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United States, and now wc have "Comic History of Greece.*’ by Charles M. Snyder. In a preface the author pays. "This book was undertaken for the purpose of getting even with Greece for ever venturing to have n history. Two or three of the unstudlous back row. of which the author was a conspicuous member-at college, have expressed with humiliating frankness their astonishment at the writer’s association with the project and their concern for the publisher. At any rate, the author does not forget the exasperating Hellenic topography which he was compelled to describe, nor is he likely to lose sight of the drudgery which began with the Pelasginns and concluded with Philip of Macedon and an apology.” In this spirit of revenge the author writes in a style of broad burlesque the history of the siege cf Troy, tho choice of Paris, the Odyssey, tlie conquest of Messenia, the Persian invasion and repulse, and many other passages in the historyof Greece. Readers who enjoy comic histories will find this one amusing, and it is realty very funny in spots. The illustrations by seven different artists are numerous and amusing. Philadelphia: J. B. JAppincott Company. Wonder Tales from Wagner. Anna Alice Chapin, author of “The Story of Rhinegold," has produced another work which might be called a continuation of that on the same I'nes. In “Wonder Tales from Wagner," she tells in story form the legends upon which tive of Wagner’s operas are based: The doom of Vanderdecken. who defied the elements; the capture of Tannitauser by the wiles of Venus, and his expiation: ixihengrin's championship of Elsa and her lack of faith; the fatal love of Tristan and Isolde.'and the kindly humor of liana Sachs, the master singer of Nuremburg. and the triumph of inspiration over pedantry. The stories are related in simple language, which preserves the quaint flavor of the old folk-lore, and they are an aid to tlie understanding of the operas to which they relate. Harper & Brothers. A Volume of Short Stories. Under the title of “The Queerest Man Alive" R. P. Fcr.no & Cq.. New York, publish a volume containing nix short stories by George H. Hepworth. The title story is founded on a very grotesque conceit, that of a telescopic man who could be pulled out to a length of eight feet or collapsed Into u yardstick of aldermanic proportions. He certainly deserved the appellation of “The Queerest Man Alive,” and the story is a fairly clever one. The second. “Yegor’s Picture." borders on the supernatural. Another relates how a man discovers that a woman who fainted at the night of a mouse was capable of a higher form of courage than himself. The other stories are more on the conventional order. They are all well told and up to the average of short stories in point of merit. Span-Yam. Good sea stories always find interested readers. There Is a pleasing mystery and perennial fascination about the sea that makes stories of sea life, that is, good ones, very attractive. “Spun-Yarn,” by Morgan Robertson, consists of live stories told by a sailor who adds to his knowledge of sea and ships an insight into human nature, some acquaintance with science, and a fertile imagination. There is something out of the ordinary, some incident of a startling and novel character, in each of the stories. They show indisputable knowledge of nautical affairs and are all worth reading. Harper & Brothers. IloHin the Brno. This is anew volume ip the Captain January series, by Laura K. Richards. Those who have read the same author’s pretty stories, “Melody” and “Marie,*’ will be specially interested in “Rosin tile Beau,” as it tells the life story of the picturesque old violinist who figured in one of those stories and of the charming Marie of the other. It is a simple, pathetic story told in a delightful way. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Books Received. "A Passionate Pilgrim," by Percy White, Paper, 50 ctjnts. Appleton & Cos., New’ York. “The Third Woman," by the author of "Quo Vadis." Paper. 25 cents. J. P. Ogilvic & Cos.. 57 Rose street. Now York.

Publisher*’ Notes. G. P. Putnam’s Sons will publish shortly the authorized American revision of "Le Scutlen de Famille.” the last story, completed shortly before his death, of Alphonse Daudet. The book will be issued simultaneously in Paris. London, and New York. The title given to the American version will be "The Head of the Family.” Lamson.. Wolffe & Cos. announce "A Man at Arms,” a romance of the days of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the great viper, by Clinton Scollard. The scene of the story is laid in Italy. In the latter part of the fourteenth century. A strong picture is drawn of Italfan life at this period, with its petty vendettas. family broils, and the unprincipled methods employed by the heads of noble families to gain their personal ends. Laird & Lee. of Chicago, have just issued in their collection of technical reference books a "Machinists’ and Engineers’ Pocket Manual," edited by D. 13. Dixon, which is a very complete as well as compact work. It Includes a compilation of rules and solved problems pertaining to steam engines, steam boilers, steam pumps, etc., based on plain arithmetic, and free from algebruic difficulties, together with necessary tables, and data of highly practical value in the machine shop, mechanfcul drawing room and steam power plant. It embraces a dictionary of terms used in steam engineering and electricity, and a number of other valuable features. The Scribners are about to round out appropriately their series of "Stories by American Authors.” and “Stories by English Authors.” with a similar set of ten volumes devoted to continental writers. “Stories by Foreign Authors” will consist of ten volumes devoted to the masterpieces of shortstory writing from modern European authors. They will be divided as follows: Three French volumes, two German, one Spanish, one Russian, one Scandinavian, on? Italian, and one miscellaneous—Polish, Greek, Belgian and Hungarian. The Scribners will begin to publish in April the new edition of George Meredith’s works, containing the author’s final revision. The edition is to be a handsome one. in sixteen volumes, printed from new plates and with frontispiece in photogravure. OMAHA’S COMING SHOW. War Preparations Not Interfering; with Placing of Exhibits. OMAHA, Neb . April 17.