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When our baby boy was three months old,
hchad the milk crust: very badly on his head,
so that all the hair came out, and itched so
bad, he made Ila-bleed by scratching it. I got
a cake of CUTICURA Soar pm]. a box of CUTI-
CUnA (Ointment). I applied the CUTICURA _
and puta thin cap on his head, and before I
had used halfa box it was entirely cure ., and
his hair commenced to grow out nicely.
Feb. 24:98. Mrs. H. P. HOLMES, Ashland, Or.
Cancun Rsnsnrss appeal with irresistible force to
» mothers. nurses, and all having the care of children. To
know thatosingle application wtll afford Instant relief,
permit rest and slee , and .paint top. speedy cure in the
most torturiniv, and isfi Imus: of skin and scalp diseases,
with loss Milan". and not 0 use them Is to fail in yourduty.
SLBEPfOr SKIN-TORTUBED BABIES and Rest for TIRED
Mot-urns in swarm both with CUTICURA Soar, and a
single anointing with Currcmu, greatest of skin cures.
Bold throughout the world. Porrsn D._& C. Conn, Solo
Propa, Boston. How to Cure Baby's skin Diseases. tree.
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THE FINEST IN THE WORLD
Fourteen of the Recently Acquired Troop-
ships Win' Be Retained in the Sercvic
of the War Department and Will Be
Thoroughly Fitted up. Board to Super-
vise the Matter.
Washington, Sept. 8.—A result of the
war will be the establishment of a. per-
manent fleet of army transport vessels
on Atlantic and Pacific. To this end
and. for the purpose of administering
the affairs of this new'branch of the
military service,'a. transportation bu-
reau of the quartermaster’s department
will be established.
Colonel Frank Hecker of the quar-
termaster's department has been des-
ignated to act as chief of the new bu-
reau for the present:
Twenty-five of the ships chartered
by the war department for transport
purposes have been returned to their
owners, and others will be given up as
soon as they can be spared. Fourteen
of the best ships purchased outright by
the war department immediately prior
to or in the course of the war, will be
permanently retained in the service of
the government. These ships will be
thoroughly overhauled and remodelled, I
making them the finest troopships in
the world. /
Conditions on board ship which ne—
cessitated discomfort or suffering on
the army transports during the war
will be eliminated. Bath rooms and
special cook galleys will be provided
and berths in well ventilated apart-
ments will be constructed. '
A board of officers consisting of a
quartermaster, a commissary, a medi-
cal officer and a representative of the
infantry, cavalry and artillery arms
will be appointed to consider the whole
matter.
Means will be devised for avoiding
in future the friction and disagree—
ments which have existed between the
quartermasters and the mates in load-
ing ships and between the commissa—
rice and the stewards in the subsist-
ence supplies. _
The need of a permanent fleet of
troopships has long been evident to the
military officers of the government.
Many naval officers believe that the
navy should have charge of the trans-
porting of the troops by water, but the
government’s plan now is to keep the
whole matter within the charge of the
army administration. _
As the government owns very few
transports on the Pacific, it is proba-
ble that some of the ships on this
coast-will be sent around to San Fran-
cisco as soon as the whole fleet shall
have been put in good condition for
permanent use. This step will certain-
ly be taken if the government decides
to hold the territory acquired in the
for East. -
WORK ON SPAN'SH WAR SHIPS.
Ezpcctation that the Colon and the Teresa
Will Be Floatrd.
Norfolk. Va., Sept. 8.—Notwithstand-
ing the report that Lieutenant Hobson
had been ordered to abandon the at—
tempt to save the Spanish cruiser Cris—
tobal Colon, ashore at Santiago, the
work is still going on, with the-pros-
pects good for saving three ships. Cap-
tain Henry Seymour
Wrecking Company’s office here this
morning received :1 letter from Captain
Charles Nelson, in charge of the divers. .
dated August 13, which said that they
had placed pontoous under the Colon,
and with favorable weather they would
float her, as well as the Teresa, and
lays broadside on the beach,
Captaii‘ilx'clr'."m 5.:in the Oqucndo and
Viscnyn are. total wrecks, and the Mer—
rimac, sunk by .iiol..-son, would have to
be blown up.
