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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13
SCRA PS.

japan has new lighthouse. made Of
bamboo, which is said to resist the
waves better than any kind OF wood.
Inc wool on the back of a sheep IL
shepherds barometer. The curlIer
the wool the finer will be the weather.
queen Aargherita Of Italy speaks
German fuently. and generally uses
that language when she meets German
artists.
The island Of Malta has a poonIa-
ton OF 1915. The number of deaths
there last year was 5,547, including
eight victims of leprosy.
In a family In Kirwin, Kan. one son
Is doctor, another an undertaken. and
a third tombstone-maker, whose wife
is registered pharmacist.
Among the 3.4O5 newspapers printed
in Germany sixty-eight are in foreign
languages, including thirty-nine Pol
ish. nineteen Danish and seven French
journals.
When Thomas A. Edison was a
newsboy on a train passing near the
handsome houses of East Orange.
N. j., he said to a friend. 81 shall
live In one Of those places some day."
And he does.
Senator Depew says that President
Garfield once advised him "to stop
telling Jokes from that day, for I have
studied the American public carefully,
and 1t will not place confidence In the
man who says humorous things"
Pierre Lofts plans for the future In
clude trips to Asia Minor, Persia, the
Himalayas and the plains of India. II
Is said that he never reads books.
but finds all the mental aliment he
wants In change Of surroundings.
The winter has been a phenomenal
one In England, with abnormaIly
warm days and then sudden periods
of frost. AS a consequence the death
rate has gone up noticeably in nearly
all the towns, and the outbreak and
| sudden increase OF influenza shows in
all the reports.
What" exclaimed the surprised
traveller In Florida, you want me to
| pay 50 for riding half q mile in your
old carriage?" Certainly" replied
the native. with eyes wide open, yer
don't think I'm like you other jays
down here for my health. do yer!"-
Yonkers Statesman.
At this time of the year when the
bicycle is brought out from Its win
ter bed 1t will be noticed that tho
outer cover OF the tires is very hard
and stifH and closed to the rim parched
and cracked. The best method to get
the rubber pliable again IL to debate
the tires and rub we'll with ordinary
soft soap.-Chicago News.
''Hoot. mon" shouted the Scotch
contractor who 10 putting up a fne
house In the suburbs, Il Gamma manage
| wi ye. Gang hame, mon" What
fort" "Dinna tell I ye to take the
hubbard an trun'le thae stanes doom
there, an we stude an glower't at mo !
I Gamma manage wi ye when 70 dinna
understan' English. Fres
Press.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

Is Made Him Angry.
"Fosdick received a valentine that
made him very angry"
''One Of those outrageous comic
things. / suppose?"
mo; 1t is pretty valentine. but 1t
was sent by express. charges to be col.
lected."-New York World.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

Rough on AunsIA
Tommy-"That church is over 800
years old"
Cisgy-"My aunt says it's only l0O."
Tommy-"Oh. we'll. suppose that's
a. Tar back a. she can remembsr."-
Stray Stories
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

NuO EFactIcNI BId0 OF II
Uncle Hiram-So yev study Latin
an Greek at college. dew ye,
Eephew-Yes. sir. Don't you ap-
prove OF those studies?
Uncle Hiram-Wal, the Latin might
come in handy II ye ever work In q
drug store. but l don't see what the
Greek IL good fer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

Perfectly Natural Qusry.
The Lady-So you are hero OF the
late war. Ell?
The Tramp-Yes. ma'am.
The Lady-Well. what have you done
with the money you received for yous
magazine articles Puck.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

A Last Resource.
Kings Daughter-Mercyl Do you
allow that half-grown girl to read lola
and Ouida?
The Mother-I must do something to
keep her away from the nswspapsrs.-
Life.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13
AWAY BOhind.

What's the matter? I hear that
you are going to withdraw from our
club"
Yes, l can't afford to run the risk
OF being ostracized by society for re-
naming a member OF an organization
that has never had a cake walk
Chicago Daily News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13
OUR BUDGET OF FUN,
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Variety Of Jokes-0ssss aaA Ireaies
Original aad selecssA-SlOtssa sAA
Jsts~a from the Tide Of MaAor-
Witty sAytagA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13

The Shaved-Didn't you take Oh .
piece Of my ear. then?
The Shaver-Yes, sab. but not
enough to hurt de Razzah.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-05-13
Bryant Revised.