—The pieparations for war have not interfered with tke work of the United States government comnSssion for the Transmiaslsslppi Exposition. Captain H. C. Ward, U. S. A., the representative of the board of management of the government exhibit, has received notice that u portion of the War Department exhibit has been shipped and will arrive in Omaha within a few days. Some of the material included in this shipment will be of peculiar Interest, being torpedoes of various kinds and ground mines similar to the instrument of destruction which caused the Wreck of the Maine. These exhibits arc shipped from the army war college at WlHet’e Point, and Include In addition to the mines and torpedoes models of engineering works of various kinds, models of mortar batteries, a model of Key West harbor, about which considerable Interest is now centering; a model of a depress disappearing gun battery; a model of the American lock at Sault Ste. Marie, the largest canal lock in the world, etc. The shipment also includes a miscellaneous collection of small arms, including specimens of the antique as well as the most improved modern instruments of warfare. Two cars of material for the exhibit of the fish commission are in the city, ar.d will be switched to the exposition grounds immediately. These contain exhibits, including models, fishing apparatus. casts, stuffed specimens, etc. V\ u Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, has notified the department of publicity and promotion that lie lias detailed Chan Fan Moore, ar, officer of the Chinese legation, as the official repre-m-illative of the Chinese government at the exposition. The collector of customs Ht San Francisco has been notified bv the Treasury Department that "20 Chinese actors, artists, jugglers and exhibitors will arrive at that port on the Gaelic, which is due April JR. These Chinamen are eu route to the exnosition. and will be allowed to pass v It bout delay, they having agreed to return to t hina after the exposition closes. RAIN AND HAILSTORM. Enftteri* \eliraka Soaked with Three Inches of Water in mi Ilnur. OiIAIIA. Neb.. April L.—-A heavy rain and hallutrrm visited eastern Nebraska tills afternoon, doing much damage. In some places as much as three inches of water fell in an hour. At Louisville. Neb., 500 feet of the Rock Island main line was washed 011*. derailing an easi-hour and passenger train. The engine and haggage car were demolished, hut no one was seriously hurl.

TROOPS READY TO BKt;i\ THEIR ADVA M E f’l BAWARD TO-DAY AM) TO-MOUItOW. ♦ Transportation Ar m nee men I * Will Be Completed This Morning, and the Onward Movement Begun. RETURN OF W. H. BROWNSON THE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RETORTS AT NAY V DEPARTMENT. And Say* There Are Few- Desirable War Ships for Sn-le Abroad, Owing to (he Eastern Crisis. PLANS OF RED CROSS SOCIETY RELIEF SUPPLIES TO BE SENT TO CUBA UNDER THE SACRED FLAG. Will Be Convoyed by War Ships if the Necessity Arises—The Alabama to Be Launched May 18.

WASHINGTON. April 17.—1n the War and Navy Departments to-day there was lacking that evidence of activity and rush which has characterized them for so many Sundays past. In tho War Department Adjutant General Corbin was at his desk for a short time in the morning. He said there had been no changes in the details of the mobilization of troops announced sonyi days ago nor any important assignments of officers. The proposals from railroads for transporting the troops from the various places where they are now located will bo opened to-morrow, and the expectation is that the soldiers, in many instances, will begin their journey South on the same day. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was at the Navy Department for some time during the morning transacting matters requiring his attention. He had a visit from Commander Willard H. Brownson, who has just returned to the United States from his visit abroad, where he was sent to purchase mcn-of-war and munitions for the use of the United States navy. The commander is looking well bronzed, and says he had an enjoyable trip, having spent practically all Ills time in Italy, France and England. Ho made a number of recommendations and reports to Secretary Long during his Inspections abroad, and will submit the final one to the secretary to-morrow'. He asked to be excused from discussing the results of his trip pending his report to the secretary. Commander Brownson, during his visit, was able to gauge the feeling which the European nations have for this country in its issue with Spain. Concerning the Englishmen, he remarked that their sympathy is for us, and they are with us to a man. A great many Frenchmen sided with Spain, although the commander said his observations regarding them were based on reports only. Italy being one of the Latin countries, there is an element which sympathizes with Spain, although many of the commercial classes, realizing that much of the trade of the peninsula is with the Unitea States, look on our contention with favor. Commander Brownson says that owing to the uncertain state of affairs in Europe growing out of the Eastern question. in which most of the great nations are Interested, very few really satisfactory war ships are to be found on the market, while in six months from now, when possibly no one will want to purchase any, no doubt some will be available. Unfinished ships and those of inferior quality were to be obtained if desired, but the government preferred not to purchase vessels of that kind. The commander will leave the city to-morrow for New 7 York, where he is to assume command of the Yankee, to which he has been assigned. The central Cuban relief committee of New York will load an American steamship with supplies for the relief of the reconcentrados in Cuba immediately and dispatch it to Key West for orders. She will be followed as soon as possible by a second ship. Both will sail under the Red Cross flag and be in charge of Red Cross agents. It is hoped that the way will be clear for the vessels to proceed to the Cuban ports, land and distribute the supplies, but naval and military escort will be provided in accordance with the Geneva treaty should hostilities have broken out before the arrival at Key West. A sufficient number of agents of the American National Red Cross will accompany the ships to effectually carry on the distributions. Probably Miss Barton will join the first ship ai Key West. Uhuirman Stephen E. Barton, of the central Cuban relief committee, was at the State Department to-day. He returned to New York to-night. The War and Navy Departments and Surgeon General Sternberg have been notified of the readiness of the American National Red Cross to render service, supplemental to the army and naval medical departments. if called upon. Miss Clara Barton will shortly visit this city for conference and will then return to Key West. ONE OF THREE GREAT SHITS. The Alabama to Be Launched May 18 —Description of the Yessel. PHILADELPHIA. April 17.