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THE EVENiNGoA
THE SPANISH ELEEI
Not Believed That It is at San-
tia. De Cuba.
REASONS F0 R DOUBTING ,
Spain to Anxious to Spread the Story-
Statement Not Credited by Washington
_ Officials Who Believe that the Spanisl
Admiral is too Shrewd to Be Caught in
Such a Trap—Cuban Delegation Inclln
ed to Credit the News.
Washington, May 21.—-The report thaI
Admiral Cervera’s fleet is at Santiagc
de Cuba is not credited’here in the bes‘
ofiidial quarters. The disbelief rest:
upon three foundations: First, the in:
herent improbability; second, the ser-
vice from which the news originally
proceeds, and last but by no mean:
least, the too obvious anxiety of th:
Madrid government to spread the state-
ment abroad. ,
The inherent improbability of thl
news was well expressed by 1a naval of:
ficer of experience this morning in 'thl
remark: “We are not engaged in a
war with children. Cervera is no fool,
and only 1a fool would let himself be
bottled up in Santiago or any othei
harbor." _
Moreover, it is impossible to see whaI
good end could be gained by making
a visit to Santiago. The east end 01
the island is absolutely cut off from thl
west end. There is no longer any rai.
communication, and the mountain dis-
tricts in the provinces of Santa Clara
and Puerto Principe are infested witl!
rebel bands, all mounted, armed well,
enough for guerilla fighting, and abll
to subsist on :the country. There is no
such thing as breaking through any-
where, even if supplies could be taken
over :the mountain roads. And with thd
exception of medicines and money, it 1'!
hard to see what relief could bi
brought to the army in Havana by
such a route.
It was published everywhere yestert
day that certain warships whose namd
and nationality could not be ascertain:
ed had been sighted of Santiago and
the supposition is that these have been
taken for the Spanish squadron. As a
matter of fact, they were probably Olll
own vessels, coming in for the purpose
of'cutting the telegraph cables, in ac‘
cordance with the general plan of is0¢
lating- Cuba.
While the reports from Madrid that
the Spanish squadron is at Santiago.
are received with some misgiving, ya!
the officials of the Cuban delegation
here consider the reports accurate, as!
they bear out what these ofilcials point—
reached Martinique, as the probable
Being well acquainted with the Cuban
coast, its facilities for landing, proviSa
ioning,. defence, etc., SecretaryQuesada
said at the outset that Admiral Cer‘
vera would seek 1to evade the American
fleets and by a circuitous'route would
make for Santiago. This, Mr. Quesada
pointed out, was the natural move by
which the Spanish admiral would es-
cape a battle and would be most secure
in making ‘a landing on Cuban soil.
The present reports appear to bear out
this theory.
Mr. Quesada said to-day _ that the
Spanish admiral would find himself se«
riously handicapped at Santiago. II
will be useless for him to attempt to
land provisions and suppnes to succor
Blanco at Havana, as there is no raili
places, and an overland trf’p would take
six weeks or two months. Besides, Mr.
Quesada says the Cuban troops even
run the eastern end of the island sure,
rounding Santiago, and it would be im-
possible for Spanish supplies to be can
ried overland through a country filled
with Cuban bands. There are said t!
be about 3,000 Cuban troops in the im‘
mediate neighborhood of Santiago, but
reports recently brought .to Cuban offi-
cials here show that they lack ammu~
nitilon sufi‘icient for an effective aSsaulI
on Santiago.
If the Spanish fleet is at Santiago:
Mr. Quesada says about all it can ac‘
complish is to scoure a baseof opera-
tions in a fairly well fortified harbor.
and to lay in coal from colliers which
are said to have preceded the fleet.
‘ MILES AND LONG CONSULT.
Believed to Be Makingr Preparations 1'03
the Carrying of Troops to Cuba.
