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"' :-;k- " - 7J "i< ' ft:" K?' If*.- •>J3^ *mCv ^i&msreorwra jmioN BOARDING THL WABA&I. AS AN ENSIGN. •:«P JHC DtSTftUCflOH OF THE MISSISSIPPI OCWtY A LIEUTENANT, 1 \i! ,i r., I '•> < till! demonstration accorded Ad­ miral tJeorge Dewey is New York TU one of the grandest, most gor- and spontaneously enthusiastic in the wj^e hisfpn^of human pageantry. It wqs aDjoutpqufing of the popular heart aarf affection /or*the nation's hero and the world's greatest naval captain, and tbroogbont the broad domain of the Unit? •d States, fh>m hia own native rock-rib- tot New England to the sands of the Gelden Gate, from semi-tropical Gulf to almost arctic snows, the people of every creed and co|pr joined in the spirit of New YorVSJ reception to the victor of Haaila bay. *'r Admiral Wsorge Dewey hi worthy of that reception. - He proved himself a ftghter when fighting was to be done and carved his name by the side of Far- iu 1631' tU Simeon #*¥ it gmmffaother, in Hanover, Si. k & m }%"- V DEWIT IN FULL DRKSi. C*~ " Tf ^ ^ Mg^t, Barry and Jones in fame's eter- t\ y*y | Ml temple. He proved himself a states- .# :;.o discreet, diplomatic, dignified, dur­ ing the crucial days following the battle lef Cavite, when indiscretion might jeop- Jardise what had been won and lead to | nnknown dangers. And at all times and '$ under all circumstances he has proved | himself an American gentleman. ' From that^May day, in 1898, when the -Bewa of his superb victory over the Span- V K 'it. ,lah fleet in Manila harbor electrified the ' nation, causing many people at first to question its accuracy so astonishingly complete was it, Dewey's name has been •ftenest on American lips and his fame /has been enshrined in the national heart. He became the hero, the idol of mort . than 70,000,000 people, and from that %' " V 11 ' moment to the present he has not omitted ij \ •'er committed one act, the omission or |f >{ •*" ,"y ; MUBission of which dimmed one ray of .>,'1 his glory. He has maintained his mod- % <- - y ^ art composure even while the world unk- •.» ^ £0 BWejj bis praises. The greetings tendered him at the various visiting ports fa's return voyage wrought no change y . \ la the fine fabric of the man and he •e back to an almost worshipful people same in gentlemanly character as he sailed away, free from the inflation of | pomp and pride. It is no wonder that the American people should take and carefully note in Memory whatever is illustrative of his character. And thus the writer turns from the pomp of the great reception in , ^y : New York to the antecedents of Dewey, to trace along the lines of his develop- aoent the influences and the characteris­ es *2 tics that combined to make the victor of 'r *• , Manila and the idol of America. H.. consnSeWiblV over m'ri«turj- ago and bought a f*rrn »e*r Berlin, four miles from Hanover, ll^ ia 1801, the ad­ miral's father, fife J«Iiaia¥«aums Dewey, was born. , In 1832 ftr. aDewey settled in Montpelier, marrying. in UB&, Miss Alary I'errin. FOOT D4>DRA were the result of this union, ChsHra, Kdward, George and Mary, all of wh-- ut living. Dr. Dewey, father «t the admiral, waa a deeply religion jna&. He was a man of culture and of farce at character, yet he had a heart that was fall of the milk of human ktndbeaa. He was a poor lad when he struck oat Into the world for himself. By tficMng; Mhool in Montpe- Uer he earned wimgh aaaney to enable him to study aaedicme and take oat hit degree. In Mwtjrihr «sj the surround­ ing region Dir. D*w«y was greatly belov­ ed. He was • jaonter in life insorance and founded a company «£ which his soa, Charles, Is piUiiWrt, and another son, Edward, direct*, fife funded Christ Episcopal Churek, Kwatpelier, and here it was that the fatnr admiral was bap­ tized, attended the luafla/ school and was confirmed. Here, when the fu­ ture admiral waa 5 yean eld took place the first funeral team the ckmreb, that of his mother, Mary Penrin. Many years afterward Dr. Denver vat carried' from the same church W Mount Ceme­ tery, where he now IUU near the scene of his lifeS laborik . AA lUtrty t^wXtste. There are •», aarcictes told of George 