-11 was learned here to-day that May 18 has been fixed as the date for the launching of the United States battle ship Alabama, in course of construction at the Cramps’ ship yard. Miss Morgan, daughter of United States Senator Morgan, will, it is stated, christen the ship named in honor of her native State. The Alabama will be first in the water of the three big battle shjps contracted for in October, 18%. The other two —the Wisconsin and Illinois—are being built, respectively, at San Francisco and Newport News. All three are identically alike. The Alabama’s keel was laid in November, 18%, and work on her has been considerably delayed because of the complication that arose over the question of the price the government should pay for armor plate. This matter is likely to be settled speedily now, as the bill providing for the payment of $4(X> a ton for armor has passed trie House and Is now pending in the Senate. In all, 8,606 tons of armor will be required for the three battle ships, including ballistic plates, bolts and other necessary hurveyized steel appurtenances. The size of the Alabama can be comprehended from the fact that she is eight feet longer than the large battle sldp lowa, completed by tlit* Cramps last year. She is No. :t in the naval register, and is terhnleally known as a first-class sea-going battle ship. Her length on load water fine Is 388 feet., extreme breadth 73 feet 5 inehes. mean draught 33 feet 8 inches and displacement at that draught 11.525 tons. She will have two vertical inverted three-cylinder triple expansion engines, driving twin screws, estimated to develop I '.* Indicated horse power under a moderate forced draught. Her guaranteed speed is to be sixteen knots an hour. The boilers are to curry IV) pounds pressure. Th** armament will be four thirteen-inch breech -loading rifles, mounted In pairs in two elliptical turrets on the middle line,

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one forward and one aft of the superstructure; fourteen six-inch rapid-fire breechloading rifles, mounted In sponsons. ard a secondary battery of sixteen six-pounder and four onc-|>ounder rapid-fire guns, together with one Gatling and one field gun. Site will also have four torpedo tubes. The side armor of the Alabama Is to be 18*2 inches thick at the top of the bolt, tapering to inches at the bottom. In the turrets the port-hole plates will be seventeen inches thick and other plates fifteen inches. In.sale of this will rise a protective dock, with armor four inches thick on tho slopes aft,, three inches forward and 2% on the flat top. PATRIOTIC BROKERS. Wall-Street Men Will Form n Regiment and Offer Tlielr Service*. NEW YORK. April 17.—Washington E. Connor, erstwhile broker for Jay Gould, and to-day watchdog for the vast Gould interests, Is at the head of a Wall-street patriotic movement. In conjunction with Theodore Myers, ex-controller of New York, and one of the most influential brokers In the street, he will form a regiment made up entirely of Wall-street men and offer it to tlie government. Already SIOO,OOO is pledged for the use of tire regiment, and more than one thousand men. comprising brokers, bankers, clerks and others who seethe up anti down the financial districts and yell on the floors of the exchanges, are ready to put on blue uniforms and carry rifles or swords into battle. It is intended to put the regiment In the field fully equipped and officered. It will be no toy regiment, either. Its officers will be experienced men, familiar with the tactics of battle and able to lead their men straight to the point where execution is done. Some of them are at present members of the National Guard: others have served their terms in the citizen soldiery and are ready to go in again. “This is business, ’ said Mr. Connor. "Wc have been watching the trend of events, and we see that the time has arrived when the plowshare must be welded into the sword and the dust of commerce give way to the strife of battle. The men who can hold their own in the fierce strife of Wall street are sure to give good account of themselves in the field. The response to tho call has been unanimous and the sinews of war were pledged in such a short time that we could see how easy it would have been to raise several times the amount of money wc shall need. Wc can produce the regiment*, fully equipped and drilled, in thirty days.” The full number of a regiment is •1.042 men. Many more than that number have already volunteered, and the ten companies required can be in line almost instantaneously. MAY COAL AT KINGSTON. Britain’s Order AVIII Not Prevent Ships from Getting; Fuel. WASHINGTON, April 17.—The action of Great Britain in declaring coal to be contraband of war, as reported from Jamaica, is sakl to have a significance different from that attached to it in the dispatches. As explained in a high diplomatic quarter, such an order would not prevent a vessel of either Spain or the United States from taking coal at Kingston or any other port in the West Indies. Even when this article is. contraband, it is said to be usual to permit a vessel of a belligerent power to take aboard sufficient coal to carry her to the next.port. Once out of the port, however, the- vessel takes her chances with her contraband cargo, and it is liable to seizure us contraband of war while en route to a port of tho belligerent power. Applying this rule to the present case, it is said that if a Spanish ship went to Kingston for coal she would be able to carry a. supply sufficient to carry iter to Porto Rico or Cuba. When once away from Kingston, however, the vessel and her cargo would be subject to seizure by United States ships. The same rule, it is said, would apply in case a ship of Great Britain or any other country was engaged in carrying such a c ontraband article. The flag would protect tho ship as a whole, but it would not protect the contraband article on board, the ship being subject to search and to seizure of the contraband article. The rule would apply' equally', it is said, to ships’taking coal m Kingston for the use of United States naval vessels. In effect, however, the rule would be applicable mainly to Spain, as the United States naval vessels need not look to the British West Indies for their coal supplies, whereas Spanish vessels would rely on this as well as other W'est Indian ports for such supplies.

