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4 AUGUSTA Weekly Chronicle Established 1785. THE! WEEKLY~CHRONICLE Is rent out to subscribers in two parts— Eight pages on Tuesday and Eight pages on Friday—Sixteen pages each week, making it the largest weekly paper in the South. ONE YEAH ....Ji.oo AGENTS WANTED—We allow the most liberal terms to agents. Write us for full particulars. All ■ ommuni catluns should be addressed, , WEEKLY CHRONICLE. Augusta, Ga. The next state election will be Alaoa on —ugu<t th. The London Missionary society has {,» w 1 m '.i t'.'i .■- I* .ltd us di J -1 'i • tui’Se ijn-o iry<: •: i » ihti • - Inee coni jdlcations. They will not work. We lint tot yet begun running our ti i:...Atl ■ military’ excursions to fc’pain. The S.iv Ulna'll Press says J’orto Rico is tl ■ ■ :.i xt station on the road to “Jm jjeriallsin.” t has rowed (200,000 «t 2 I*2 j -i W • have to pay more than that for much less. Wh . it .< i- in<■■■nbeie<l that “war Is (heli' h will b - >'■ n that nothing is lust by fighting in July. “Th,- ;■■ ■■ iii enlarged editions of the tl nary give Corbett much greater latitude one of his wordy battles. Fi.;).:: . r.i’i m ■ms are disputing tl.e i .‘t wh tmr the automobile, or l.ors' s earn.i' ,is masculine or fem inine. The ri gul.ir line and the construction <1 nt tl. ■ navy are now wait- ing to l.n iw what will be Hobson's t'iloi.o. Stewart 1,. Woodford, United ft - ..tt. s minister t.> Spain, say®, “the war will belt the earth with liberty mid humanity.” tico; e A. Fowler of Kansas City has given s2l,Out) to rebuild the (agricultural chops of tie University of Kansas, re cently destroyed by lire. The negro contingent represents about twelve per eent of the total pop ulation of this country. How great a smoke a little fire kindleth. Th i mil ■nt pathologist. Dr. Frit d rteh von' Zenker, who was the first to iliscover in 1569, ti'lehlniasls in the hu man body, died recently at Erlangen Ul the age of 73. The Dingley tariff Was proved a fall-, lire. The complete deficit Is $100,000,00(1. The Wilson tariff was the better one, mid protection 'has received a black eye in the house of its friends. There is lots of flubdub, or wiiat is known in newspaper offices sis rot, be ing written home from the military camps. The sentimental and tremble Stops are being sadly overworked. An low'a drummer, who met Aguin aldo in the far east, describes him pic turesquely as “a bit of a chap, half caste, pant Spanish and part Malaysian r-the worst combination that could be produced or imagined.” By a recent edict of Professor Bogol jewow, the new Russian minister of public instruction, girls studying in high school and conservatories will not be allowed hereafter to wear corsets. The Sixth Pennsylvania an 1 Second Tennessee regimen's at Camp Alger, near Washington, have been behaving badly. They have been refused passes to the city, but what misdemeanor they were guilty of is not reported. Possibly the suggestion that Camara’s fleet is to come over here is for the purpose of keeping Watson away from Spain. -May be the Spaniards would rather our navy would sink the rest of their’s over here, than to have one of our fleets cru'e-ing around their coast. The Rppubli-luns hope to be pull'd through the congressional elections by the protraction of the war. Ever, the war will not save some of them in No vember. Mr. D. H. Brinson, of Chicago says: “All over the state 'tlrore is in tense dissatisfaction with the governor and recent Republican legislation. If it ■ftirc not for .he war I -would be will lie- bet a good-sized chunk of coin th. t Illinois would gi> ’heavily’ Demo era tie, and the shrewdest men on the Republican side nre frank enough to admit that cniy the war will save them from defeat.” The Pennsylvania regiments are among the best drilled and equipped, but. ithey are gr.arding old barracks, powder mills and machine shops from Lake Sup r rt> Ch . apeak? bay. The Fifth Maryland regiment is equal to the Regulars, but it is now being scourged ■with typhoid fever in camp. Latest reports shew that southern may get a chance at real war tn Porto Rico, but it is not certain. There seems to be some strange manipulation of lite army, at Washington. Better Baled Colton. Now that a new cotton season 1s ap proaching the question of baling the crop becomes a live one. It 1b probable that for years to come the jute bugging bab> with which we are familiar will continue- to be the one <mos*t in use. Revolutions on the farm are not easily worked. Mon who have been accustom ed to the present bale all their lives, and whose fathers employed It before tn "in, cannot speedily be induced to try a new plan of baling. It is likely that the change in the manner of baling cotton will have to be brought about by the buyers of the staple. They will have to determine what Is the best bale, and then let the e2. t go forth that it Is the best. The round bale has warm champions, but of course- those who have large invest ments in tlie present bagging, ties and compresses will do all in their power to discourage any new bale. The wretched character of cotton baling is a matter of international wonder. At home and abroad the waste and the abuse of the 'staple In the present bale is freely commented upon, but It has such a hold that the prospect of Im proving Is not great. The Textile Rec ord says: There uro spinners who nre willing to ji.'