L-zlmr Me isnrcs in Germany.
Berlin, Sept. S.——Empcror \Villiam of
Germany, it is announced in a dispatch
from Oeynlmusen, speaking at a. ban-
quct there Tuesday cycning. and re»
fcrring to the prosperous agriculture
and industry of '\’.’cstnlmlia. touched
significantly upon the labor bill to he
submitted to the I‘eichstag during the
present year. He said it would pro‘
vide for the imprisonment at hard
labor of anyone seeking to prevent
workmen who were willing to work
from pursuing their vocation, and
would also provide for the punishment
of those who even incited them to
strike. He also expressed the hope
that the representatives of the people
would support his efforts to protect
national labor.
The Steamer Oceanic Disabled.
Halifax, N. S.. Sept. S.—The steamer
British queen arrived yesterday with
the Oceanic in tow. The former is
from Liverpool bound for New York.
The Oceanic is from Sunder-land in bal-
last for Hampton Roads.
The Oceanic was picked up by the
British Queen 350 'miles from Halifax,
with her high pressure cylinder defec-
tive. The bottom was broken out of
the cylinder rod and the piston was
broken and the cross head of the con-
necting rod gone. The accident hap-
pened last Saturday morning when two
weeks out from Slmderland.
83 Die on it Trans” IPI.
Santander, Spain, Sept. 8,—The Spa.-
nish transport Satrustoqui has arriv—
ed here from Santiago de Cuba. There
Were eighty-three deaths on board of
her during. the voyage.
General. Linares, the former com—
mander of the Spanish forces at San-
tiago de Cuba, who, on account of a.
severe wound, was succeeded by Gen-
eral Toral, was a passenger on board
the Satrustoqui. He is recovering.
Gen. Wheeler’s Son Drowned.
Camp Wikoff, Sept. S.—Thomas H.
Wheeler, son of General Joseph Whee- l
ler, and Second Lieutenant Newton D.
Kirkpatrick, Firstcavalry, were drow-
ned while bathing here, yesterday af-
ternoon. Young Wheeler was a naval
cadet in his second year. He was 17
years of age, was a fineyoung fellow
and had made a host of friends.
of the Merritt!
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TH E: E VJENIN G ‘
I-IIINSIIRI ILEEI’
ially during the sickly season. When
finally called upon to submit a. plan
of attack he did so and put it in writ-
ing. _ ‘
"On the third day of July General
Shatter telegraphed that his losses had
met with stronger resiétance than be
anticipated, and that he was seriously
considering the advisability of falling
back to a position five miles to the rear,
and that he had been unable to be up
during the heat for four days. Under
such circumstances General Miles tele-
gtaphed General Shaffer that he would
be with him within a week with strong
reinforcements, of course taking the
troops prepared for the second expe-
dition, which had been ordered by the
president to operate against the enemy
in Cuba as Well as in Porto Rico. These
reinforcements were pushed rapidly
forward, and some of them arrived in
advance of the commanding general
and were put in position in the tren-
ches around Santiago.
\Vent “‘1“; Full Powel’l. -
"Under verbal instructions of the
president, General Miles was directed
to go wherever he deemed his pres-
ence was required, and that he should
give such directions as in his opinion
were best for the army and for the
government. These were the circum-
stances under which General Miles
left Washington, arriving at Santiago
July ll, not as a private individual,
nor as e. visitor. Any pretence that he
went there disrobed of his authority or
ofliciai capacity is too childish to be
considered by sensible men. From the
moment he arrived at Santiago he was
responsible for what might occur. He
arrived there with the Yale, Columbia
and Rita, loaded with infantry, and
-three ships loaded with artillery, . be-
sides those already diSembarked.