'Dewejr! ,fhape tar-ofl days in Vermont, loog ore tw 'future admiral dreamed of the stern realities of life. He had,a temyier that had a habit of aa-v serting Itari^ttbd tfctt 4#ased good Do. Dewey jCona|flW»We*ir«#ty. He was a leader ^onciK 'hla cc^p^aas is all kindi of childish pranks' ana was a lighter. In fact his tmmbativeMS» was always pro­ nounced. he set out home the over the Dog "Winooski near Against the ad- drove into The tbp a# the buggy saved ;OT$he horse's back. ** father ,^*>^^«»ter's innate to go to rd made *s chamber and g him rashness. From the depths ot the MmMhes came this childish appeal: "Yea o«ght t» be thank­ ful that my life waa spared." The good doctor turned away withont another word. Hia fchwlWj Pay. George Dewey was scat first, when a little chap, to the Washington County grammar school in Montpelier. The scholars there 4jM aet hasre the reputation of bein^ amenable te dbc^tiae, and it is ut be feared that Ceorge was no excep­ tion to the rule. To thia school in due rime came Z. K. Paaghora, now Maj. Z. Lv. Paqgborn of, the Jersey City Journal. The boys, quite exhilarated by the suc- c*ess the&^iMtgl had with former masters, made a ,fMAi stand, with young George Dewey'ta the front and center. George was at once called upoa for examination, but the spirit of matSsiy hang rife within aim, he declined to go. The teacher thereupon seized the eoilar of young Dew­ ey with one hand and his whip with the other; no quarter beiac cried, none was sriven, and the lad got a whipphtg the like of which had never heea served out in that district. He waa then told to go home, and Mr. Panghsra west along, the rest of the school treating at his heels. m m«« oijvnwA mr«C6AratorMANiu, Once in his l m n • ••• m • iftiiai river, Montpeli vice of the rushing was c themsei When his appe began wich Military Academy, and it was while there he conceived a taste for milita.ry life and expressed a desire to go to An­ napolis. At the age of 17 be entered that institution in the class of '54. At that time Dewey was a strong, active boy of medium height, with flash­ ing black eyes and shoulders beginning to broaden. He could swim as one born to t> • j"k f. COMBS OF FIGHTING BLOOD. Mmrly Career and Characteristics of America'® Popular Idol. Admiral George Dewey comes from a fighting stock. There have been Dewey fighters in every American war since llMNnss Dewey, the founder of the fam- fly in this country, built his cottage in Dorcester, Mass., in 1633. This pioneer Xtewey of the New World was born in Sandwich, England. In the revolution­ ary ^sr we read of a Dewey parson in southern Vermont who adjourned church service to fight with the gallant Stark against the Hessians at the battle of Bennington, and who then returned and completed his sermon. There was a Corporal Dewey who took part in the first skirmish at Lexington. All told, the Deweys furnished twenty-four sol­ diers in the revolutionary war. In the war of 1812 there were thirteen Deweys *rhe aided in defense- of the Sag. By the time the civil war broke out the Dewey name was widely extended. Two dOsen Deweys fought among the boys in blue from old Vermont. One Massachu­ setts regiment contained six Deweys and was commanded by a relative of Admiral Dewey's mother. Admiral Dewey him­ self won high honors under Farragut and his brother EM ward entered the war a private and came ont a captain. In Illi­ nois seventy men bearing the Dewey iim1® DR. JULIUS T. DK WET, Father of the Admiral. tti-1: HBS. SUSIE sooDwn J>EWK*. Wife of the admiral, whose death 1872 is the great sorrow of his life. in t' K r ' ^ , * K , '.fa Dr. Dewey, stood at his door, and sizing up the situation dismissed the boys and took Gf»rge sehseizss îi-r to his study. "What is it, my war he asked. In answer, George stripped off his coat and shirt And shewed a back covered with red stripes. The father perceiving that CJeirge wa*> still trbellioos, asserted that he 'would add t© tht* punishment if Mr. Pangbofn had apt given enough. The hint was faflani and George became dutiful. ' George cAtae to be mm adniirt ̂ of Mr. I'angbofn, and when afterward the lat­ ter established S piitate academy at