.y 1-4 of a cent more for cotton put up in '.he new round bales than in the ola square one. The well known cotton mer chant of the south S. M. Inman, Hous ton. Texas, has written a letter to parties Interested In one of the. new cylindrical forms of bale, to the effect that he Is ready to pay 4-10 eent more for cotton put up in the round form than that put up in the square form. This proposition stands good for the season of 1898-99. This increase in price seems large, based upon flve-cent cotton at place of pur chase, reckoning 21 pounds tare on the square bale. Mr. Inman must reckon a .’living in the cost of Insurance and transportation, and an improvement in the condition of tile cotton." Os course, friends of the present bale will charge that some qdvoca'tes of the round bale are financially Interested in introducing It, and what they will make out. of the new process is a matter of much greater concern Io them than the better baling of the staple. This may or may not be true.' Doubtless in some eases it is. Hitt It ought to be possible forth.- cotton world to agree upon the best baling method, and to take rea sonable steps looking to Its adoption. It needs no expert to declare that the present bales expose the staple <to dirt and waste, and frequently reach their destination in a horribly mutilated and ragged condition, but It will require not only an expert, but harmony among the experts to say what the reform shall be. • ■ .. I.« Wbat Is Mixed Flour, The tax which the war revenue bill places on “mixed flour" will give a new reign to pure wheat flour. A de cision has just been made by the com missioner of internal revenue that is likely to cause a commotion. In the flour trade. The question of what con j stituted “mixed flour" within the ■ meaning of the law was presented by many dealers. The language of the law is: “That for the purposes of this act the Words ‘mixed Hour' shall be understood to I mean the food product made from wheat I mixed or blended in whoje or In part with ~iy Other grain or other material, or the manufactured iwoduct of any other grain or other material than wheat.” Quoting this language, the commis sioner holds that any article of trade of which flour forms a part, whether great or small, and which Is commer cially known as flour, is “mixed flour.” and the package in which it is offered for sale must be branded “mixed flour” I in letters at least two Inches high, and the manufacturer must be licensed to do business and pay a tax of 4 cents on every barrel he sells. Under this ruling all "self-rising" flours, buck wheat. flour containing any proportion of wheat flour, and all similar combi nations are placed under the ban. It Is likely now that it will be more popular to furnish a pure flour. The people will have in their favor not on ly the tax and the label that will be required upon “mixed flour,” but the big wheat crop and the low price of wheat promises to rule when the new crop comes in. The revenue tax will do good work in this department. It will prevent fraudulent competition with manufacturers who make pure flour, end it will enable people who do not I object to “mixed flour" to purchase it, and save those from doing so who do object. To Think About. We h< ar of men of means already ap plying to establish banks in .Hawaii ;u:ii Porto Rico. well as Cuba. No doubt these islands present rich spoil for the opulent, but the poor man. the middle class and the laboring popula tion are not iso fortunately situated. Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, knew what he was about when protesting, in the name of his great organization against the im perial, manifest destiny, colonizing pro gram. There is no place for tlie Ameri can workingman in Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines, tlie Ladrones or Ha waii. _ The Pittsburg Post truly says that “they are overero-W'ded now with infer ior and chewier races. Then the climate is against the white man, and going there his labor comes in competition witli a degraded or servile type of cheap labor, which the American has only re cently succeeded in excluding from his own country. If these islands should be annexed, as in the case of Hawaii, it will be for the benefit of American cap italists and speculators, boss politicians and syndicates, who well know how to utilize