STIR AT KEY WEST. Arrival of fle Colored Troop* Arouse* the Sleepy City. KEY WEST, Fla., April 17.—The arrival of Companies A and G, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, late last night aroused Key West from tropical lethargy, and this Sunday has been marked by a stir unwonted even in these exciting times. The fleet in the harbor and the military on land give this lazy little town a warlike aspect, which sits strangely on it. The colored troops, 125 in number, were obliged to remain on board tho City of Key West all night, because of lack of accommodations at the barracks, already given over to two batteries of artillery. It was eventually decided to quarter them in old Fort Taylor, and this morning they formed in double file and marched there—a stalwart body of men—many of whom have seen war service in Indian campaigns, and most of whom rank high as sharpshooters. Some of the local papers have been protesting against having colored troops sent here, and there had been a slight fear of an unfavorable demonstration. So far from anything of the kind happening, the colored troops were greeted with only words of praise. Throughout the day wagons have been going between the wharf and the forts, transferring the effects of the new comers. There was no movement of the fleet today. Chaplain Chidwiek celebrated mass on the Cincinnati this morning, and to-night preached in the Catholic Church. The Nashville took the patrol to-night. The Mallory line steamer Lampasas, which arrived here Thursday with coal for the fleet, has received instructions from the main office to remain at Key West until further orders, as the government is negotiating for her purchase. But. whether purchased or not. she will be used by the government to transport troops to Cuba should the necessity arise. WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED. Steamer St. Foul to Be Converted Into nil Auxiliary Cruiser. PHILADELPHIA. April 17.—The American line steamer St. Paul, which sailed from New Y'ork to-day for this city, passed in the Delaware capes at 5:30 o'clock this evening. She will reach Cramps’ ship yard to-morrow, and on Tuesday morning the work of transforming her into an auxiliary cruiser will begin. It is estimated that this work will require abiut fifteen days, and will amount to an almost entire reconstruction of her interior. The stateroom partitions will bo pulled down and will either he enlarged to accommodate twenty or twentyfive men in each or be made into one large apartment, similar to the berth ueck in a man-of-war. A large portion of her bulwarks will be removed, as well as the superfluous deck structures, in order to place the batteries. Her armament will consist of two six-inch and ten five-inch rapid-fire guns for the main battery, and twelve thre-e-pounders for tho secondary battery. From present indications there will be no armor placed on the vessel, as she now liasplates as heavy as the small cruisers in the navy. The same general plans, it is believed, will be- followed in tne alteration of the St. Louis, New York and Paris. MONITOR NAHANT TESTED. Arrival of the 01l Fighting Machine in New York Harbor. NEW YORK. April 17.—The monitor Nahant arrived early this morning from Philadelphia. anchored off Tomklnsviile, S. 1. The Nahant left League island on the 15th and was towed to this port by a tug. She is rnanneel mostly by the naval reserve . In many ways the trip was noteworthy. Tho young gunners of the reserves took occasion to break the Nahant’s firing record and completely eclipsed the firing record of the Passaic, her sister ship. Thousands of people visited tlie Monitor to-day to examine her old-fashioned ordnance. The engines in the Nahant arc old, but they still work without trouble. They are the same engines that propelled her during tlie war. and while somewhat crude in appearance are capable of effective service for many years to come. When the anchor was cast, Lieutenant Frey, who is in charge of the engine room, bad a minute examination made of h"r entire machinery, and pronounced her engines all right. “The crew in the engine room,” said Lieutenant Frey, “worked admirably.

