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CORNING JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. 1898. 8 g H"l ' t mlas yon, dear, In the springtime, when the willows blossom whltely. When the iloe bongha bloom and bourgeon and the blackbird* build and sing, Bat I ron, too, In summer, reek on the shingle, When the languid lilies' perfume ia wafted upon the breese, When creamy and pink and fragrant the rosea nod in the dingle, When the kingcups turn the meadows to «lis- tening and golden seas. And ( miss you more in autumn, when in rus- tling cornfields yellow Beapers sing their lays of gladness, when the plovers loudly call. When the woods are gold emblazoned and the "s"Sr™~ -™a w^p^e** *s*w **a™*»* w^ dthebKHnbiered and pnrple where ike ripened berries Mb... Bat most of all I miss you when the snowflakes white are flying, When the days are dark and dreary and the nights are long and drear, When through leaJesss4}i*sf psasches winds are sadly sobbing, sighing, Then if is I think I mist you—oh, the mod of all—my dear I —Chambers' Journal. IN DURANCE VILE. Gabrlelle always remembered the day that the ringmaster of the circus came te Bee her pony jump. She was proud of her pony, who was dapple gray and Welsh and could jump Dine inches higher than him- self. Gabrlelle was 6 and had ridden without a leading rein for two years, but her father neTer let her jump Roland, the pony. So the pony jumped by himself, greatly tc the edification of the ringmaster, who had been bidden to see the feat. While all this was going on Nana called her to nursery tea, and as she trotted down the long yard, past the stables and toward the drive the ringmaster turned to Jack Ainslie, Gabrielle's father, and said; "Has the little missy hurt her foot? She's a thought lame." Jack Ainslio looked- hastily after the idolized little figure and noted that the ringmaster was right. She was a thought lame. Hastily excusing himself, fi"e~ran*after the child. "Have you hurt your foot, darling?" he asked anxiously. "You're limping a little. Did you twist your an- kle?" "Oh, no, daddy, dear, I'm not hurt. I'm going to tea." Gabrielle put up her face for tho ever oxpected kiss and ran aft- er her nurse. Jack Ainslie dismissed the subject from his mind and showed the ringmaster the rest of the horses. From that day, however, things changed for Gabrlelle'. Other people noticed the little limp, and her parents, terrified and distressed, sent foriihe family doctor. He discovered that in some way, probably at birth, her hip had been dislocated and had formed a new socket for itself, and that henceforth) sho would limp unless—and here all the mischief began—something could be done. Her father was frantic. Of course something must be done. That his Gabrielle, his dainty little lady, with her pretty face, her quick intelligence and her gracious ways, should be lame. Oh, it was intolerable! He was broken hearted and rebellious, and even his wife's steadfast patience and unchanging tenderness could not make him resigned. Then began for Gabrielle a series of visits to London. She was taken from one great doctor to anoth- er till she grew quite used to marching - about on thick piled carpets clad in noth- ing but her hair while they discussed her interesting "case." "Doctors are chilly men," said Gabri- elle. " Their hands are always cold to nay body." An operation was arranged, but at the last moment Jack Ainslie drew back, for the surgeons would not guarantee success, and the family doctor said grave things about Gabrielle's constitutional delicacy. So it was decided that more gradual means must be tried to bring about the desired result. The "gradual means" as- sumed the shape of an instrument, hide- ous to behold and painful to wear. It broke Jack Ainslle's heart to see his little lady cabined and confined in such a cruel cage, and for the little lady herself it blot- ted out the sunshine and made life very gray and terrible. One thing was quite plain to Gabrielle, and that was that evi- dently nature was very much to blame in having provided a new "socket" for the poor little dislocated bone. That imperti- nence must be Interfered with at all costs. The doctors seemed to agree upon that, and Gabrielle wondered why It was so wrong to have no pain, to be perfectly un- conscious in her "affliction," as her nurse called it, and so interesting (to the doc- tors), and right to be uncomfortable and to wear a hideous high soled boot and an iron cage, with crutches under the arms that