Italians took the city. OF
these G66 study theology. 800 philos-
ophy. and rs canon law.
NJ. Frederic Fargeon. the Oldest
member Of the French bar, died re-
Gently at Mines at the age Of 9S years.
lie was counsel for the Parls-Lyon-
Mediterraneo railroad, and appeared in
court till he was 92 years old.
British trade ethics are about to APP
ply to the Klondike. Liverpool has
sent out on the steamer Manuense
bound for St. Michael. the largest car.
90 OF liquor ever shipped. It include.
$4,000 cases and 1000 barrels Of spirits
chiefly whisky. and 5000 barrels o.
beer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

there is not a ghost Of smile In front
Of the footllghts The fact Is Latin Is
not language with which to conjure
in America. In England all these
points would tell, because, for the most
part. every man In the theater has been
to a school where Latin was pounded
In most thoroughly With French our
people pretend a more Intimate ac-
quaintance When. In this same play.
turnkey mispronounces haut On has
with grandiloquent pomposity. all the
audience achieves an audible laugh.
But Lailn-no! I shall never forget the
delightful sensation Of hearing two
dear danes. some years ago, discussing
| the plays OF the day, and one asking
| the other II she had seen Mr.. Mansfield
| in THE Man and His Arms!"-Criter.
| ion.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

smoke filtered through the doorwaya
and the apartment became stining.
while they we're saving. ampuiating
and bandaging a shell tore into the
ward room. b3yst. and fragments
wounded the assistant surgeons. the
chief OF the Medical stan having been
killed earlier In the conflict. Those
unfortunates who were stretched upon
the table awaiting their turn under the
knife. and those who lay upon the
floor. suffered no mere pain; they were
killed as they lay grooming. This shell
tore away ward room and stern cabin.
and hardly a trace was lofi Of the bulk
head. After that what little surgery
was done was performed in the coal
bunkers.
Huddled In a passageway near the
engine room were a score or more OF
non-combatants- stewards. pantfymsp
and stokcrs. They were In a place that
was lighted only as flashes came from
the guns; Il was filed with powder
smoke and clouds o. steam that drift
ed from below told that the Huascar
had been struck In a vital spot-heI
machinery. Suddenly they heard a
crash. followed by the rending OF the
deck. and the little ironclad swayed as
I II she had struck n reef Some one
passed the word that the maintopmas'
had been shot away. As II came down
Il brought living men to be dashed t6
death. also corpsas that had been hang
ing over the sides OF the military top
The battle was lost.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

our western civilization Is not so
far ahead az we fancy II Is. In the ex-
cayatlons which the Italian govern
ment Is sim making at Pompeii the
workmen lately disinterrod a lot ot
articles used boy Roman lady In her
toilet nearly nineteen centuries ago.
one novelty. which. so FAR 40 known.
Is not employed to-day. was a sleeping
sandal. so constructed that soft cords
or straps ran from the ends In such
manner that when the sandal was put
upon the foot upon retiring TO rest Il
kept the toes apart aud 80 tended to
make them resemble those Of the Greek
statues. II Is clear that fashions In
those days were very different In re-
spect to what makes a pretty foot than
what they are at the present time.
New York Mail and Express.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
SUGGESTIONS EXPENSIVE.
rEss speech Il rsrrs IN Georges
sunday SehocL

rFcs speech n \ tarre ~ ee"Fss=
sunday school
For many years Hamp Cooper was
known throughout the length and
breadth OF Pigpen district as the cham
pioa horse-swapper and moonshine
drinker OF the region. says the Allan
"a Journal. He always took a lead
ing part In anything that came 10 hand,
and never failed 20 carry things his
way, and in consequence he attained
certain dignity which was unapproach-
ed by any citizen of the district. He
rarely went about the churches, but one
Sunday morning. after a rather hoozy
week. he lost his bearings and wan
dered into the Blk Oak sunday school.
lie did not understand the proceedings
exactly. but concluded TO await deyel-
opmonts. and taking a seat on the back
bench soon fell asleep After the regu-
lar work ~ the Sunday school was
finished the question Of where the an
uual picnic should De held came mp
and a lively debate followed. Several
spirited speeches were made and the
noise partly aroused Hump from his
slumbers. He OfCued his eyes grog-
gily as the supcrintcndgnt asked II any
one else had anything 20 say. Hamp
arose at bis seat and said: You fell
lers don't seem able 20 make this yerc
thlng 20 wurih a cent You have come
10 a dead halk. an you'll have to
heaye of the load cr fetch in another
boss Now n yru mir rWine Ia do any
good with this thing you've got to
porate hit around an offer some sort
/ a Inducements Tell everybody to
fetch out thur swappin' stock an send
fur lobe scullns with his fiddle. 80
we can have plenty o. music 10 dance
bv an II you'll make me chairman o.
the llcker committee Ili guarantee TO
have al least forty rallons on the
grounds. an n the th.n9 hain't howl
I'M success I'm eat my old hat" Broth
ar Cooper" said the superintendent.
sternly. this Is a Suudly-Gchool, sir
"Oh. yes. know a. en- I'm tellln' you
lest what 20 do" "Lui we want no
such things as you mention ~ our pic
mic. and you vii please keep quiet.
well. I've offered my services. an n
YOU don't want 90 accept nm YOU can
lest 20 10 Texas fur an / keer" And
Hamp reached for his hat and strobe
rcsolutely from the church. Next day
a warrant charging HImp with dis
mrblng public worship was served
upon him and In the superior court a
hne ~ $50 and costs was Imposed ior
the oncnse Hamp borrowed the money
from friends and Paid the nno and. In
commenting on the matter aiierward'
said. "Tyc 1llus horrci this WIZ a
country ~ free speech hui hits got 50
now O t,ll,r hoz 10 pay a dollar
word"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