Washington, May 21.-—Miles has had
another long consultation with Secrea
tary Long, and these repeated meetings
are construed here to mean that a
point has been reached in the campaign
where the army finds it necessary to
call upon the navy for convoys to take
troops to Cuba. It is realized that this
work is extremely hazardous at pres-
ent. Cvonvoys always are exposed to
destruction at the hands of a determ‘
ined enemy, and with a squadron of
boats of great speed lying in wait
somewhere near Cuba, nothing but the
moSt formidable convoy such as would
be afforded by all of Sampson's and
Schley’s ironclads, save the monitors.
would suffice to give a reasonablede-
gree of protection against attack.
There are indications that the mill-
tary expedition will make its real start
from Key West unless the atmosphere
clears through the destruction or dis
appearance from Cuban waters of the.
Spanish fleet. ‘If the start is made from
Port Tampa, the ships with their heavy ,
loads of troops and stores will be ede
posed to attack almost thirty hours, not
. allowing for the possibility of spenriingI
much additional time off til: (‘uban
coast waiting for an opportunity to:
land. On ‘the other hand, if the start is
made from Key West, the fin-.1. tags
of the journey will be read-.13 to the,
daylight hours of one day.
Hanged Sagasta In Effigy.
Sarat-oga, May, 21.-—-At W'hitehali,
Washington county, yesterday, an eifi‘
..,gy of Premier Svagasta suspended from
the top of a thirty-five foot pole, was
found by French-Canadians “rho.sym‘
pathize with Spain. They tore down
the efiigy and burned it in the public.
square. Americans are’aroused and
«trouble may ensue.
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.demona is actually the one. Still, there
IS a doubt about it.—Pall Mall Gazettlg.
ZTE T TE
E5:— HIDDEN TREASURE. airs
Better Than‘Cnptain Kidd’s—It was Found
inaDlscarded Chest. _‘ , .
One of New ‘York City’s“ most famous
hosts in the early days of this century
was John Hunter, of Hunter’s Island,
which is now a part of Pelh'am Bay
Park. In the fine old mansion still
standing on it, which he built, in 1807,
for a country home, and in his towni
house at 7 State street, he entertained
in a lavish and splendid manner, gath-
ering often as many as forty guests
at a. time around his table. The silver
that helped to make these banquets
princely was as famous in its day as
its owner's goOd sheer, and there yes
a story “connected with it, too.
When John Hunter’s father, Robert
Hunter, who was a nephew of the Col-
onial Governor of that name, and a
man’ of wealth, came 1to this country,
he brought with him among his bag-
gage an old iron strong box, which he
kept in the State street house. At his
death, his son, John Hunter, knowing
nothing about it, and considering it 1too
clumsy an article to be given- house
room any longer, packed it off to a
storage warehouse with a lot of other
stuff. It lay there for years forgotten,
till finally the storage-keeper, taking a
fancy to it, asked Mr. Hunter—if he
might have it. Mr. Hunter consented,
but decided to have a look inside of it
first. The key to it was not forthcom-
ing, and a locksmith was sent for to
force it open. Within were rows of can-
vas bags. Mr. Hunter picked up,ono
of them; it fell to pieces, and Spanish
sil‘ver dollars rolled over the floor. The
chest was full of silver pieces. Mr.
Hunter sent .them to a Silversmith and
had them made into the service that is
still to—day one of the finest in the
country. There was a plateau for the
middle of the table 7 feet long, and
every guest seated about it was served
exclusively from silver dishes—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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SITTING ON THE FLOOR ADVOCATED
omidered to Have Advantages Bone.
1 ficial to Health.
An eminent English physician, Sir
James Crichton, Browne, Who has won-
derful aptitude for making medical
subjects interesting to the public at
large, announces that men and women
would .derive great benefit from sitting
on the floor instead of chairs. Women
would benefit even more than men by
the practice.
The position of sitting on the floor
or the ground is more natural than
that of sitting on a chair. It was once
general with the entire human race. It
is both healthy and natural.
The exercise of getting up from and
down to the floor is beneficial. Through
the general adoption of the sitting posi-
tion among the ciw'lized races many
muscles have become stiff and obsolete.