this cheap labor and make it an (adjunct of their political and monetary power. Tb t e Hawaiian job Is clearly of this ch'arac'ter. It will be apparent as. *THE AUGUSTA CHRONIC uE FRIDAY JULY' 22 l«98 soon as the fireworks are let oft- and the smoke cleans.” If our esteemed northern brethren at tempt to reconstinct the now territory, after conquest, on the line adopted at the south in 1866, we will be sorry for the native®, and the natives -will have cause to regret that they ever revolt -J against Spain. Confederate Survivors. This is a great day for the survivors of the army of the ConN-daraxy, and It Is a great day for Atlanta. Atlanta is a survivor herself —or rather, a phoe nix that has arisen from the ashes of desolation which Sherman's army left In its wake when It applied the torch to this brave Georgia town. There is no place more fitting for a Confeder ate reunion than Atlanta. It is a bat tlefield, and the very air that sur rounds it today is vibrant with mem ories of heroic fortitude and daring. Many an old e-trvlvor will tread tts busy atreetß today and look in vain for the familiar sights of a generation ag>, but there will be those among her cit izens who can point out the strategic points in tlie battles around Atlanta, and show 'how bravely her progressive citizens have builded upon the ashes of tlmse days. It is probable that thia will prove the most interesting and imposing re union the Confederate veterans have ever held—almost certainly the most representative they will ever hold In future. We would not cast a ahadow across the sunshine of today, but the history of the years that have gone tells us that one by one the leading actors in the stirring dramas of the sixties are passing from the stage. Who shall say which of the loved and honored leaders who will be in Atlan ta today will never greet his old com; rades at another reunion.? "We do not wish to introduce a trace of sadness into this season of commu nion, but we impress this thought only long enough to urge upon the survi vors who look today on the faces of the generals they followed thirty-five years ago, to gaze long and tenderly upon the honored features. It may he the last time. They have riot the bronze and sturdy glow that mantled them in young manhood, but they are still manly and commanding. The step Is less buoyant, and with difficulty some of them will be able to mount on horseback, if at all; but memory will bring back the days when they were like men of iron, laughing at danger nnd indifferent to fatigue. No doubt these stirring memories and the renew ed associations w" ' put new spring in to many an old warrior’s step, and he Will be capable of exertion today that he would not seriously have con sidered n week, ago. Blessed be 'these memories, and blessed be these reunions of the brave men of a generation that is fast pass ing away. Let us honor them while they are with us. Let us do what we can to smooth© their pathway; let us make their last days happy days, and let no son of this new generation prove •disloyal to the men and the memories of the old south, with its record of he roism, loyalty and honor. To the gallant companies of survi vors who go from Augusta today to take part in the parades and pub’le feaurcs of the Atlanta reunion, we wish a most enjoyable experience. May It be a time of refreshing for their spirit's. We trust that tlie days shall be crowned with pleasure, and that their brightest anticipations may be more than realized. We trust that they may be all spared to gather in many future reunions, but if this may not be, then may none be missing from that great reunion when they shall cross over the river and rest beneath the shade of the trees with the gallant spirit that took its flight from Chancellorsville, 'and that heroic soul who bade his men farewell at Appomattox and bravely faced the stern duties of life until God called him home to be at rest. The Cuban Elephant The new complication in Cuba, in volving the hostility of the Insurgents, as well as the Spanish military force remaining on the island, was foreseen by the men in public life who. during Clevi land's admlnlstmtlm, wisely de sired to recognize Cuban '.clligi reney, and stop there. Cong’ers passel the resolutions, but President Cleveland did not sign them. McKinley followed in Cleveland's path, and his followers in congress chose active interference by armed soldiers on the pretext of humanity, which has gradually been abandoned, in practice, if not in pre cept, for ultimate conquest. Had the belligerency resolutions been adopted I by this country, in good faith, there would have been no war, necessarily. Eventually Cuba would have fallen, like a ripe apple, into our lap for pro tection or annexation. As it is, the Cuban insurgents are now probably debating whether or not it is not un fortunate that they did not come to terms