The car OF Russia Is a very ener-
getic monarch. for he goes out every
morning directly II gets light. and runs
a verst-about three-fiths Of an Eng
llsh mlle-in order to keep him
self In good form. lie carries
his watch in his hand all the
time. In order to see that there
Is no falling on In the matter Of speed
day after day. Like his Danish rela-
tlves. the car Is a very keen cyclist,
and he might almost make his living
AS a trick rider II the Nlhillsts by any
chance drove him ont o. his empire.
lie Is fond Of shooting while on the
wheel. and can bring down a bird when
going at q good speed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
HURTING IN OFFICE HOURS.
The EAsy-GolnE Rais. In the DEPART
meuts Fifty Years Ago.


The rules regarding the hours OF
work OF the government employees In
the departments" says one who form
erly served his country in the capacity
Of clerk. according TO the Washing
ton Star. are quite different from
those in vogue half a century ago.
What would you think II were TO tell
you that under the "a regime l have
known clerks to take their fowlins
pieces to their Offices ana after perus-
ing the old Intelllgeneer. or some other
paper. aseertaining the show for work
coming to their desks and walking
over to the pint. near where the
monument Is now. or south Of the pres
dents mansion. and shooting a few
/ birds. have known clerks to go gun
ming in Office hours. but usually those
who thus acted were fine shcts and
successful In bringing down the bros.
Poor sportsmen seldom took this privi-
lege. but II was understood all round
that all that was necessary was that
the work should be kept up. | have on
many occasions strolled along the ave
nue. or worked about my home Tor
hours when my Office work was well
up and nothing was said. There we're
even messengers who occasionally took
French leave.
ION one occasion one OF this class
Joined In a procession and the follow
day he apologlzed TO his chief, remark
ing: I waited to ask permission for az
sentlng myself yesterday. but you had
not arrived when my company was
about to form. SO | took leave and now
come to ask for IT, That was right.
said the chief. always take a holiday
when you want TO. unless You see O
rush OF business coming. and ycu vii
be sure TO have a. Only ask for III,
leave afterward TO make II all right
But do not be cxtrayagant Spend your
. leaves for some good purpose Thi.
was when the entire force In the ex
e ecutlvc departments was not as larg'
rs some Of the present bureaus. wheI
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
THE JURY IS FIXED"
And the Outcome Of the Trlii .. Nery
Doubtful.

And the Outcome 81 the Trial u VERY
DoubtilL
A gentleman who has just returned
from Madison parish. Louisiana, tells
OF an amusing and interesting murder
trial recently heard before the circuit
court az Talulll. 10 seems that
negro minister Of the Baptist faith was
murdered some time ago by one Of bis
race at a church fair or festival, says
the Jackson Clarion-Lcdgcr The
preacher was well liked by the broth
rem and sisters of the church In the
neighborhood and they have raised a
fund OF nearly $500 with which 20
prosecute the murderer. Not to be out
done. the white folks OF the community
Immediately raised a sum equally large
with which to defend the negro. The
fight Is now In progress. The array
Of legal talent is going az Il hammer
and tongs and the whole parish IS in
torcsted In the outcome. There are
only seven witnesses 10 be examined.
but fully 1909 negroes are present TO
listen 10 the evidence one of the most
curious things about the whole AFFAIR
ls the jury. II took the sheriff nearly
two weeks 10 find twelve men tried
and true" who had NOT formed an
opinion Ou the case Finally Boz scapel
together nine negroes and three sorry
looking white men, who rather re-
mctautly agreed 20 "rrndor o. ycrdic,
according TO law and evidence " Scare
ly had the trial got well under way
when II was announced chat the white
men we're firm for aoqlitial and the
negroes had sworn TO convict or "bus'
the statutes" In the attempt
| The trial Is slowly progressing Just
what will be the outcome Is hard "a
I conjecture.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

