Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1898 — Story of the Bpanish Navy. [ARTICLE]

Story of the Bpanish Navy.

A little story that appeared not long ago in a Spanish comic paper is sent to ns by a correspondent, to. •bow -what Spaniards thought of their navy before the present events. A Spanish admiral* touching at some foreign port, in the natural course of events called on the governor of the local fort, and on the return call the governor sees the one little gun of the Spanish man-of-war run out to fire a return salute; but at the critical moment the Spanish admiral rushes up and throws the gun, carriage and all, into the sea! “What!” exclaims the distinguished visitor. “Why do you throw your government's guns overboard?” “Because,” replied the! admiral, “if the gun had gone oft it; would have blown the whole ship to pieces! That means another deration for me!” “How's that?” “For my courage in saving this ship from destruction.”—London Daily News.