with Spain. At present, the United States govern ment is in the attitude of contemptu ous disregard of the very Insurgents for whose benefit this war w.n inaugu rated. We do not question that it would be utter folly, under the cir cumstances, to allow the insurgents to work their brutal will upon Cuba, as our army conquers it. Nothing could be more inhuman. But it is not pleas ant to contemplate the wretched prob lem now confronting our government. We are, in effect, shown to have made tremendous sacrifices of men and mon ey for a people who are not worthy cf this supreme and expensive Interven tion. If the Cubans are the despicable and inhuman wretches now pictured tc the public, Spain would seem to have had more .jusuficatian than we were hitherto willing U admit, it dealing with them harshly. B« thia as it may, the whole campalgi has been changed from Ita Initiative. The cause of hu manity la illustrate now in our feed ing fugitives, retui ilng Spanish sol diers to Spain, clet eney and magna nimity to prisoners; but, so far as the main object of the war is concerned, sentiment plays see nd fiddle t> con quest. For the preservatb n of order we are row forced to bar tl e wav to the Gu ben insurgents, wh< from newspaper accounts, do not 1 now what order means. Under the circuni nances, it would be sagacious in Spal . to quit 'Juba and allow the United States to make the best of her Cuban elephant. At present, peace would seem to be remote, and ft may‘be tint tide suits precisely the politicians who do not desire speedy cessation of' hostilities, which would make outer questions than war of capital impprtan.e. So, tl.e longer Spain holds op t.> her jo-calDd pride and remains the bull-ring, she is a potent ally of the Republicans, the contractors and those factions who rejoice that the issues of the Chicago platform are switched aside. 'We do not agree wiih the Atlanta Journal that Cleveland and McKinley, in turn, exhibited "sense and cour age" in opposing and thwarting resolu tions looking simply to Cuban belliger ency, unless conquest was meant from the beginning. If a)ny foreign power, during the civil war, had intervened for the south, but utterly ignoring Jeff Davis and his government, the Con federacy would have rejected its aid or pounded Its executors. While we do not pretend to compare, in equality, the Confederacy with the Cuban junta, the principle is relatively the same from the Cuban point of view. For the future, the “humanity” plea may as well be relegated to the waste bas ket of the comic journals. When this country can “give a stable government to Cuba,” under the Republican plan, or what it will cost in men and money no man can now authoritatively de clare; but that we shall finally and ef ficiently perform the task we have set for ourselves, no patriotic American can permit himself to doubt. General John B .Gordon, Commander 1 Yesterday, at the greatest reunion ever held by the Confederate Survivors, the old soldiers honored themselves and met popular expectations by Unani mously re-electing Gen. John B. Gordon to the office of commander. He has held the office from the organization of the union, and will continue to do so, no doubt, until he answers the final roll call. It had been suggested that be cause of failing health and strength General Gordon would retire at this re union, but the old soldiers would not hear to it. With splendid unanimity and cordial enthusiasm they placed the honor uponh their old commander’s Iffow, and would not listen to talk of his retirement. The sentiment of their action was beautiful; 'but it did not rest alone upon sentiment. General Gordon is pre eminently the man for the place. In the affection of the people and the es teem of the public he stands at the head of southern generals, and, though most of our leaders are men accus tomed to public occasions, there is none so martial in bearing, so knightly in address, so eloquent in speech as the gallant Gordon. It is no reflection, upon any. other, whose name had been suggested in the event of General Gordon's retirement, that General Gordon was not permitted •to retire. We doubt not that the de mand for Gordon's re-election came as earnestly from such as from any other source. General Gordon’s administra tion as commander has been most satis factory in the past, and that it will continue to be so in the future no one doubts. It was only a question as to whether he would consent longer to hold tlie office, and when it came time for the election, the old soldiers gave no opportunity for declination. It was a love feast. It was the af fectionate tribute of men who remem bered Gordon on the 12th of May, and at Sharpsburg and other fields on which he spilled his blood. They remembered him at Appomattox; they remembered him since that stern arbitrament of the sword, his loyalty to the traditions and