Persons who sit on the floor have
strong back and thigh muscles. Turks,
tailors and shoemakers are examples
of this fact.
If you sit on 'the floor you can change
your attitude as often as you please,
and can enjoy an endle§s variety .of
pose, and howeVer often you alter
it and however you may place your-
self, there is never any chance of your
falling off. ' If you sit on the floor you.
achieve all kinds of comfortable posi-
tions which it is mpossbl-ié to obtain
even with the easiest of easy chairs.
The influx of visitors. need never cause
anxiety to the well constitutioned mind
on the subject of chairs. All he has to
provide is a quantity of cushions—
cushions of every size and shape: 'Let
guests select any they please, and it
will be their own fault if they are not
comfortable and happy. .
It is, of course ,only desirable to sit
on a clean fioor.——New York Journal.
A WARSHIP IN ACTION.
The Braswork Turns Green After aBig
Gun is Discharged.
People who read about modern war-
ships in action, of the thunder and
deafening noise made by the pondero-usl
guns, and the clouds of smoke and
steam by which the iron fight.ng-
machines are enveloped, have only a
faint idea at best of the real state of
affairs.
To the novice the discharge of a big
gun is a startling thing, and may be
followed by unpleasant results unless
the usual precautions 'are taken. The
men brace themselves for the shock
which follows the discharge of a big
gun by holding the arms rigid and the
hands wellaway from the body, to give
the lungs free play. They also keep
the mouth open, and by that means
equalize the pressure on the lungs,
head, andeardrums.
The noise made by the discharging
of heavy pieces is less painful to the
sense of hearing than that produced
by smaller arms. The roar seems to
envelop one. But the surroundings
change as Soon as the first shot has
been fired. Immediately after the
smoke from the first shot has .cleared'
away all the brasswork on board the
ship, which a few minutes before was
as bright as a new dollar, turns green,
and gives the ship a businesslike ap-'
pearance.
The True Story of Othello.
Roma—A diary kept in 1542 by the
representative in Candia of the repub-
lic of Venice has recently been discov-
ered in a. Venetian convent. -It is stated
that the document contains the whole
history of Othello, and completely con-
tradicts the version given by Shake-
scare. The writer describes Othello’s
arrival in Venice, his marriage and
subsequent career and death, the lat-
ter event occurring While Desdemona ,
was 'still alive. It may be, therefore,
that the palace in Venice pointed cut
to the tourist as that occupied by Des-
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INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION.
The Rule Was Formulated by Washing-
ton.
The United States is certainly now
entitled to rank among the great Pow-
ers of the world. Yet, while its place
among the nations is assumed, it pur-
posely takes its stand outside of Europ-
ean family circle to which it belongs,
and neither accepts the responsibilities
of its place nor secures its advantages.
It avowedly restricts its activities to
the American continents and inten-
tionally assumes an attitude of,abso-
lute aloofness to everything ontside‘
those continents. This rule of policy
is not infrequently associated with an-
other which is known as the Monrbe
Doctrine—as if the former grew out of
the Monroe Doctrine or were, in a.
sense, a kind of consideration for that.
doctrine, or a. sort of complement to it.‘
In reality the rule of isolation origin
ated and‘was applied many years 1 be-.
fore the Monroe Doctrine was pro-‘
claimed. No doubt , consistency re-
quires that the conduct toward Ameri-
ca which America expects of Europe
should be by America\observed toward
Europe. Nor is there any more
doubt that such reciprocal conduct is
required of us, not only by consistency.
but by both principle and expediency.
The vital feature of the Monroe Doc-
trine is that no European Power shall
forcibly posses itself of American: soil
and forcibly control the political for-
tunes and destinies of its people. As-
suredly America can lliave no difliculty“
in governing its behavior toward Eu—
rope on the same lines.
Tradition and precedent are a. potent
force in the New World as well as in
the 01d and dominate the counsels of
modern democracies'as well as those
of ancient man-.archies The rule of
international isolation for America
was formulated by Washington, was
embalmcd in the earnest and solemn
periods of the Farewell Address, and
has come down to suceeding genera-
tions with all the immense prestige
attaching to the injunctions of the
Father of his Country—Richard Ol-
ney in Atlantic Monthly.