sisd he electrical battery az Aiexzn-
dria. ave miles away from the spo,
where the brig was destroyed. feat
which the government engineers az
willet's Point have yet 10 undertake
with the same success. The secret
believed 20 relate to a method Of max
ing vessel telegraph her own position
died with him.
When the civil war broke out Amsf-
lean inventors were given an oppor-
tunity TO demonstrate on a grand scale
the important part which the torpedo
can be made to play in maritime war
fare During the last two years OF the
war the federal government les; seven
ironclads. thirteen wooden war YES
sells and seven army transports AM
had eight more vessels seriously In
Jured. The confedorates lest four YES
sells by their own torpedo ard
Albemarle. n fine new ironclad b
had proved a terror 10 Unite e
vessels. The destruction OF the J C
marie was accompl he'd by one OF tas
most daring exhibitions OF bray y
ever recorded In history. and served %
place the name OF Lieut.. william y
Cushing In the long list Of the worlds
heroes. Cushing was only q years
cid.
Cushing asked for permission 10 de-
siroy the AIbemarle while she was Il
up to the wharf at Plymouth In th'
Roanoke River. TIE permission wa
granted. and on the night Of Oct. q
1864. with a crew OF thirteen oihcer'
and men. he steamed UP the river II
a little launch. A long spar projeetet
from the bow OF the launch. az the enc
OF which was n torpedo. a strins. ont
end OF which was tied 10 the trigge
OF the torpedo and the ether OF VIII cl
was in the hand Of Cushing. aIorde,
the means OF exploding the charge. A
full speed the launch dashed al III
ironclad. and when within twenty
yards Il was discovered that a cordoI
OF floating logs RI ind d the shin a
protection against such an tack
The little launch tartod out into III
middle OF the river. Cushing gave or
ders 10 pa, on a ! cam. and then b
turned her once more toward the en-
envy The speed was so 3 ca tha
when the launch struck the log sh
slid over. a yolley Of muskeiry 81
luted the daring crew as Cush ng pullel
the string. aud then mighty c-llml
OF water shot up IN the air A fev
minutes later and the Albemarle wa
on the bottom of the river. So wa
the launch. Cushing swan down III
river and escaped. and the rest Of hi
crew was captured W. II NJ.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

ratified down, other men rushed up
throy ing of their clothing as they
juriped into the pools OF blood TO seize
hold OF the gear and swing the re-
naming gun into position. that It might
train upon one Of the ships they could
no longer make out which. nor did they
earc-and II was discharged. hauled In.
loaded. and discharged again. Once
moro all was silent in the coming
tower. Lieutenant Palacios fastened
there. but before he could enter h
was compelled TO push three bodies out
OF the way lie had barely given his
arst command when a bullet from n
well aimed rife Of marine In an enc
my's ton lodged between his eyes.
Then the fourth 10 command the Huas-
car that day. Lieutenant Pedro Care
ION. took the place. and ma he did so he
called through an aperture. telling the
auartermaster 10 put the helm TO port;
for he had determined to ram one OF
the advorsaries. and sink with her II
necessary. Oyer and over spun the
wheel but the Huascar's head still
polnted between the Chileans.
pot! Port. say!" screamed the
commander.
"she won't answer" came back the
sullen reply from the only one Of four
uuartermasters alive. the bodies Of the
others were lying upon the grating az
his feet.
"A shot has carried away the star
board steering gear. sir" reported an
ensign. and he dropped dead az the
words left bis mouth.
The Iluascar now lay drifting IN n
hell Of shot and Game. bat an the while
the red. white and rcd futtered from
the peak Ono by one. In twCs ard In
thrces. the men In the turrct dropped
AZ their posts and az last ae remain.
ing great gun w5s silent. its tackle IT,
orally chokcd with dead. The turrci
could not he turned for tho same rol-
son. Corpsos hung over the military
top; corpses cloggcd the coming tower
With coats aud waistcoats on. IN,
surgeons had been laborlng In the ward
room upon the wounded. who, shrek
ing In their agony. had been tumblet
down the companionway like 50 mucl
butchered beef; for there was no tint
TO use stre,chcrs or 10 garry a stricken
eomrade TO doctors care. Steam an
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10

The usefulness OF Latin quotations
for literary and dramatic purposes Is
still a negative quantity in America.
This is forced upon one. once again. by
listening TO the lines Of a new play.
by an Engllshman. that was first shown
here last week. Every once In a while
there Is q reference to the patria pa
testas Of the Romans; but II leaves the
audience cold and innocent Of the au-
thor's intent A dashing. staggering,
slangy stockhroker delivers the quota
tion about ad astra. translating II dip
PANTY as 80 we shoot the moon" hut
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
AN OLD TEXT.
story Told Of an Eioguent n'snep'
IIrst sermon.