memories they hold dear, and his manly example of fraternity and re union between north and south; they beheld his battle-scarred face; looked into his commanding eye, saw his war ier form and heard his matchless elo [quence, and they re-elected him without [ever considering the name of another. It was right. It was what was ex pected. Had they done anything else the people of the south would have been disappointed. Here’s a health to Com mander John B. Gordon, and may the next reunion find him stronger and brighter in health and spirits, and ready for the election which his follow ers will be ready again to tender him. So many sarcastic things have been said about lawyers that Senator Hoar’s tribute will be grateful in contrast. He said: "Our profession is not the road to wealth; the American lawyer Is not of the class of men who serve their country for hire. He is like Agassiz. He has no time to make money. He is thinking of the great principle he io struggling to establish in jurisprudence. He is think ing of an honorable success in a generous controversy. He is thinking of tne country. He is to be ranked with the clergyman, with the teacher, with the man of science, with the judge, and the statesman, and the soldier, who exnects to get nothing from life but a comfortable support for himself and hie household.” Os course, every man can look in that glass and see how much or how little it reflects his own lineaments. The Southern Regiments The detention of southern regiments In camp and persistent denial of their desire to take the field along with east ern and western troops has caused bit ter comment, ithd extorted at last some explanation from Secretary Alger's friends. These friends confidently as er'. that the southern troops have never been in prime condition and that the policy has been to select only the best troops. It is stated In answer to comments that “the militia of the south have never, for some reason, been kept in a condition as fit as that of the militia of other states Lack of money has been given as one of the causes.” At any rate, It is stated as a fact by friends of the administration that no unjust discrimination has been practiced against the southern troops, and that it is hoped some of them may be ready to take the field by the fall campaign. We do not know how much truth or fiction there may be in this statement of the “friends of Alger and the ad ministration.” Certainly, the Fifth Maryland lacked nothing in drill, dis cipline, equipment and material, to say nothing of splendid courage. That reg iment is mainly composed of the sons of Confederate veterans, and intrepidity ■was in their very blood. The Second Georgia regiment has been eager for duty at the front, and if not fully equipped the fault 1b not theirs. At the first call for volunteers they responded promptly and asked for guns and am munition. The omission of southern troop? thus far has been notable and notedi» But, as the war may be pro longed, southern regiments may not only get into the ecrimmage but be quite content with their share of it. The Gold Supply. We are told that "a former director of the mint, who is now in New York city and who keeps informed upon the gold production of the world, ventured the prediction that within the next five years the yearly gold product will be found to be so enormous that the sta tistics will of themselves put an end to free silver agitation, even were that delusion to be kept alive as a political issue fostered by ambitious politicians for that length of time. It is deemed certain that we are just entering upon an era of gold production, the like of ■which the world never saw, which, if the predictions of the experts are ful filled, may cause by and by some change in the relation of prices with the stand ard money of the world.” When the gold mines of California and Australia were discovered and their probable output magnified, the great money lenders of Europe were alarmed and prepared for a silver basis. Two European countries quickly went to a silver basis and Chevalier, the noted French political economist, wrote pam phlets to prepare the world against a gold glut and its prompt demonetiza tion. Rothschild sent agents to Califor nia and Australia to report and it was found that the supply of gold, though enormous, had limitations. But if the present outlook for gold production be such as the “former director of the mint” state, silver, as the scarcer and therefore more precious inetal may come into favor with the existing gold bugs and they may be as clamorous for the demonetization of gold and remon etization of silver as the most advanced silverite could desire. Cheap Fruit in Savannah. Savannah has proven a remarkably cheap fruit market this summer. The Savannah News of last Sunday says watermelons have been so low that com mission merchants could not pay the expenses