pushed her shoulders up to her ears. As for the instrument, it was designed and ordered by three famous surgeons, and it cost the price of many ponies. Ga- brielle tried to be brave. She was curi- ously conscious that the pain her parents jpQffcred was far greater than her own. The instrument was adjusted in London and on the way homo in the train her mother asked her many times, "Does it hurt you, my darling?" And Gabrlelle always answered bravely, "I can bear it, mother dear; I can bear it!" , '"hen she got home that night, the poor log was black from the cruel pres- K and Mary Ainslio broke down and cried till she could cry no longer. Gabri- elle tried to walk bravely In her cramping irons and to smile at her parents when she met their troubled eyes. At first she broke the thing continually, for she was an ac- tive child, much given to jumping off chairs and playing at cirrus on the big old sofa. But by and by all desire to jump and run left her. She grew high shoul- dered and would sit very still for hours while her daddy told her stories or drove her behind Roland In a little basket car- riage he had bought for her. Truly the Iron entered into her soul, tho cruel Iron that cramped the child's soft body, and Gabrielle's eyes grew larger and larger and her ohln more pointed, while the once plump little hands were white as the petals of the pear blossom outside the nursery Window. "I wish people wouldn't ask me about It. They are kind, hut I wish they wouldn't," Gabrlelle would My. "I'm tired of selling them about the socket, and I'm not 'a poor little soul.' I'm daddy's little lady !" There came to Jack Ainslie a very old college friend, a doctor, Gahrlellea godfa- ther and devoted to her, and he WM su- premely dissatisfied with her treatment and implored them Jo take fee* tome* young surgeon, a friend of his own, who waa making a great name and doing won mat uai meue should go to London as soon as possible. y% » What hastened the visit WM this: Ga- brielle was devoted to fairy lore, and a fa- vorite play of hers was to be the beautiful princess who is freed from giants and dragons and lions by the gallant " BoOtr' of the Norse tales. Her father always en- acted the pert of that redoubtable third son, and WM wont to kneel before her, making,, extravagant protestation* of his devotion, which she accepted with gracious condescension. On this particular after- noon, just after tea, her father proposed to play the favorite game, hut Gabrlelle would have none of It. "I can't ho a princess any more, daddy. I'm sure no princess ever wore an instrument," she said, "I don't feci like a princess any more at all." Her fathor caught her np in his arms, with a great, hard sob, which frightened her, and she stroked his face, saying tenderly: "Don't be sorry, dear, dear dad I I didn't mean to hurt you. fit he a princess! I will indeed! I will feel like a princess really!" The next day Jack Ainslie and his wife took Gabrlelle up to town. They did not even take the faith- ful Nana, for Gabrielle's mother could hardly bear to let any hands but hers touch her darling ever since the day that the ringmaster had made his sad discovery. Mary Ainslio took Gabrielle to the new doctor the following morning, while Jack sat in the smoking room of the hotel, lighting innumerable cigars which, he did not smoke and turning over illustrated papers which he did not see. Then he turned out of the hotel and walked down Piccadilly, blundering into the passers- by, and when he crossed tho road was nearly ridden over by an omnibus, so blind and stupid was he in his heavy sorrow. Poor Jack! His honest heart was very full of grief, for he loved his little lady dearly, and he felt that unless something were done quickly he would soon have nothing but a tender memory to love. Gabrielle and her mother were shown into the new doctor's consulting room at once. He was a tall young man, with red hair and keen green eyes. Her mother un- dressed Gabrielle, all but the "instru- ment," which clasped the tender littlo body, and seemed so cruelly unnecessary. The°young doctor frowne/l when he saw it. Then he took it off himself, and Ga- brielle nojjrfed that his touch was as gen- tle as her mother's and that his hands were warm. She gave a happy little shake when she was free of it, a little wriggle and jump of relief. Then tho doctor made her walk and felt her all over, after which he rolled her up in a big fur rug to sit in- front of the fire while he went into the next room with her mother: They were not long, away," and on their return Gabrielle looked up at the doctor with bright, curious eyes. "Does the instrument hurt you?" he asked. Gabrielle looked at it as it leaned feebly against a chair and said: "It does, rather, but it dees its best not to. I think"— *' Well, anyway, you 're not going to wear it any more. Are you glad?'' "But what will tho socket do?" "Bless me, child, they've talked about you far too much. The socket will do beautifully—much better without it than with it!" ' t-\ "May I wear shoes like other little girls?" "Certainly. The prettiest sh^oes that can be got." v '/Not compensatum shoes?" '' No. Ordinary shoes, exactly alike.'' By this time Gabrielle had been arrayed in some clothes. She noticed that her mother's hands trembled, but that her eyes were glad. The child looked up at the tall young doctor, who was watching, her with his keen green eyes, and said: '' My daddy will be so glad. He will look at me and not look so sorry, and there will be no hard things to stick into him when he cuddles me. He will be so glad!" The doctor made a queer little sound in his throat. Then he lifted Gabrielle in his arms and carried her to the window. "Do you see the end of this street," he asked, "where the roar and the rumbling sound comes from? That's Oxford street. Well, in that street is a beautiful shop full of shoes—shoes for little girls—and you are going there directly to get the prettiest pair that mother can find for you!" "May they have silver buckle*?" Gabri- elle Mked eagerly. "I think it extremely advisable they should have big silver buckles. You will walk both fast and far in buckled shoes, and you must learn to dance the tarantel- la,, and all the dolls will sit in a row to watch you." Gabrielle gave a delighted laugh. '' Will the leg that wore the irons get fat again like the other?" "Oh, dear, yes! You mustn't think about that leg any more, but you must do all the exercises mother is going to show you, and when you can hang on a trapeze for 80 minutes without falling off you must write 1 and tell me." Then Gabrielle's mother finished dress- ing her, all but her boots. The boot with the compensatum sole lay near the instru- ment. Gabrielle looked at it with great aversion. "It's a very dry day," said she. "May I go to the cab in my stockings and not put on shoes till I have my new ones?'' The doctor pushed the little boot our of sight under the chair with bis foot and said, "I'll carry you to the cab, and moth- er or the cabman will carry you to the shop across the pavement, and you shall never see that iron horror or that boot again!"' As the doctor carried her across the hall Gabrlelle put her arms round his neck and kissed him on both his eyes. "Your eyes taste very salt," she said. "But you are the best doctor in the World)"—London Outlook. NEW8. nd St. James. Since Maria Christina's husband's death In 1885 she has worked at the study of statesmanship and has really attained pop- ularity in Spain. Her most ardent sup- porters say that If her government is not perfect, it is only because the legendary prayer of St. James is never to be granted. When St. James of Compostella died and entered the kingdom of heaven, the Al- mighty, wishing to express his apprecia- tion of the apostle's righteous conduct on earth, offered to grant him any petition he might make. Being a thorough patriot, St. James be- gan by invoking the divine Meaning on his beloved country and then entreated that Spain might always possess the brav- est men, the fairest women, the loveliest climate, the most fertile soil, and finally the most perfect form of government. "Stop!" exclaimed the Almighty. AH your wiahea shall be granted with the ex- ception of the bail, were I to aooord yon that one also, all my angels would leave heaven and take op their abode In Spain." —Chap Book. Porto Rico is an irregular parallel with a length of abbot no mites and a breadth about one-third a« great* Its area ia 8,f50 iquare mile*, or aot halt New Jersey 'a. A. Hong Kong reporter, quoted in the New York Sun, says that the popularity of Admiral Dewey is re- markable. . All claeos the British, Germans, French, Japs and Swiss- speak in the highest terms of him and of his management of the block- ade at Manila. "Every British Clap- tain in port swears by Admiral Dewey, and friendly calls are ex- changed STery day by the offioers." El Monitor Espanol, the organ of the Spanish colony in the City of Mexico, created a sensation by pub- lishing an alleged dispatch