Iirsi sermon.
Blshop Charles Todd Quintard. the
Protestant Episcopal bishop OF Ten
nessec. who died suddenly In Georgia
recently. made no secret Of the fact
that once every year be preached a ser
mon written years ago. says the New
York Telegram. Bishop Qulniard was
at one time a physician. but feeling
himself personally responsible Tor the
death Of nine OF his Intimate friends
within a year" be- decided 90 give mp
trying 20 save bodies and devote him
self 20 saving souls. 40 the end ~ his
course % preparatory study De- Wus re-
uuirei t0 write sermon. a board OK
,Ier-ymou dl.y appointed was to con-
slider the sermon and pass ugun the au-
thors fitness f1. l1'y orders The te2t
was perhaps uC, to quote exactly ~
will go out even af 1f other times be-
fore and shake myself, The reverend
gentlemen were shocked and returned
the sermon tD Nir Cu.ulard with the
admonitiOa that leyity was ill-tmed
under the circumstance Mr. QuIu-
tard sent the sermon back. begged a
reading Tor % and declared that by 70
he would stand or fan Tho clergy
men read IL. and lo' II proved to be-
earnest. reyorent and eloquent In the
extreme. Bishop Qu.ntard considered
I Il his best sermon and preached il reg
ularly once year No, only have
/ American congregations heard H. but
her Britannia majesty listened TO Il on
the occasion when Bishop Qulntard was
invited TO preach 10 her. So pleased
was she that she sent the bishop a full
set Of canonicals. and. IN addition. a
box containing fragments Of stained
glass broken from the windows Of Can
terbury cathedral by Cromwells sol
diers. Bishop Quintard's house at
Nashville contained a wonderfully
beautiful stained glass window and th'
figure ~ Christ on it Is made from
those fragments Of Canterbury glass.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

WITHDRAWING a mans character
doesn't wash II white.
College ncn never graduate In a
hurry. they do It by degrees.
II costs some people .aore 10 keep up
appearances than Il does to live.
The judge never sits on the jury
but he frequently does on the attor.
ney.
1t is wise infant that goes e
sleep when It's mother begins TO slng
90 Il.
A poor memory Is a blessing to the
man who has never had anything bui
bad luck.
II Is all right for the senior partner
TO be absent minded. but the office boz
is apt to get fired II he tries Il.
Tho mHn who tells his wife "th,
truth, the whole truth. and nothing buI
the truth" Is as great a curiosity az 1
woman Hlthou; curiosity.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-10
A FAMOUS SEA-FIGHT.
BETWEEN CHILEAN AND PERU
WAN IRoNcLADS.
The Destruction of the TIuaseSr on the
Bolivian Coast-what a Fight he
tween Modern war-vessels Means-A
scene OF slaughter.

Claude II. wetmore has an article in
the Century on "A Famous Sea Fight"
describing the engagement between
Chilean and Peruvian ironc!ads OF the
coast Of Bolivia In 1879. Mr. Wetmore
says: From the first OF the battle the
encouraging voice OF Grau had come 10
the men In the turret through the
speaking tube from the coming tower:
but when the Blanco crowded into the
thick OF Il. and great shot struck the
Huascar's sides as regularly as blows
Of a batterlng ram. the orders OF the
commander were no longer heard. The
officer in charge OF the turlet called TO
his superior. There was no answer
and when Commander Elias Aguerre
ran up the narrow little ladder that led
10 the tower he stumbled over the dead
body o. his admiral. A 81 II had struck
the coming tower and had taken on
Graus head as neatly as II the decap-
itation had been by the gu.llOtine. This
shell also killed Lieutenant Ferre, the
admiral's aide There was only time
to push the corpses aside. and the new
commanding officer pulled hack the
tube Zap to give his directions: but n
he did 30 the Hua car staggered. keel
ed over. then shook In every plate
while a conclusion more terrific thar
any 80 far told tina, a shell had entere,
the turret and had burst there. whei
the fumes had cleared away 80 that
person could speak. a midfhipmai
called out that one Of the great gun
had been dlsmounied and twenty met
killed. The survivors tumb'ed th
bodies through n, hatch that opener
into the deck below. thus re'e-s.ng IN
clogged machinery: and rs the corpse