Bryant Revised.
The melancholy days are come,
The saddest ever yet.
When We put our overcoats in hocl
Our summer suits to get.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
BATTLE OF MANILA
Won In Hong hong HarbOr :
Care In Preparations.

Since the battle of Manila Admiral
Dewey has said, not once only, but a
dozen times, This battle was won in
Hong Kong harbor.'
There is probably no well informed
person now left who supposes that
Commodore Dewey's preparation for
the destruction of the Spanish fleet
began when he heard that war had
been declared, and neither is it prOba-
bic that any one who was not present
or has not been through some similar
experience can have any realization of
what that preparation meant. 1t was
not alone the cOaling and provisioning
of the ships. the grooming of them and
the making of them ready for the
greatest possible efficiency of service;
nor did it end with the buying of the
British steamers Nanshan and Zafiro,
to go with the fleet and carry coal and
supplies.
Every possibility of the expedition
was thought out, discussed, provided for
and disposed of. The enemy might be
met here, or he might be met there, he
night be met by day or by night, under
this condition or under that condition.
In any and every conceivable case
Dewey and his captains knew what was
to be done And so carefully had the
whole problem been studied that when
it was finished Dewey and his captains,
though they were prepared for any
thing that might happen, believed that
the battle would be fought just where
it finally was and just in the way that
it was.
The commodore and the captains
were together constantly planning,
studying, questioning. considering. de-
batting. Any one who had a plan or q
suggestion made it, and it was cOnsid-
cred And all this time Spaniards were
circulating false reports about Manila,
its defences, the Spanish fleet and its
probable movements, and the cOmmO-s
dOre had to take all that he heard and
make up his mind what he should be-
hot he ef1n 4 i-h 1feaKra
There was no voting among the officers.
When the studying and the considering
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

We're done, the commodore alone gave
the verdict He told the others what
was to be done and what was to be the
part of each in doing it.
THE SHIPS AND THEIR COM
MANDERS.
Now these We're the fighting ships
in their order which steamed out of
Mrs Bay on April q, 1S9S with their
commanders: COmmOdOreDeWey S flag
ship, the Olympia, Captain Charles Y.
Gridley; the Baltimore, Captain N NJ.
Dyer: the Raleigh, Commander Joseph
B. Coghlan; the Petrol, Commander Ed
ward P Wood; the Concord, COmman-
der Asa Walker; the Boston Captain
Frank Wildes. In parallel column
were the revenue cutter McCullOch,
Captain Daniel B. HOdgson, and the
Nanshan and ZafirO. These two were
transports, and their commanders were
Englishmen. On board the Olympia
was o. F. Williams, United States con-
sui at Manila.
The ships approached Manila Bay on
April 80 The commodore had heard that
the enemy intended to meet him at Point
Subig, but if this was true the enemy
ton and the Concord recOnnoitred the re-
gion. but found no Spanish ships. At II 30
Manila Bay by the south channel. The
ships were in the same order as when
Culioch and the transports fell in behind
the Boston All the lights were masked
each vessel for the vessel behind to fol-
low. At the ENTRANCE of Manila Bay is
CorregidOr Island. There was no alarm
till all the fighting ships had passed, and
the McCulloch was abreast of the island.
one eyewitness says that, when the ships
had passed their stern lights became vlsi-
BILE on the island. Another says that a
flame shot up from the smoke pipe of the
McCullOch. The first of these statements
must be true and the second may be AT
any rate, a rocket was sent up from Cor
regfdor and then it was known that the
fleet was discovered
THE OPENING GUN.
Then gun was fired from rock called
El Fraile. The Petrol had just passed
this rock The Raleigh and the Concord
returned the fire, and the battery on the
over to FL Fraile and silenced the bat
terry. This is the account of the incident
given by an eyewitness. an officer of the
Petrol. All that Dewey said of it in his
official report was: After half the squad
ron had passed a battery on the south
side of the channel opened ire, none Of
the shots taking effect. The Boston and
the McCulIOch returned the fire. 1t will
be observed here that the two eyewitness
es the commodore and the officer of the
Petrol do not agree as to which ships did
the firing Such are the obstacles with
/ which the historian has to contend.
So the fleet steamed up the bay toward
/ Manila Commodore Dewey and Lieut.
enant Calkins, the navigator of the Olym-
/ pia stood together all night, making
/ their way through unknown waters, guild
1 ing their ship and those that followed it
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