from Washington, saying that President MoKinley invited Admiral Gervera to call upon him and that the latter did so, and when meeting the Presi- dent drew a pistol and killed the President. The Spaniards eagerly read the article end a good many be- lieved it. A press dispatch says it has been decided to fortify Honolulu, the cap- ital of Hawaii, and make it one of the strongest military posts in the Pacific. It is feared that the Prince of Wales will be a cripple for life as the result of the recent injury by which he broke his knee cap. * Admiral Sampson's official report of the naval battle off Santiago,July 3, has been made public It is in- teresting but adds nothing especially new to what is known about the en- gagement, except that the claim is made by the Admiral that it was his flagship New York which gave the signal to close in on the escaping Spanish ships and attack, them. The New York was then seven miles from the scene of action. Admiral Samp- son thinks that the blockade forma- tion of our ships at the entrance to the harbor bad much to do with en- suring the destruction of Cervera's squadron,and in this he is right,and, as the commanding officer, is en- titled to all of the credit arising therefronv The Admiral concludes his report by appending the report made to him by Commodore Schley and the other subordinate officers. The Admiral dees not single out Schley's work for special praise but includes him in the general lauda- tion. Commodore Schley in his re- port to Admiral Sampson says: "I congratulate you, most sincerely, upon this great victory to the squadron, under your command, and I am glad that I had an opportunity'to contribute in the least to a victory thst seems big enough for all of us." Hobson's choice has oeen made. The engagement is announced of the hero of the Merrimac to Miss Leila Clark, of Oswego, Kansas. They met eighteen months ago at Norfolk, Va., where she as bridesmaid and he as the best man. were attending a wedding. At Dallas, Texas, Joseph Malone, a negro gambler, 76 years old, pleaded guilty to the assault upon a white woman, and was sentenced to be hanged. William Lampson, who died at LeBoy, N. Y.,in Feb. 18s7,left about half a million dollars, nearly all hit property, to Yale University. The will was contested by an aunt, Laura Ann Brooks, who was not a legatee. The Appellate Court of the Fourth Judicial Department has just handed down a decision at Rochester against the contestant. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of the Sandwich Islands,who was in Wash ington many months trying to thwart annexation, has sailed from San Francisco for Hawaii. It is said she has cancer of the neck. She is reported as being greatly depressed over the annexation of her former kingdom, and may issue a manifesto protesting against the transfer of the islands^ and presenting a claim for forme* crown lands, which have an area of 1,000,000 acres, and yield an income of over $100,000 a year. Lieut. Hobson's mother denies the report that he is to be married to a Kansas girl. Spain ought to know that it takes two parties to make a bargain, or an armistice. The United States is un- der no obligations to suspend hostil- ities simply because Spain pretends to desire te make a peace proposition. During the War of 1819 the British began an expedition against New Orleans while. Peace Oosnmissioners were negotiating at Ghent, and the battle of New. Orleans pine, according to the rifle; while the Krag-Jorgensen, used by our soldiers would penetrate 26 i inches, and the Springfield rifle, also in use, could send a bullet only six inches through the same wood. This ex- plains the terrible effect of the Span- ish bullets. Major Theodore L. Poole says that the soldiers who have enlisted in the present war cannot become members of the Q. A. B., because it would be contrary to the ritual and by-laws as they now stand. He does not think that they would want to, anyway on account of the disparity in the ages of the members of the G. A. B., and their own ages; and he believes that they will probably form a Na- tional organisation of their own. The New York Evening Post says that Gen. Shatter finds that the Spanish prisons at Santiago are in a terrible condition, and that prison- era were discovered in some of them who had been confined for years awaiting trial for minor offences. A Prison Commission has been appoint- ed to review these cases. The news of Hawaii's annexation to the United States was- celebrated with great rejoicing