of handling consignments, small melons selling as low as 25 cents a hundred. The News says; “The public 'has certainly had a harvest of fruits thia summer, and especially for the past fortnight has the Savannah mar ket been altogether in their favor. I Beaches, pineapples and watermelons have never before been seen here in such re makable profusion and at such exception ally low juiroo. The low rates at which pines have been selling are especially no ticeable, that being a fruit for which fine prices are generally obtainable, no matter if the specimens be meagre in size and doubtful in quality. At present there are signs at various retail stores announc ing that 12 pines can be bought for 25 cents. These pines are small, but thev are deliciously fragrant and sweet and sound. They are almost as small as shoots, but even for their size the price is extremely low. “The low prices of peaches and of mel ons has tended 'to kill the market for the pines, and wholesalers yesterday were selling them at 50 cents a crate, a crate holding 50 to 60 pines, this being a little less than a cent each. These pines are all from Florida. The small size is largely due, it is said, to the cold weather at the blossoming time, which stunted the growth. The best quality of the pines go to the northern and western markets, those sent here being the ripe and small fruit. Nevertheless, they make a fine dish, and at the present price are about the cheapest thing in the shape ot a delicacy on the market.” We are having a large quantity of fruit here, but prices are not unusually low. Good peaches are retailed by the growers at 25 cents and 35 cents a bas ket —less than three quarts. Small peaches retail at 5 cents a quart, and $1 a bushel is the cheapest price we have heard of. These were small and not of choice quality. Prices may go lower, but up to the present time dealers have had no cause to complain at the prices obtained in this market. Despite alleged hard times and scar city of money, the people of Augusta marched up to the treasurer’s counter and paid in $42,000 in cold cash as July instalment on city taxes. The best col lector in the business is the tax col lector. He gets the money, hard times or no hard times. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS WHY NOT, LONG AGO? Our army had not gone into a general action fur thirty years, and there was naturally some anxiety to know how it would stand up In the face of « n <’ der " arm*. But the moment all doubt on this point was dispelled, the country set led down Into the serenest frame of mind, the only disturbing question being when those ridiculous Spaniards were going: to ask for peace, and why on earth they hadn’t done it already.—New York Bost. ‘ k THE SIMPLE WAY TO PEACE. When the rumor that the queen regent of Spain is in a mood to talk of ueace with the United States is backed by the resignation of the Sagasta ministry, we may know that there is truth in it. A the first serious mention of peace it Be comes the imperative duty of thia coun try, as the presidential victor, to shut out the possibilities of false hopes and vaxa tlons, and even dangerous disappoint ments, by clearing away all uncer , ta J”J. y concerning the terms. They are not dim cult to define.—New York Sun. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. As the report said the otherday, y* discussing the Santiago affair. If Cervera s fleet had escaped the officials and the peo ple would have blamed Sampson and held him strictly to account. It follow* that the first honors for the destruction of that fleet belong to the responsible officer or the American fleet. Admiral Sampson. Commodore Schley is entitled to the next honors and the other honors should Be portioned out among the captains of the several vessels according to such recom mendations as may be made by Admiral Sampson.—San Franci<4CO Report. GEN. NELSON A. MILES. In times of peace we have all had a little fun with Gen. Nelson A. Miles. In full uniform he Is a perfect Klondike of gold braid. As a lady's man. well, the noble Antony, “after being barbered ten times o'er” to meet his Cleopatra, was not half so beautiful to behold. But we have karned that a man can be some thing of an exquisite and still be a hero in line of battle. A lot of chaps who led in the cotillon in New York led the fight ing In Cuba. Gen. Mlles la, '.o be sure, all our fancy paints him, but he Is full of tight, and if he is called on to display heroism he will show some of his flip pant defamers that the qualities which made him a terror to the Indians on the plains cannot be made secondary to a love of martial panoply.