I did not think they would do half as well. For many 7 years I have been connected with vessels of the navy and steamships, but I have never seen a crew’ in the engine room work hotter than the hoys on the Nahant.” The best test of the crow was show’n in the handling of the guns. In the past their training has been with the modern rapidfire ordnance. Formerly the best record fer quick loading and tiring of guns on the Nahant or the Passaic, her sister ship, was two shots in thirteen minutes. But when the New York naval reserve took charge of the brace of big guns they fired four shots in sixteen minutes. The starboard gun came near the turret after the first shot. So great was the recoil that tho gun nearly jumped the carriage. The charge consisted of seventy-five pounds of powder. When the Nahant. dropped anchor, Commander Rochman went aboard tho cruiser San Francisco and paid his respects to Commodore Howell. The Nahant will probably go to the navy yard to-morrow. ROOSEVELT WANTS TO FIGHT. ••Tedd.v the Terror” Mny Resign and Serve with New York Troops. WASHINGTON. April 17.—Hon. Theodore Roosevelt probably will resign his office as assistant secretary of the navy in case of hostilities with Spain, to accept a commission for active service in the army. Nothing definite has vet been decided upon as to what assignment he will accept, but it is believed that lie would prefer to serve with the New York state troops. From the beginning of the present difficulties with Spain Mr. Roosevelt, has been prominent among those who believe that war is the only solution of the problem, and since the disaster to tiie Maine his advice to tlie Piesident and the members of the Cabinet has uniformly been for immediate action against the Spaniards with the full power of the army and navy. He has never doubted that the Spaniards were responsible for the wreck of the Maine and believes that that act fully justifies an immediate declaration of war. Will Start Tuesday. ST. PAUL. April 17.—At tlie headquarters of the Department of Dakota it w'as stated to-day that the eight companies of the Third Regiment of infantry at Fort Snelling would leave for the South Tuesday next. There are 520 rpen and officers in the regiment. The following troops of this department will also leave their various posts on Tuesday. Seven troops of the Tenth Cavalry, 485 men and officers, from Fort Asslnabolne, Mont., over the Great Northern Railroad; three troops of the Tenth Cavalry. 172 men and officers, from Fort Keogh. Mont., over the Northern Pacific; four companies of the Second Infantry, 268 men, from Fort Keogh, over the Northern Pacific: two companies of the Second Infantry, 13S men and officers, from Fort Yates. N. D., over the Northern Pacific. and two companies of the Second Infantry. 135 men and officers, from Fort Harrison, Mont., over the Northern Pacific. These troops are expected to pass through St. Paul about Thursday. Colonel John M. Bacon, of the Eighth Cavalry, who will succeed Brigadier General Wade in command of the Department of Dakota, is expected to arrive in St. Paul Tuesday morning. Gen. CoiqiinKer En Route to Mobile. OMAHA, Neb., April 17.—General Coppinger left Omaha this afternoon for Mobile over the Missouri Pacific. With him are personal aids Lieutenants Grate Hutcheson and Alex W. Perry, Major Andrews, adjutant general Department of the Missouri, and Major Enoch W. Crowder, judge advocate general. There w'as a crowd at the depot to bid them Godspeed, including many representative citizens of Omaha. When a friend said to General Coppinger, "I wish you a prompt and safe return,” the general smilingly-replied: “You had better wish us good luck and cool weather.” All the party is in good spirits. They will reach Mobile Tuesday morning. At the headquarters to-night the bids for moving the troops from this department are being tabulated, and the awards will be made some time during the night, hut probably not until after mid night. All the roads are ready to move- such of the business as is awarded to them.

Ready for Service. PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—The old monitors Montauk and Lehigh, which have been assigned, respectively, to Portland, Me., and Boston, will go into commission to-morrow. The t’atskill. Which went into commission yesterday, will sail for Boston on Tuesday. Tho full crews for the Montauk and Lehigh have not yet readfi%d ’ League island, ’but skeleton crows of naval reserves are aboard and w'ere busy all of the day getting things ship-shape. Work was also being pushed elsewhere in the yard. The repairs to the Mlantonomoh’s hoisting apparatus have been completed, and she is expected to sail this w'eek. The gunboat Vixen, formerly the yacht Josephine, will be placed In dry dock to-day to have her bottom attended to. Her six-inch rapid-fire guns and her one-pounders are yet to be mounted, and she will be ready to sail Friday or Saturday. <i'i, The “Fly.insr Squadron.” FORT MONROE, April 17— Commodore Schley’s ships had a very quiet Sunday. There was nothing doing on the flag ship, the Columbia or the Minneapolis. The Texas and Massachusetts finished coaling, and in the afternoon the Massachusetts shifted her anchorage because she was a little too close to the Minneapolis. Shore leave was not allowed the men, but this afternoon there were several visiting parties among the ships, and some of the men went aboard the training ship Alliance for a friendly call. The Wampatuok, Lieutenant Carl Jungen, who was on the Maine, in command, and the Uncas, Lieutenant F. R. Brainard, just detached from the Brooklyn, passed up to Norfolk this afternoon, and the torpedo boat Rodgers went out for a trial. Anderson Raising; 11 Model Company. Special to the lndianai>olis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., April 17.—At a mass meeting In this city, which lasted until midnight, the preliminary steps were taken in the organization of a company of volunteers. Captain Burr presided and opened the lists to men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight, who had no families and were able-bodied. Many presented themselves. but lie accepted only eighteen. They represent the conservative element of the city. Volunteer lists were posted to-day for signatures. Every man must pass a close examination—even closer than that required by the regular army. It is thought that by this means a model company of 303 can be raised in this city for Spanish service. Army of Catholic Warrior*. CINCINNATI. 0., April 17.