in Honolulu, on July 13, when a steamer brought the news from San Francisco. There was an immense public demonstra- tion. There are 3,770 American soldiers in the hospitals in the Santiago dis- trict, of whom 2,924 are ill with fever. There were 639 new cases of fever reported yesterday, and 538 returned to duty. There were ten deaths yesterday from typhoid and yellow fever. SAMPSON AND SCHLEY. Official Account of Cervera's Shows Mo III Feeling. Rnin BOTH WRITE FRANK STORIES Nothing to Show That Ktther la Imbued With aJDealre to Rob the Other of Glory — Summary of Pub- lished Report. A GREAT IDEA. peace, as the Don Carlos, Switzerland, The only thins yon lost by being puno- THE news comes that Spain desires peace. This is not surprising. The course of events has shown that the time must soon come when the Spanish Government would see the folly of -further resistance. The foreign powers have evidently been satisfied that there was only one ending to the war. And yet the Spanish Government has been as de- fiant as at the outset, when the Queen made an address to the Cortes, urging a declaration of War. She was then anxious for War to save the crown of Spain for her son, Al- phopso. After untold expense and loss she now sues for monarchy is tottering, the Pretender, is in watching his chance to have a gen- eral insurrection break out in the kingdom. "THK victory eeems big enough for all of us," writes Commodore Schley to Admiral Snropson in his report of the battle in which Cer- vera's ships were destroyed That is a comprehensive way of putting it, and it is modest and manly. And here is a sententious and equally felicitous expression from Capt. Evans {"Fighting Bob") who says in his official report to Admiral Samp- son : "I cannot express my admira- tion for my magnificent crew. So long as the enemy showed his flag they fought like American seamen; but when the flag came down they were as gentle and tender as Ameri- can women." SPAIN, though pretending to be de- sirous of opening peace negotiations, is already showing her heels. A Madrid dispatch claims that she will make a protest to the Powers against an attack on Porto Rico because she has already made overtures for peace. Her protest will do her no good. There has been no agreement yet to cease hoetilities,and there wil be no cessation of hostilities until an agreement is reached. This is the long and snort of the whole matter. If Spain is playing for delay,the fact will soon be known. of the show that the bullets Good Intentions. Waikington Star. When we boys are playing ball Father always comes around, Doesn't like the game, at all, Bat you'llfindnim on the ground, Bat In hand, to take his stand; Perspiration on bis brow; Hollering, too, to beat the band. Father wants to show ns how. When a circus comes along Father doesn't care to go; Bat he feels it would be wrong For we bora to miss it, so We all see the elephant, Pelican and sacred cow. Try to feed 'em, but we can't. Father wants to show us how. Fireworks, they're all foolishness; But we've had 'em once a year, Mother looks 'em in the press, Different kinds, so big and queer. Pinwheela—safe and lets to spare— They are all that he'll allow U s to shoot when he Is there. Father wants to show as how. Washington, July 27.—Naval officers are diecussing with great eagerness the official account, Just published, of the engagement with Cervera's fleet off Santiago July 3. Admiral Sampson's report deals with the parts taken by all the American vessels tbat participated in the fight, Commodore Schley treats of the conduct of the ships of the sec- ond division, and particularly of the share his flagship, the Brooklyn, had In the contest, and the commanding offi- cers of vessels tell the story of the bat- tle as seen from their^ahlps. In addition to the reports of Admiral Sampson, and Commodore Schley the navy depart- ment gave out for publication the re- ports to.Admiral Sampson of Captain Evans of the Iowa and Captain Clark of the Oregon. The^reports of other com- manding officers, will be made public later. The great public interest to know what Admiral Sampson would say In his official account of the battle has been caused by the attempt made to show that he had no share In the great vic- tory, that Commodore Schley was the, real victor and that Sampson, in refer- ring to the battle having been won by "the fleet under my command," as he did in his telegraphed report, had pur- posely slighted Schley and sought to rob that officer of credit. The