—Syracuse Stand ard. OUR NEXT INVASION OF CUBA. In a brief while we shall invade Cuba again—mot to destroy but to upbuild. Al ready the Ward line of steamers are planning to resume traffic with the is lands. making Santiago and Guantanamo their ports. Merchants here foresee a great ling mediate trade in provisions, with a larger trade presently In agricultural machin ery and other wealth-producing supplies. In resources, agricultural and mineral, Cuba Is one of the very richest Islands in the world But under oppressive taxation and the worst imaginable administration the greater part of the country remains an untamed, unused wilderness. The coming Invasion of American mer chants and manufacturers will quickly change all that. There will be roads built —whidh is the first necessity. Tlie rude trails that render the transport of goods almost impossible will give place to thor oughfares of modern construction. Brid ges will safely span streams that now bar the way to trade and intercourse. Rail roads and telegraphs, built by American energy -and with American capital, will lace the country. Its waste places will be converted into fertile fields. Way will be opened for the marketing of crops that it has not hitherto been worth while to grow and minerals which It has been a needless waste of toil to dig out of 'the ground. Whatever may be decided as to the po litical future of Cuba, its industrial and commercial future will be directed by American enterprise and. stimulated with American capital. The next Invasion will be beneficent to Cuba, enriching to us and gladdening to the world at large.—New York World. THE MERRY JESTER. INEVITABLE. If all we loved would love us And let us know they did. Do you think the skies above us By clouds would ne'er be hid 1 Ah, no! We still should worry, The clouds would still be there, For then, of course, we’d hurry To fall in love elsewhere. —Chicago News. Mexican— Big earthquake -today. American tourist—Was there one? 1 didn't notice it. “Not you see zee people rush out from the churches?” “Oh, yes, I saw that, but I thought maybe the contribution box was going round.'—New York Weekly. Johnny—Pa, what's the difference be tween puncture and punctuation? Pa—Not a great deal, my son. They both cause one to stop.—Boston Trans script. “I regret that I lost my temper this morning, Harry,” she said. “I don't," he replied, sweetly, “pro vided you never find it again. "—Phila delphia North American. “Who was that fellow that wanted to trade his kingdom for a horse?” “That’s a wheel I never heard of.” “What is?” “The Kingdom."—Commercial Ensulrer. “Do you think Spain would be willing to cede the Canaries?" asked Mrs. Snaggs. “Never kept canaries, and don’t know anything about canary seed,” replied Mr. Snaggs, Irrelevantly—Pittsburg Chronicle. “Just my luck,” mourned the landlady, as she set her watch by the city hall clock. “What’s the matter now?” “Oh, I'll have to buy a barometer. The star boarder is cured of his rheumatism.” —Detroit Free Press. OUR GALLANT GUEST. It will not be surprising to see Admiral Cervera dancing a cotillion at Newport about a month hence.—Rochester Herald. As a summer resort news Item of real interest, it may be noted that Admiral Cervera ot the Spanish royal navy will spend the season on the coast of New England.—New York Mail and Expree. From all we have learned of Cervera so far. he has the material in him to make a first-rate American. Can’t he be Induced to take out naturalization pa pers?—Salt Lake Tribune. HE, TOO. SERVED HIS COUNTRY. Brewer was only a humble postoffice in spector. He is dead of yellow fever at his post at Siboney, and he deserves to be held in honorable memory, just as if he had died with a musket in his hand at the front. He wae serving his country, and. doubtless, serving it well; and he fell in the performance of his duty.—New York Sum- Higgs—Hello, where have you been this long time? Diggs—Up in the Higgs—Have any luck? Diggs—You bet. ,-y * Bigg©—What was it? ' ■ A i Diggs—Got back again* SANCTUM SILHOUETTS It Is assumed that Admiral Dewey ig acting as a board of strategy for Aguln aldo.— Washington Post. The man who has been putting internal revenue stumps on packages all day haa had a strong taste of war.—Chicago Dally News. “To the men behind the guns! Let the officers cheer the crow!” Schley said that, and It was worthy of him.—Chicago Dally News. "Six weeks at Santlgao. By W. S. Schley,” would make an alliterative title for a very Interesting volume.—Philadel phia Ledger. Even 'the Chinese servants on Dewey's ships fought well at Manila. It Is won derful what men can do under the influ ence of this American spirit.—Philadel phia North American. Curlou !y enough, the customary hy phenated name, with each word ending in “o,” has not yet been applied to the present war. How would "Yanko-Spanki” do?—New York Harald. Santiago seems to come about as near to being a "solar plexls blow” es any one could ask, and won with a loss of men small beyond any reasonable expecta tion.