“He designed to disembark the troops
'and artillery named on the West side
of Santiago, as was understood, before
leaving yVashington. and before he
Went ashore he made the necessary ar-
rangements accordingly. He then pro-
ceeded to the front and after consult-
ing with General Shatter, a note was
sent to the Spanish commander by
General Shatter saying that the com—
manding general of the United States
army had arrived in his camp with
strong reinforcements and would meet
him between the lines at any hour
agreeable to him.
“The reply of the Spanish commanv
der was that he would meet him at 12
o’clock the next morning.
On returning from this conference a
dispatch was received by Gen. Miles
from Washington, as follows:
Washington, July 13, 1898.
Major General Miles:
You may accept surrender by grant-
ing parole to officers and men, the ofli-
cers retaining their side arms, and offi-
cers and men after parole, to be per-
mitted to return to Spain, the United
States assisting. _ If not accepted, then
assault, unless in your judgment an
assault would fail. Consult'with Samp-
son and pursue such course as to the
assault as you jointly agree upon.
Matter should be settled promptly.
R. A. ALGER,
Secretary of War.
Left the Honors to Shatter.
“This does not look as if Gen. Miles
was there as a visitor. _ He. was charg—
ed with the responsibility of ordering
an assault upon the entrenchments
rind fortifications of an army, which,
if successful, would have cost at least
live thousand lives; or of withholding
t‘w. assault if in his judgment such as-
sault would fail. No greater discretion
was ever given to any general com—
manding an army, and what is more,
as will be observed, he was authorized
to accept the surrender, which in the
i. :cresr of his subordinates he gener-
c._;.ly declined to do, and went away,
‘l;:_ving all the honor to his next in
mink, General Shatter.
“At the meeting on the following day
C’ncrul Toral state-d that he was pre-
pared to surrender with the approval
'02 the captain general of Cuba, but it
‘xxould require a litttie time to have his
confirmed by the home govern-
acts
mcnt. .-
‘ “The place of landing the Porto Ri-
can expedition had been so thoroughly
advertised in communications sent over
the French cable, and in the newspa—
pers of our own country and telegraph-
ed to Madrid, and from there to Sun
5 Juan, that not having reccivml the nec-
essary appliances with which to dis-
embark, he decided after leaving the.
lVVindward Passage to change his
course and land on the south side of
Porto Rico, where tthc Spaniards were
'iho least prepared and the least ex-
rpecting to receive him, and where he
luv-w that the disembarkatimi of troops
and supplies could be most easily ef—
fected. From the time of that disem-
bnrkntionl during the following sip:—
tccn days of campaign, he kept the
Spaniards guessing what the . next
move would be. .
When they withdrew along the line
of the great military road between
Ponce and San Juan, they destroyed
the bridges, obstructed the roads and
fortified strong positions in the moun-
tain passage, and then were surprised
to find that one column of his army
was sweeping around the west end of
the island, capturing the principal cit—
.ies and towns, while another had pas-
‘ sed over the mountains on a trail which
;the,Spaniards had supposed impassa-
,b1e,' and therefore had not fortified or
{guarded it, and the first they knew
of the march of the American army
was the appearance of La strong bri—
gade within, 20 miles of the north—
ern coast at the terminus of the rail-
road connecting San Juan with Art-
cibo.
I “The island of Porto Rico was fairly
won by the right of conquest, and be—
came a part of the United States. The
sentiment of the people was in no sense
outraged by the invaders, but on the
contrary was successfully propitiated.
A peOple who have endured the severity
of Spanish rule for foun'centuries hall
with joy the protection of the great
republic." ‘
Chamber-l ain Here.
Chamberlain, colonial seéretary of
Great’ Britain, who arrived yesterday
on the Majestic, said with reference to
the European situation:
“There is an alliance between Eng-
land and Germany, but not one which
is at all detrimental to America.