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ACQUISITION OF BRAVERY.
An Old Soldier Tells How to Overcome
Inherent Cowardice. .
“I would like to let young men
know,” said an old soldier, "that
bravery, like almost any other attri-
bute, can be acquired. I would'like to
let them know this, because there are
some poor fellows who are brought in-
to the world with a timid nature that
causes them much suffering. While,
having an admiration for brave men,
they feel that they are cowards, and,
accustoming themselves to. this belief,
they never attempt to fight against
their weakness. Do you know I really
believe that most of the noted brave
men of the world have, become“
brave simply by systematically over-
coming cowardice. Did not Lannes,
Napoleon’s most dashing . general, say:
‘The man who says he never felt fear
is a poltroon and a liar.’ But, while
Lannes thus acknowledged to the sen-
sation of fear, he never allowed him-
self to show it; and that is the point.
Moreover, by practice such things be-
come easy.
“Now, if there is any young man
who is a coward and wishes to be-
come brave, let me say this to him:
Make up your mind first of all that it
is much preferable to suffer death
than be trampled upon or humiliated.-
From what you have experienced you
know the disgust, the suffering, acute
and degrading, that results when you
back down in an unmanly fashion.
Say this then: ‘I much prefer to die
than to experience such feelings
again. Impress it upon your mind,
and then, as a. test to your spirit, force
yourself to face those things that you
have been avoiding from fright. If a
man has been overawing you—bluffing
you, in plain terms—lay for him delib-
erately, bluff him back double, and if he
wishes to fight throw yourself upon
him with a vim and punch hard; he
cannot do more than kill you, and, as
vou have made up your mind that it is
better to die than submit to humilia-
tion, you-r death, as it were, is a thing
already programmed. And if you whip
him the sensation is very agreeable,
and frees you from any further fears
of falling advictim to cowardice.”—
New Orleans“ Times-Democrat.
How the Brahmin Cleans His Teeth. a
When the Brahmin cleans his teeth
he must use a small twig cut from one ,
of a number of certain trees, and be-
fore he cuts it he must make his act
known to the gods of the woods.
He must not indulge in this cleanly
habit every day. He must abstain on
the 6th, the 8th, the 9th, the 14th, the
15th, and the last day of the moon, on
the days of the new and full moon, on
the Tuesday in every week, on the day
of the constellation under which he
was born, on the day of the week and
on the day of the month which corre-
spond with those of his birth, at an
eclipse, at the conjunction of the
planets, at the equinoxes, and other
unlucky epochs, and also on the anni—
versary of the death of his father or
mother.
Any one who cleans his teeth with
his bit of stick on any of the above-
mentioned days will have hell as his
portion—Hindu Manners.
Trying to Illustrate.
‘Mistuh Pinkley,” said Miss Miami
Brown, “what is dis here diplomacy?"
“Well, I dunno whethuh I kin trans—
parify de question so’s you’ll see froo
it. But ef de lan’lord comes ’ro-un‘ fob
.ie rent an’ I says I ain’ gwinter pay,
why, I gits put out. But of I tells ’im
{er come ’round’ nex’ week, an’ nex’
.veek. tells ’im ter come ’roun’ ag’in,‘
so on', da-t’s d'plomacy.”—~Wash-
..gtc1‘1 Star. ,
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' same woman, Mhearai Misi,
aINVENTJIVE WOMEN.
Some Useful and U11 que Devices Discov:
ered by the Fair Sex.
It is not generally supposed that
many of the labor-saving inventions of
the world may be credited to women.
The Chinese Empress Tao, for exam-
ple. worked out useful ideas in her
busy brain. She invented the spinning
of silk, never dreaming of the immense .
industry that would grow from her cre-
ation. Aluxurious woman of Asia dis-
covered the attar of roses, and this
invented
the ingenious handicraft, the cashmere
shawl. History is silent-as to her end.