—Philadelphia Press. The capture of 32,000 Spanish soldiers with an American army of 25,000 is an right for a starter, but there will be a, bigger victory than that some day 1£ Spain persists in keeping up the tight.—. Kansas City Star. TORAL AND SANTIAGO. Toral Is now In a position to report an othir "sad but glorious day." This Is a great year for such days.—Chicago Times-Herald. General Toral is bringing new evidence to show that a man may be a Siwiuish gentleman and an unmitigated liar at the same time.—Washington Star. Toral desires it to be understood that his surrender was a capitulation. He will now consent to an assisted departure, for Spain.—St. Louis Globe-flJemocrat. I The Spanish soldiers at Santiago are playing in big luck. They get away I from yellow fever and from further fighting, and get a free ride home. Uncle Sam Is dead easy.—Augusta Chronicle. When General Jose Toral wrote the American commander that the Spanish army would die. but would not surrender, he was merely executing a strategic movement with his typewriter.—St. Louis Renubllc. ■ Toral's bluff about his personal danger i of a courtmartial in the event that he : transgressed the laws of Spain in making terms for the surrender of Santiago did not “go” with Shafter. War cannot be waged without the element of personal danger entering into It.—Savannah News. MRS. ROCKHILL'S DEATH. I Her Misunderstanding with M. Patenotre When He Was French Minister to Chnia. Washington, July 18.—Mrs. Rockhill, wife of the United States minister to Greece, whose death in Athens yesterday was reported today, while with her hus band during his term of service as secre tary of the United State® legation in Chi na had a misunderstanding with M. Patentore, then French minister to the same country, which had most sensational results. When M. Patenotre, as French ambas sador to the United States came into contact with Mr. 'Rockhill, first as chief clerk of the state department and later as assistant secretary, the Frenchman, declined absolutely to have any relations, official or personal, with Mr. Rockhill, and their quarrel had recognition in so cl“ty. The managers of the Bachelor'S cotillon, the swcllest function of the sea son, sided with Mr. Rockhill and ignored the French representative in the distribu tion of invitations. The other members of the legation, of course, declined to ac cept their invitations, and society was agog over the matter. The situation was cleared by the transfer of Mr. Patenotre to a European post. Mrs. Rockhill went abroad about two years ago to supervise the education of her daughter, and upon Mr. Rockhill’s appointment as minister to Greece, join ed him at Athens. JUDGE O’KELLY DEAD. One of Athens’ Most Prominent Citi zens Passes Away. Athens, July 21. —(Special.)—Judge S. C. O’Kelly, one of Athens’ oldest and most prominent citizens, died last: after a brief illness. Forty years ago he was in the pho tograph business In Athens, and con tinued so until the last few years, when he became too feble. He was one of those genial, whole-souled men, who made friends everywhere, and the news of his death will be read with sorrow by many. Mr. Newman, a baker of this city, was placed in jail yesterday on the complaint of his wife. He had beaten her, abused her and threatened her life, flourishing a pistol. He is now at [ the county jail, and will probably be I sent .to the asylum. He claims that his wife abuses him because he does not make more money for her. Athens’ new Y. M. C. A. secretary! will probably be a ‘Mr. Godfrey, now at Chickamauga. The Savings bank has elected a newt president, Mr. ,M. Stern, Mr. T. P. Vin cent having resigned. This bank de clared yesterday a dividend of 3 per cent. Many Athenians are in Atlanta, ami, the city looks deserted. MILLS MAY CLOSE DOWN. ’ i Fall River Corporations to Adopt Meas ure Throwing Out 12,000 Operators, j Fall River, Mass., July 21. —It is stated her today that about 30 local ' corporations have agreed to close down for four weeks in August or soon after. ; Many of the mill men have signed the agreement, while others have content ed themselves by making a verbal one. The movement will affect about half of the 3.000.000 spindles of the city and. will leave in Idleness about 12,500 fac tory employes of Fall River. It is now known that a plan to curtail was at tempted six weeks ago, but failed. Several Rhode Island mills will be asked to join the plan. LIVELY STAMPEDE. Fears of American 'Squadron Causes Panic at Corunna. London. July 22. —A dispatch to ths Standard from Corunna gives a lively account of the stampede into the coun try, owing to the fears of the “ap proaching American squadron.” The local papers there have fright ened the people so much that the cap tain general summoned the editors and threatened them all with imprisonment if they printed another word about Commodore Watson's squadron. The exodus, however, shows no sign of dis minishing.