had been killed on any of the American
Sims Five had been slightly wounded on
fhe Baltimore by a shell, which took
such a devious course about portion OF
the ship as shells sometimes VIII PeT teI[,
what were the losses on the Spanish side
In the most general of terms they were
on May 2 the squadron again went to
Cavite The military FORCES e45eu4 &c d P5I1 eu
eigh and the Baltimore received the sur
render of the batteries on Corregldor Isl
DEWEY PRAISES HIS CAPTAINS. j..
1t is pleasant to repeat the Worus t o4
of the battle: Il beg te state to the ,eadI. de
fn-chief under similar circumstances, was
ever served by more loyal, effiSeient and
ron now under my command.
After the first aStOniShment and en-
thusiasm caused by the battle of Manila
was past certain persons who had been
saying that Dewey could never destroy
the Spanish fleet without severe loss, II
indeed he could do it at all. began to
say that the destruction of the Spanish
ne'3s ne9e "f5e sweys 3 feet Was SO far superior
to it. Gun for gun, counting the shore
batteries. the Spanish armament equalled
if it did not exceed the American. More
over. the shore batteries had firm gun
platforms. while every American shot had
to be fired from platform which was
Psig6 Sims VteT for long time with
in range of the American ships. and were
shooting at them constantly and furious
" Yet they could accomplish nothing.
What more coula they have done with
fifty times as. many ships? Fifty times
nothing is nothing.
It remains for other generations of men
to know and to say just what Importance
the battle of Manila shall take in the his
tory of the world: but, taking 1t by itself
regardless of results, it was the most sue
cessful naval battle ever fought since a
good sized squadron totally destroyed an
other good sized squadron. without the
loss of a man In that respect the battle
at Santiago was practically as successful,
since there only one man was lost But
the commanders at Santiago had no such
DTnhtpn is
sented at Manila. They knew that they
had deep water under them and sea room
and they could dash ahead as they liked
and give all their attention to the firing.
Nothing need be detracted from their
glory Nobody could have done better.
except where there was better to do
The crown will come to the chosen.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
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known. At sunrise Sunday. May I, 1898,
his life had not been of consequence
enough to find place in the century CYCLIC
pedia of proper names which rescues
from oblivion so many insignificant ce1e-
brities.
BY noon that day he had inscribed his
name indelibly in the list Of the World ;
his biography hereafter till there is no
more sea
s1big and Cavite and Corregidor, un-
Manila, the next day were pronounced
by nations. In that brief interval he clos
other for America.
When Dewey left Mrs bay the odds
was as vet an untried experiment, The
charts of the channels were worthless
The location of mines, tOrpedOeS and shore
batteries was unknown. The position of
the Spanish fleet itself was uncertain un-
That mysterious night voyage at slow
speed. beneath dark and alien skies. with
row, will rank with the most impressive
episodes of undaunted and indom1table
base of supplies, nor friendly haven of
refuge. defeat meant hopeless and ire
medable ruin to this fOrlorn hope of the
seas.
That the unprecedented triumph was
achieved with so small sacrifice does not,
as some carpfng claim. disparage but
rather enhance the genius and heroisn
men knew that half his ships would not
be sunk and half his crew slain It was
not till the battle was over that the IN
ffrmities of their antagonists were dis
closed. Their only presage of success was
that their intrepid souls contained the
we ali remember the week of silence
and apprehensive suspense after the sus-
Dense. after the cable We're cut ana direct
communication ceased. The final result
of the battle was for days unknown
Vague and ambiguous rumors OF disaster
to our fleet came from Madrid. The ten
sion was extreme. Even the most san
guine were conscious of a shadow of
dread and solicitude..
None can forget the sense of relief and
exultation and gratitude with which, af-
ter delay that seemed interminable,
Dewey's brief. terse, lacOnic bulletin was
read by millions of his countrymen-
'''The squad arrived at Manila at day
break this morDing. 1t Immediately at
tackled the enemy. destroyed the Spanish
fleet and a water battery at CaV1te-
The squadron uninjured and but few
men slightly wounded.
4 shall communicate with the Aner1-
can consul at Hong Kong"
No fustian mock herOicS here. No bonn
bastic rodomOntade: no cheap selfcon-
scious, staggering buncombe: no grand
stand play no taWdry rhetorical phrases
about making presents TO the country
In the sober literature of war that dis
patch Will stand out uTSque, Incompatible
and unapproachable forever 1t will thrill
till gloryfs thrill is O. err It did as much
as the battle to make Dewey solid with
American people,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
THE GREAT FIGHT.
How the Spanish Fleet Was De-
strOyed at Manila.