—The Enquirer says Judge H. W. Rieves, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Young Men’s Catholic Institute of the United States, has directed every council to designate a member to whom to telegraph in case of war and to enroll at once all willing to go to the front the moment the President calls for volunteers. M. T. Corcoran, of Cincinnati, the supreme vice president of the order, confirms this story. Hon. J. J. MeDade, of Sati Francisco, the supreme president, has been telegraphing copiously. This order numbers fifty thousand and It is estimated 90 per cent, are willing to go at once. Relief Association Proposed. PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—1n response to a call from Rev. Henry C. McCook, pastor of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, a congregational meeting was held after the regular church service to-night and steps were taken towards forming a relief association in view of hostilities between Spain and this country. It w s decided to issue invitations to churches in other cities to join in the movement, giving the. proposed relief plans a national scope. Details of the character of relief have not been decided upon, but will probably pertain t<* the. needs of sick and wounded sailors and soldiers. Recruit* for National Guard. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 17.—As a result of the order issued yesterday by Adjutant General Muhlberg. of the state National Guard, to the commanding officers of the infantry companies and artillery batteries to recruit their commands to one hundred men each, the work lias been carried on in this city to-day. the drill armory on Hixtli street 1 oing crowded all day. The St. Paul companies an rapidly tilling up. and word come* from the cities out In the State to the same effect. Ft is expected that within forty-eight hours the order will have been tilled. Troop* from Far Northwewt. FORT SHERMAN. Ida., April 17.-Two companies of the Sixteenth Infantry at Port Spokane are to join the five companies from Fort Sherman at the city of Spokane not later than Tuesday, and It is file opinion of Colonel Theaker that his command will

leave here Tuesday morning- lieutenant Buck and a detachment in recruiting service at Seattle have been ordered to report to Fort Sherman immediately. Lieutenant Buck and a detail of ten men are to be left at Fort Sherman llunlt nt Powder Mills. PENN’S GROVE, N. J.. April 17.—Every available man. experienced in t)ie manufacture of powder, is being given employment at the Dupont powder mills, to rush the heavy government orders for munitions of war. The company’s pay roll aggregates $6,000 per month, which Is heavier than at any time In the history of the company. It is understood that the company has contracted to furnish the government with sl,SCO.CCU worth of powder. t'.innilinn Irtlllerymen Enlisting. TORONTO, Ont.. April 17.—Expert artillerymen of Canada are being sought for by the United States military authorities, Gutiner Ross, of A Battery, of the Military School at Kingston. Ont,. secured his discharge several days ago and has been recruiting ever since, lie left yesterday for Washington, and will be followed by at least half a hundred of the best artillerymen of the Dominion. Another Auxiliary (‘miner. PORTSMOUTH, N. 11., April 17.—Tlie steamer Shawmut. which has been discharging coal here, has been ordered to the Boston navy yard to bo converted into an auxiliary cruiser. The steel tug P'ymouth, of the Reading line, has been taken by the government. Cheers for Soldiers. ATLANTA. Ga., April 17.—Company G, Fifth Infantry. Captain Partello, left Fort McPherson to-day for Fort Barrancas. Gen. Graham and staff and three thousand cheering people witnessed the departure. Four companies leave to-morrow for Tampa. British Cruiser Leuven Bermuda. BERMUDA. Bermuda Islands, April 17. The British cruiser Talbot has sailed from this port. It is rumored that her destination is Nassau, in the Bahamas. OUR YELLOW JOURNALS AMAZING DOINGS OF TWO NEW YORK PAPERS WELL DESCRIBED. * All Their Headers Know They Lie, hut Millions of Copies Are Sold and Must Have Some lutlnvuve. * New York Correspondence London News. My servant has just come in with my morning paper in her arms, and has unloaded it on the bed, where it makes a deep dent in the bedding. 1 look at the heap as it lies covering a third of the bed, and 1 ask if she is sure that is all of it. “No," she says, “I did not think you’d notice it, sir, but your wife has the ladies’ supplement, your daughter has the sheet of music that came with it, and there’s eight pages of pictures that the children are looking at.” 1 proceed to go through what has been left for me, for there are seventy-six pages in this day's copy of the paper, so that I have my work cut out for a few hours, at any rate. I wonder if the readers of the Daily Mail know what wo mean by yellow journalism. It is exploited in the highest degree by the World and Journal in New York. It is in its fullest /lower at the time of friction with Spain, the anticipation of war having given the editors the chance they needed to show what they could do. Supplement after supplement of to-day's World and Journal are each printed in colors so gaudy and Indiscriminate that, at a distance, each page looks like a fried egg: The pictures arc of soldiers and sailors, of exploding bombs, and ships in action. The articles are first cousins to the pictures—alcoholic, vitriolic, electric and startling. ... One editor broke down under the strain and actually issued an edition declaring war. He has been taken from, the office of the "World to a madhouse—a merciful change of scene, because he will not notice the difference and the public will. He was the edtior of an evening edition. It is the evening editions of the great morning papers that are capping the climax of sensationalism and audacity. They are coining money out of the war scare, which they themselves have manufactured, and may yet see brought to a hideous reality. The yellowest of all these papers, the "Journal,” actually printed thirty extra editions in a-spaee of twelve or fourteen hours, and sold a million and a half copies to the shop-girls, store-porters, errand boys, counter-jumpers and barroom loungers, who get their daily education out of this sort of mental pabulum. I bought the twenty-fourth edition for a curiosity, as I went into a theater at 8 o'clock. After the second act I went out and got the twenty-sixth edition, and at 11 o’clock, when I was on my way home, I bought the twenty-ninth extra. Every day this is repeated in a greater or less degree. The newscarts which race madly about the town, clearing the streets like tire-engines, have huge placards on their sides, announcing "Latest War News!” The newsboys now always yell. “Extry! AH about de war!” precisely as if we were in the midst of hostilities.