Introduc- tion In congress of resolutions providing for the recognition of Schley as the vic- tor gave a zest to* the interest mani- fested in the matter. Straightforward Reports. There is nothing, however, in the ac- counts written by Sampson, Schley, Ev- ans and Clark to show that the slight- est 111 feeling exists between any of the commanding officers of the fleet or that Sampson wants to rob Schley of credit or vice versa. Admiral Sampson's re- port is frank and straightforward. Commodore Schley's report is equally so. Admiral Sampson says that his flagship, the New York, was seven miles east of the entrance to Santiago harbor when the Spanish ships ran out and turned west and adds the manly admission that "she (the New YorkV was not at any time within the *ange of the heavy Spanish ships, and her only part In the firing was to receive the undivided fire from the forts in passing the harbor entrance and to fire a few shots at one of the destroyers." * He also refers to how well every offi- cer and man of the fleet performed his part in the work of preventing the en- .emy's ships from escaping from the time the blockade was established, men- tioning first In the list "the commodore In command of the second division." Commodore Schley is equally frank and manly. He refers to "the great victory of the squadron under your command" in his report to Sampson and, congrat- ulating the admiral, says: "I am glad that I had an opportunity to contribute in the least to a victory that seems big enough for all of us." A careful reading of the several re- ports transmitted to the^navy depart- ment shows that the people who have attempted to place Admiral Sampson In an unfavorable light, cause trouble between himself and Schley and rob him of a share in the great naval victo- ry have nothing to support them. The reports bear out Commodore Schley's assertion that the victory "seems big enough for all of us." While he does not say so directly it is apparent from Commodore Schley's report that he was personally in command of the Brooklyn during the engagement, assisted as chief of staff^ry the regular commander of that vessel, Captain Cook. Oregon Old 1 Jon's Share. The orders followed by the American ships were' those issued by Sampson soon after the blockade was establish- ed. Copies of these orders were trans- mitted with the report. In his. account of the battle Captain Clark does not mention any signal being seen from either flagship when the enemy's fleet was sighted coming out of the harbor, but the Oregon, he says,* went ahead to carry out Sampson's order to close In and endeavor to sink the enemy's ves- sels or force them to run ashore. When the signal was made from several ves- sels at once, "Enemy's ships escaping," the flagship New York, Captain Chad- wick, with Admiral Sampson aboard, put about and steamed toward the Spanish ships flying the signal, "Close in toward harbor entrance and attack vessels.** While the Brooklyn, New York, Tex- as, Iowa and Indiana did magnificent work, all of them except the New York having a conspicuous share in the vic- tory, the reports Indicate that the greatest credit wi|l go to the battle- ship Oregon and the converted yacht Gloucester. The Oregon's performance was wonderful. Both Sampson and Schley say that. The Brooklyn made a fine record for gunnery and speed. U any discrimination as to the relative work of the various vessels engaged can be made after a reading of the reports, the lion's share must go to the Glouces- ter, commanded by Lieutenant Com- mander Richard Walnwright, to whom Admiral Sampson gives most of the Credit for destroying the destroyers Pluton and Furor, not neglecting to say, however, that the Iowa, Indiana and Texas made them suffer severely before the Gloucester ended their ca- Iisnk Draw's Novel Scheme For a Cheap BaUlway Systeaa. Mr. Frank Drew the elder told a good story recently that was illustrative of the gullibility of some samples of the rural mind. Mr. Drew was detained some time ago at a country railway station. While there he fell into conversation with a cou- ple of idlers, the sort that usually hang around that center of excitement, a rural depot.. Mr. Drew slsed them up Immediately. He drew nearer. "It's a pity," he reflectively said, "that so much money Is wasted in building railroads. *_*_ "That's so," agreed one of the natives. "I've got a scheme," said Mr. Drew dreamily, "for cheapening the cost of them by at least 50 per cent." "How's that?" quoth the native. "Of course