At daybreak of Sunday, May l. 1898,
the squadron was off Manila. and at
5:15 o'clock it was fired on by three bat
teries at Manila and two near Cavite
and by the Spanish fleet. The Spanish
fleet consisted of the Castillo. the We
lascO, the Don Juan de Austria, the
Isla de Luzon, the Don Antonio de Ul-
lOa and numerous small gunbOats. As
the American ships came along two
mines were exploded ahead of the
Olympia, but the Spaniards had been
too impetuOus, usual; they had
blown their mines too soon, and no
harm was done. It is not the American
have any effect, and it was twenty-siX
minutes after the Spaniards began be-
fore the American fired a shot But
there was another good reason for this
In the whole fleet, only two guns in the
forward turret of the Olympia could be
brought to bear on the Spanish fleet,
because all the other American ships
would have to shoot through her and
through one another in order to hit the
Spaniards.
But the time came, and the commo-
dore said: You may fire when you are
ready, Gridley,'' and then the Olympia
let fly, and so did the other ships.
1t has been said, by those who, in the
spirit of MephistOpheleS, deny every
thing, that Dewey never used those
words. But the statement that he did
was contained in the first clear account
of the battle that reached this country,
and it was written by a man who stood
on the bridge of the Olympia. If it was
an invention, therefore, it was an ex-
tremely early one. Moreover, the least
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

is a hero in the same sense that F'arra gut
was and that Washington was. He was
thinking neither of risk nor reward when
he sailed into Manila Bay to execute his
simple orders to find and destroy the
Spanish fleet"
When he finished that May morning. $
work he had won for himself all of fame
that active service could bring him. and a
grateful country was eager to welcome
him home. His health was so far i'm
paired that to remain in that pestilentiaI
climate seemed to mean almost certain
death for him. But there remained duty
and in spite of all. at risk of all, he stay
ed for a whole year to do #.
This is the stuff that heroes are made
of. 1t is to these highest characteristics
Of manhood and not to mere victory that
the American people are so eagerly pay
ing tribute.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
THE ASlATlC STATION.
How the Appointment Came .
the Farewell to the Com
mOdOre.

Commodore Dewey took command Of
the Asiatic squadron in January. 1898
1t has been said that Secretary Long
was not in favor of sending Dewey TO
the Asiatic station. His objection was
not so much disfavor for Dewey. per
sonal or other. as preference for an
other officer. Senator Proctor. Of Yer
mont, went to the president and urged
Dewey's appointment. The president
agreed to it and the appointment was
made, or at least promised, before Sec
retary Long had submitted his sugges-
tion. The president did not OverruIe
Secretary Long, but made an independ-
ent choice. Theodore Roosevelt. then
assistant secretary Of the navy. also
favored Commodore Dewey's appoint
ment strongly. He fOresaw the war
with Spain and he foresaW that an i'm
pOrtant stroke of that war was to be
made in the Pacific. He knew that
make that stroke. That this was the
way of Deweys appointment seems to
be established on the best authority
It has been said that he was sent there
as to an unimpOrtant station, to get rid
of him.
It is said that Dewey regretted the ap-
fieving that the most Of the fighting would
be done the Atlantic The contrary
the appointment. because he foresaw the
necessity of taking the Philippines. It
the age limit of service that his health
was poor and that he wished another
cruise on account of it. The end Of 1T an
is that he went. With his health or with
out it. by his own viii or against it. he
went to stand for the right OF his country
whenever It SHOULD need a champion and
honor which had been conferred on
only one man and that man his master.
and to earn it by a victory more sweep
ing and complete than ever his master
won.
So the commodore went away to come
back a commodore no more, to right and
to win a battle which may come to be
counted among the decisive ones OF the
history of the poor old earth; to gain
for thousands of men new freedom
which they will have as soon as they
come to understand it; to uphold the dig
nifty of his country; to plant its flag ATS
and to make 1t more respected than II
had ever been before among all nations
of the world.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29