MAKING THE NEWS. The recipe for making a war extra is to get a line of fact or rumor and charge it with the carbonic acid gas of imagination until it fills three columns, half made up of headlines in poster type. Here are feonie actual titles of recent articles: “The Pope is with America,” “Bismarck says Germany Favors our Side,” “Six New War Ships Bought,” "Spaniards Call Our Senators Dirty Pigs,” "A Journal’ Woman Rides on a Dynamite Torpedo,” “United States Rejects International Arbitration,” “Britain’s Minister Calls on the President to Make an Anglo-Saxon Alliance.” The minor articles and pictures deal with the starving Cubans, contemptuous cartoons about Spain, accounts of cruel Spanish bulltights, or pictures of Sullivan, Corbett, r< itzsimmons and Peter Jackson, the prizelighters, dressed in soldier clothes, each with a patriotic sentiment underneath, like, “you bet your bottom dollar I’ll tight,” credited to the ex-champion of the bruisers. John L. Sullivan. The proprietors of the World and Journal are making energetic preparations for a possible campaign. Mr. Pulitzer, of the World, has £2to,o<JO a year to spend, and Mr. Hearst, of the Journal, is worth £4,(XW,odU. Their evening papers have each a staff of twenty men on duty day and night, ready at a moment’s notice to turn out a complete edition tilled with hair-raising war news and pictures, any one of which, if taken into a dairy, would sour nil the milk. Another paper has arranged for a correspondent to accompany each American regiment that invades Cuba and give vivid accounts of their respective victories over the Spanish forces. A rival journal keeps three steam yachts at sea loaded to the gunwales with war correspondents, pencils ready sharpened to puncture the Spanish cause. The effect of exposing the public to daily electric shocks such as these papers give can scarcely be exaggerated. The people read that their President is a coward and that the assistant secretary of the navy declares "w’e should wipe the Spanish navy from the high seas.” The poets are said to be hard at work trying to produce anew national hymn, and the ballad writers arcturning out patriotic songs by the ream. One. that 1 have just seen is entitled, ”it Takes a Man to be a Soldier.” ONE OF THE RESULTS. A theater manager, trying to imitate patriotism lor the sake of notoriety, spread an immense Spanish tlag in the foyer of his theater In a German and Jewish iseigliborliood, expecting Ills audience to walk over it. Before the doors had been opened many minutes the banner was torn in shreds by an angry crowd and the pieces carried off as trophies of war. This bit of savagery humiliated millions of Americans, who yet cannot deny that it shows what yellow journalism can do. A young woman wiio essayed to slug the delightful ballad. "In Old Madrid,” was hooted off the stage of one of our music halls, and when, in another theater, the orchestra. played a lively Spanish fantasia ila- people stormed the musicians with yells and missiles until they retreated under the stage. in all the theutets now it is cornldered essential to an evening’s recreation

for the orchestra, after each act, to play “The Star-spangled Banner.” whereupon the entire audiences rise and sing and cheer until their patriotism finds relief. These patriotic outbursts are not confined to theaters. A business man entered a Broadway restaurant the other day and ordered a Spanish omelette. The waiter took his order, but soon came hack and told him ho would have to take his eggs some other way. as th*’ cooks absolutely refused to make any more Spanish omelettes until Spain apologizes to the United States. The guest heartily indorsed the cook's position and changed his order. The proprietor of the restaurant, not to be outdone in patriotism, immediately struck “Spanish omelette” from all his bills of fare. “Spanish” has. in fact, become the most unpopular word in the English language from an American point of view. During the past two months a New York firm that advertises a special brand of Spanish liquorice has lost half its trade. “We have to swallow Spanish insults.” said one indignant citizen, “hut I'll be darned if well swallow Spanish liquorice.” HARD LINES FOR SPANIARDS. The Spanish residents, who arc mainly hotel and restaurant keepers, importers, small tradesmen, barbers and musicians, are having a very unhappy time, especially those who have advertised themselves and done business as Spaniards. One or two Spanish restaurants, for instance, were quite the rage until this war scare burst upon us, but now they are deserted, and doubtless the proprietors will fancy themselves well off if nothing worse happens to them. The Spanish hotels are all in quiet side streets, off the crowded avenues, and there the unhappy Spaniards meet in peace to condole with one another. Fortunately, pure Spaniards make up one cf the smallest fractions of our conglomerate population. In New York there are less than I*oo Spaniards, and In the whole country only 6,185. Their children in the common schools are experiencing some of the hardships and excitements of war already, for the American school children, who are raising money to build a war ship, have worked their patriotism up to a white heat. Red, white and blue buttons and little silk national flags are worn on every boyish and girlish breast, and those children who have contributed towards the monument in memory of the sailors who died on the Maine, in Havana harbor, are wearing medals made of the armor of the Maine, with the legend "For Free Cuba” stamped on them. But mundane things are not all we have to rely upon to sell yellow papers and keep up the foment. The heavens are now believed to be with us, for the other night the people of New