“I know that 999 Englishmen out of
1,000 wish an alliance between England
3and the'United States. I think‘ that
[the czar is sincere in his peace pro-
Dosalsli’ ' ' , q '
I Mr. Chamberlain went to Boston
last evening and from there will go
west. ‘ . ‘ '
been greatly under estimated; that he‘
New York, Sept. 8.—The Hon. Joseph
GAZETTW
(BABY WASPS' WONDERFUL MEAL.
Spiders Paralyzed by the Sting, Living
for Months In That Condition. .
The wasp is not alvegetari-an like the
bee, and our cement maker has before
her the problem of supply-ing her young
with meat rather than With bread. As
her eggs are laid out in hot weather,
and as enough food must be: stored in
the cell with the egg to mature the
young insect, the question is how to
preserve the meat fresh for so long a.
time. She meets the difficulty thus:
After -a. tube is finished except one end,
which is llefi: open, she flies off on a.
.hunt for spiders. She finds a. fat,
healthy one, pounces upon it, stings it.
and carries it off and places it in the
mud cell. She repeats this process un-
til she has placed as many spiders in
the tube as, according to her judgment,
will be needed. She then lays an egg
in the cell and walls up the opening.
The remarkable thing about-this per--
formance is .the magic effect of her
sting. Whether. it is the result of a
subtle poison, or whether" it is the
special spot in the spider's nervous
spstem where the sting is inserted we
do not know. Certain it is that after
being thus stung, the spider lives on in
a. paralyzed condition for weeks and
even months. It can move only slight-
ly, and remains helpless in its mud
sepulchre until the wasp egg hatches
into a. voracious grub, which at once
falls to and cats with great relish the
meat thus miraculously preserved.
Whether the wasp sting renders the
spider insensible to pain or not is a
question not yet set-tied. _However,
the chances are in favor of the theory
that it does. Anyway, we need waste
no sympathy on the spider, the most
bloodthirsty of all the little people of
the fields and woods. There is a. sense
of retributive justice in the thought of
a. spider helpless and at the mercy of a
small insect which it would have mer-
cilessly devoured had it been able.
So we need not accuse our alert, in-
dustrious cement maker of any unrea-
sonable cruelty if she, like us, insists
upon a. meat diet for her young, nor
need we have any fear of her sting, for
she seldom uses it as a. weapon of of-
fense or defense.—Ohautauqua.n.
Bat-uncles on Metal Ships
In the old days of wooden ships the
boring insects which live in wood were
their chief foes. Teakwood acquired
its reputation as a shipbuilding ma.-
terial because of its supposed immun-
ity from these vermin.
Steel ships suffer from barnacles,
which foul their bottoms much more
rapidly than they 'do wooden ones.
These strange marine growths are
sometimes as big as one’s fist and ad-
here to the metal plates with tremen-
dous force, and besides impeding the
ship themselves they catch sea grass
and other rubbish and drag it through
the water.
,When a. dry dock is not available
metal ships have to have their bot-toms
cleaned by divers. When the battle-
s'hip Massachusetts was recently
cleaned barnacles and grass covered
her bull to such an extent that she
could not have made more than ten
and one-half knots an hour.—Chicago
Times-Herald.
Mh—ibxe Mattel...
Black or white imitation or cheap
marble mantel-pieces, such as are often
seen in houses that are not new, should
he removed as quickly as possible or
treated ruthmssly with paint to match
the woodwork. It occasionally hap-
pens, however, that really handsome
marble mantels of costly" stone and
beautiful workmanship are encounter-
ed. These, with a little study in
treating them to add warmth Without
taking from the purity of design, be-
come a valued, effective fitment of the
room.
It is stated that in the West Indies
the lizards, from the large iguana
downwards, run erect on their hind
legs when hurried. Pictures on rocks
at the. watershed of Guiana show liz-
ards running erect. The Mexican
iguanoid lizard and the “frilled lizard"
of Australia. also do so.
Still}? (if ass
originality and
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