authoritative account of the affair cred
its it. and so, perhaps, it is safer to
accept than such good things usually
are.
ALL UP AND DOWN THE LINE.
The American ships passed along the
line of the Spanish fleet, pouring a ter
ribIe brOadside upon it. When they
We're past they turned and passed again
and so they passed and repassed five
times. Early in the action two launches
were seen coming toward the Olympia
1t was supposed that they were trying
to use torpedoes. The fire of the ship
was turned upon them and one of them
was sunk and the other disabled and
driven upon the beach. The flagship of
Admiral MOntOjO, the Reina Crist1na
tried to advance from the line and en-
gage the Olympia at close range, but
she met with such a frightful fire that
she was barely able to return to her
position. She was set on fire by Ameri-
can shells and burned till she sank. The
Admiral transferred his flag to the Isla
de Cuba
The delicate. difficult and dangerous
position of the American ships at this
time can not be dwelt upon too strong
ly. It was not u mere question of firing
guns and standing the fire of the en-
emy. such as it was. When ship on a
peaceful position. in broad daylight,
with smooth water and a clear sky.
navigates a harbOr, she is supposed to
have a local pilot on board. Not one
officer of Dewey's fleet had ever been
in Manila bay before. Commodore
Dewey and Lieutenant Calkins stood on
the bridge of the Olympia and deter
mined her course. In time of peace it
would have been a difficult thing for
them to do so. Indeed. in time of peace
they would not have attempted it. They
did it by night, in the dim dawn, and by
day. with the smoke of battle all around
them. They did it with the frightful
roar of their own guns about them and
the jar of them shaking their instru-
ments, and with shells whisthng over
their heads and about them and now
and then carried away a big of rigging
close to them Lieutenant Calkins
watched for a landmark on the shore
and then for another, and took their
directions by the compass. His assist
ant marked these directions on the
chart and the intersection of the lines
gave the position of the ship. Then
the commodore ordered how the steer
ing should be done and the process was
repeated. Was not this a trying time
for clear mathematical work2 Yet if
either Dewey or Calkins had made a
mistake, the consequences might we'll
have been disastrous.
THE POOR OLD BREAKFAST
STORY.
As an effort was made a moment ago
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-29
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

wamego has a company Of ''girl
cadets"
The Beloit football club has on it's
fighting clothes and challenges any club
in the state.
. Wheat-sowing, as well as street fairs
and reunions. is attracting the atten-
tion Of the Kansas farmer this week.
Kansas farmers are not grieving to
any great extent because there is dan
ger of a corner in the wheat market.
Ed Little, who is an authority on
music as well as literature and war,
pronOunces the music of the japanese
unmusicaL
In many Kansas towns the board of
education is kept rustling to keep up
with the increase in the juvenile pOpu-
lation in the matter of school facilities.
One Junction City man has sold
fOrty-eight loads of water melons this
season Think what a lot of con-
densed cholera that man is responsible
for!
Bill Whites street fair isn't the only
thing EmpOria is Dragging about this
week: An EmpOria man has a nephew
who has broken into the scrap between
Dom Paul and John Bull
Speaking of names. the little town of
Wakefield, in Clay Center, can furnish
a few specimens. as witnessed by the
following from Wakefield paper:
Jack Jugglebilly, brother of Peter
Frogshot, our corpulent photographer,
spent Wednesday in Broughton-'