York saw a flaming sword hanging in the skies. Next, day the sober newspapers explained that the phenomenon was due to government practice with anew electric signalling apparatus, but as the explanation spoiled a sensation the ignorant mass refused to credit the sober news, preferring to believe that the light was a celestial omen. Os course the sober people, who, after all, carry the greatest weight in the councils of the country, view these things with unmitigated disgust. Even the less Educated hardly accept the yellow journals as oracles, and read more for the sake of the momentary excitement than for reliable information. At the same time this endless flood of the most irresponsible sensationalisr. is breeding an unnatural volatility in the popular mind, and should a sharp crisis come there might be a flare-up that would be -nfinitely dangerous. A Point Worth Considering. New York Tribune. Has it occurred to any cf the editors and statesmen who have been shouting for immediate war that large type, though terrorinspiring and formidable at short range upon a peaceful community, will be comparatively innocuous against an enemy’s fleet, and that no matter how many ships we have or how heavy the guns they carry they can’t be turned loose to fight themselves, but must have men to handle them? There’s no lack of soldiers, and we believe no lack of ships, but if reports are true there is a lack of seamen in the navy, without whom our ships are useless. Suppose some of the newspapers which have been howling for war with Spain and making war upon the President should let up briefly in those two directions and begin to vociferate. upon the crying need of recruits for the navy

Why, Indeed? Boston Transcript. Why should the worst, the most thoughtless and ignorant, or traitorous elements of cur communities have their say unchecked at this time, while the pulpit, the reformers and sociologists, the boards of trade and the mass of average citizens reman comparatively silent and have so few Godspeeds for the encourgaement of the executive and of all true patriots? Do they realize how easily nations drift into wars, of which no man can foresee the end? Do they remember that war means beside unspeakable physical and mental anguish, an end of city, state and national reforms, hopeless debt, the disturbance of all values, worthless paper money, commercial recklessness. dishonesty and the ruin of honest business? Heaven forbid that they should trv the experiment of warfare in this generation! And if they would not have it tried, let them speak out boldly from all parts of the country, while it is yet time. Angel Child. Philadelphia Times. Little flaxen-haired Leila was eating more breakfast than her mother thought she should, and so. to restrain her, told her the story of the poor, starving reconcentrados in Cuba. “Don’t you think you would like to give a little of your breakfast to these poor people who are digging worms to eat. while many are even too weak to do that?” she said. At the time Leila seemed but partially impressed. but a few hours-later she came in from the back yard with a can full of squirming earth worms in her tiny hands. “I want to send these to the starving Cubans,” she said, “and tell ’em I’ll dig ’em all I The tragic consequences of coughs and colds, when permitted to run on unchecked, are consumption, bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, etc. Forestall these destructive disorders at the outset with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, an absolute specific for all the ailments which produce them. Sold by all druggists. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup Has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success! It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays pain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists ,n every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. 25 cents a bottle. ECZEMA FROMBIRTH Baby’s Arms Neck Hands and Face Broken out with Red Pimples. Terribly Inflamed. Had to Wear Soft Mittens to Keep Her from Scratching. Suffering Was Terrible. 2 Leading Physicians Could Net Help Her. Tried CUTICURA. Immediate Cure. Our little daughter, now fifteen months old, was troubled from her birth w-itli Eczema, ller face, arms, hands, and neck would break out with red pimples, the parts afflicted would swell and become terribly inflamed, water would ooze out like great beads of perspiration, finally this would dry up and the skin would crack and peel off. She suffered terribly. Had to wear soft mittens on her hands to keep iter from scratching. We gave two of our leading physicians a good trial, but neither of them helped her in the least. 1 purchased CirricußA Boap, Citiccka (ointand Ct'TictntA. Resolvent, and commenced using them as follows: After bathing I wiped her with a soft linen cloth,applied Ccticcra (ointment) freely, and gave her the Resolvent regularly. She improved at once and is now never troubled, although we have used less than one bottleof Resolvent,three boxes of Salve, and of course ffncuai So At*. The statements 1 have made are absolutely true and not exaggerated in atoy way. Would also r-ay you have my permission to publish this, should you wish. March 1, ISfW. ROB. A. LAPHAM, 11H West Side Square, Springfield, 111. CrricrsA Rimsdiss will afford in*aat relief. permit rrt and tleep.sud poiut to aipredy, pertnaeent, ami ero nomiesl care of the mmt torturing, diiflgurlng, end hamiliums of th-htne. burning, hlecdioc, r.cly. pimply, end emitted skin and eralp humor*, with lot* of h*ir, whtn nil *:e fail*. Sold throughout the world. Porrgn Daro *wr> Ch rx. Cose., Trope., Bottom •• All About lUby‘t tkin,” free.

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