I'm not peddling this idea around,'' said Mr. Drew mysteriously. "Of course not," said the nativo. "I don't want it to get out before I se- cure my patent papers." "To be sure," said the native. "This is the scheme," said Mr. Drew. "I would havo just a short length of track material put together, and it would run under and over the train liko an endless chain. When the locomotive ran on to tho rails in front, tho last oar would bo pick- ing up rails at the rear and passing 'em along over tho roofs of the oars back to tho engine again. You see? The train would bo really laying its own track." "By gum," said the native, "that's Im- mense !'' "It strikes me so," said Mr. Drew mod- estly. "It eortaluly has a good many ad- vantages. It is a great thing to havo a train that will go anywhere you want it to go." "That's so," said the nativo. •There was a short silence. It was bro- ken by the other native. "Say, "ho said, "what you goin to do when you come to a rlverr" Mr. Drew was prepared. "That's simple," he promptly answered. "Wo use ties, of course, in our endless track. Those ties will lie made of rubber material and each one will he inflated. They will sustain 17,ODD thm:s their own weight, and you can't sink "em!" Tho natives looked at Mr. Drew with awe. "Gosh," they said, 'you've got a good thing. "—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Business. Ho was old, sho was young and withal fair, and more withal businesslike. They stood together at tho altar, ho almost pal- sled with excitement or drink, and sho cool, calm, statuesque. They got to that part of the marriage ceremony where he said: "With all my worldly good9 I thco en- dow." "Did you mako n list of them?" she asked in a quiet voice, every tone of which was heard in that dark old church. "Hush, hush!" said tho clergyman. "Pardon mo," she said, "but either ho reads out tho schedule and lets every ono present know tho valuo I set on myself this business Is off." And sho waited.— Pick Me Up. Very Carefnl of Him. The Lady—There! Now threaten again to enlist and risk your life in battle.— New York Journal. '1 A Necessary Delay.- —— "Billaon's got a new play mapped out. He's going to bring in tho sinking of the Merrimac and the fall of Morro Castle. But he can't open up until after the base- ball season." " 'Cause why?" " 'Cause he can't get nobody but base- ball umpires to play the Spanish parts." —Cleveland Plain Denier. "I over The Only Inference. have a piece of china in the house announced 300 years old," proudly the lady visitor. "Then you must do your, own work," quickly replied the brightflittle girl of the family, "for mamma says she'll be Mowed if she can And a girl that won't smash a whole set of china every six months."— Detorit Free Press. Sayre, Pa, The Sayre Furniture and Under- taking Ogtonpeny made an assign- ment /ssifeday. It was one of the WT»»t tke Madrid PrtM Sty* Madrid. July 18,—With the under- standing that no indemnity will he de- manded and that Spanish sovereignty in the Philippine islands win be re- spected, the newspapers here consider the terms of peace attributed to Presi- dent McKlnley as being acceptable. The papers, however, protest against the continuance of hostilities by the United States after Spain had seed tor The minister for war, General Is arranging for the recaption of the troops which snrraadersd at us* V*WSB> saaawj u*s Obviously. "Pedigree?'* echoed the applicant for office. "What's that?" "Your ancestry,'* said the chief of the department. "Of course you have soma sort of family tree?" . / "Oh, yes!" rejoined tho Ohio man. "My family tree is a buckeye/'^bioago Trib- une. ; Retaliation. even with 'em,' "J'U get even with l em," exclaimed. Blanco, "for spreading the news that they have our fleet bottled up!" "What are you going to dot" "I'm going to send a report to Madrid that their board of strategy is nailed Sown."—Washington Star. An exceptional Ca Engraver—Don't you think "To My Dear Wife" a better Inscription than "To My Dearest Wife?" Customer—Ordinarily, perhaps, but not when a fellow has his third one.—Jewel- Weekly. So Thonghtfal. "Jennie Bronson is a clever girl." "What has she done now?" "HunVed out 17 different ways of frying army pork and sent the recipes to Captain Johnson."—Ciawsland^latn Deals*. •pit "Soyotrare learning French, my little girl? Wan, can yon tsU ms whs* donkey and pig are in French?" "Oh.no! We haven't come to the i Btve words yet."—lUegende • Thomas M. 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