The Women who are kept from want
by the making of pillow lace have rea-
son to bless the name of Barbara Utt-
man, ofiSaxony. Wood engraving was
discovered by the Cunio sisters, two
Italic)! women, and it was the widow
of _ General Nathaniel Greene, who
made the suggestion of the cotton gin,
which was. perfected by Eli Whitney.
The grandmother of Clara Louise Kel-
. log'g invented an attachment to the ma-‘
chinery in looms in mills, and another1
woman’s genius worked out a device
for deadening the noise of railway
trains. A Miss Knight invented the pa.-
per bag, and at once people wondered
why so simple a contrivance had never
been thought of before.
Mme. De Long invented metal-cut-
ting machinery, which has been used
in France for. some time. This ma-
chinery is worked by steam, and from
the solid metal cuts out gates and
other architectural work without cast-
ing. Mme. De Long has cut plates of
brass‘a foot thick into lattice work at
a single operation. She has also made
picture frames, crests and lace pins,
turning them out of the metal fully
finished, every operation being per-
formed by the steam-driven machine-
ry. She first conceived the idea of her
remarkable apparatus over 20 years
since, when a paralysis of her right arm
compelled her to give up her trade of
jewel worker. She has received many
medals from various Paris expositions.
The first laureate crown ever oflered to '
a woman has been bestowed upon
Mme. De Long by the Society of
French Architects in Paris. Mrs. Bar-
ton Parnell, who has worked for over -
. 40 years in the Australian gold mines,
has made fame and fortune for herself
as an assayist. She discovered the
secret of treating ore before roasting
it so that as much gold as brown stone
could be obtained from it. Mrs. Par-
nell intends to found a college in Eng-1
land for women, where they will be
trained to be practical miners. It is
stated that there are nearly 5,000,000
self-supporting women in the United
States alone, and it is difiicult to find
a branch of trade in which they are
not doing successful work—New 0r-
leans Picayune.
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SEN os CUBA- THE’SINEWS OF WAR.
Palms Lost His Estate by Rebellion and
is now Head of the Junta.
. Thomas Estrada Palma, the head of
the Cuban Junta in Americaa, has
been a conspicuous figure in the af-
fairs of Cuba since the last rebllion
began. He was proclaimed president
of the revolut- .onary party When the
flame broke out three years ago. In
1877 Palma was chosen as president of
the Cuban republic. He fought mili-
antly in the. ten years 'war, and a... the
restoration of peace was offered par-
don and a restoration of his fine Cuban
estates if he would swear allegiance to
Spain. The offer Was rejected, and
Palma became an exile, first to Hondu-
ras and 41112135111 1883, to the United
THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA.
States. He established in Orange
County, New York, an institute for
the teaching of languages and to this
school hundreds of the children of
wealthy Cubans Were sent for their
education. Senor Palma was born in
Cuba, but he is a descendant of one of
those ancienlt families of Cestile, cele-
brated in' the songs of the country. His
father was a rich planter, at whose
death Estrada was studying law in
Seville. On his return to Cuba young
Palma determined that he would do
all in his power IIJO strike the shackles
from the Pearl of the Antilles, and he
has kept his promise.
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Hawthorne and d’Aubepine.
As a nom de plume for a great deal
of his works Hawthorne assumed the
French translation of his name. His
stories in the Democratic Review of
this time are attributed to M. d'Aube-.
pine. Lowell says of him in his Con~
cord address: “You would think me ex-
:ravagant, I fear, if I said how highly
I rate the genius of Hawthorne in the
history of literature. At any. rate,
Hawthorne taught us one great and
needful lesson, and that is that our
own past was an ample storehouse for
1the brightest works of imgination and .
fancy."—Edward Everett Hale in Out-
look.
First Combatant~"—I .-——_l ~-—-!
~-—-—-! etc.
Bystander—Why don’. t yer answer
’im back? '
Second Combatant—’Ow can I? ’E's
used all the best wordsl—Punch. i, ‘
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