Johnson, Vt., George fallowed him thith­ er by .his,,«wa request. At 15 young Dewey weal te the Nor­ th* water and excelled in ail outddbr ex­ ercises. At Annapolis he found the line sharply drawn between the Northern and Southern boys and he proceeded prompt­ ly to get into trouble. He had a spirit that would bear no insult and he was singled out by the leader of the South­ ern lads as the most promising of the Northern faction for a little excitement. The Southerner was not disappointed. George was far from resenting the term "Yankee"; he thought that of "dough­ face" more opprobrious, and as the quar­ rel grew his enemy did not stop there. So one day coming out of the mess hall George waited for him and calmly knock­ ed him down, getting the better of the mix-up that followed. Some time after­ ward he had an inkstand hurled at bisf head in the reading room, which resulted - in another personal encounter, with Dew-!; ey again victorious. But the matter did not end even here, for the Southerner, wrote a challenge to mortal combat with pistols at close range. The offer was ac-i cepted with alacrity, the seconds chosen and even the ground paced off, when the classmates, seriously alarmed, informed some of the officers stationed at Annapo­ lis. The duel was not fought. It is pleasant to narrate that the breach was eventually healed and tbat§ George Dewey grew to be one of the* most popular members of the class. Young Dewey was graduated in 1858.; As a midshipman he was sent to the Eu-| ropean station, praising for two years in§fo the Mediterranean on the Wabash, withp Captain Barron of Virginia, who after ward joined the Confederate navy. In 1860 he returned to Annapolis to be ex­ amined for his commission, and showed his ability by leading his fellows. er Melancthon Smith was her ca^ain and Dewey was her first lieutenant. Early in April the larger ships, the Mis­ sissippi among them, were unloaded* and hauled over the bar, and by the night of the 23d the squadron was ready for the business of running past the formidable batteries Off St. Philip and Jackson, ready to conquer the Confederate fleet beyond and to press on to New Orleans. Amid Smoke and Flame. Farragut divided his ships into two di­ visions. ' Captain Theodorus Bailey had command of that going first, and the Mississippi was the third in his line. Decks were whitewashed, no lights were showing, and the night was inky black save for the lurid red of an occasional Confederate fire. The big ship, having a speed of only eight knots, hugged the shore to avoid the swift current. On, on they steamed, a slow, stately procession that knew no check, until the flames of the broadside guns leaped into the very ports of the batteries and the shot struck in midair. So close were they that the gunners hurled curses at each other across the narrow space of black water. On the high bridge of the side-wheeler, in the midst of belching smoke and flame, stood Dewey, guiding the Mississippi as calmly as though he were going up New York bay on a still afternoon in Indian sum­ mer. He was a perfect master of him- self. "Do you know the channel, Dewey?" Captain Smith asked anxiously and more than once as he, paced from port to star­ board. The lieutenant was very young, only 24, and the situation would have trited a veteran. "Yes, sir," replied Dewey with confi­ dence each time. Bnt he admitted after­ ward that he expected to ground every moment. Dewey'* Heroic Work. This is how-'Chief Engineer Baird, V. S. N., who was there, remembers him: I can see him now in the red and yel­ low glare flung from the cannon-mouths. It was like some terrible thunder storm with almost incessant lightning. For an instant all would be dark and Dewey un- £jr IX THE CIVIL, WAR. - Dewey's Brilliant Service (Jndar ttaf Great Farrasrut. Dewey was at home in Montpelier when Sumter was fired upoa. One week afterward he secured his commission as a lieutenant and was ordered to the steain sloop Mississippi of the West Gulf squad­ ron. It will be remembered that Farra­ gut raised his flag over this fleet in Feb­ ruary, 18C2. The Mississippi was the only side-wheeler of the lot. Cojnmaml- nisWicr HOUSK AT BKKLIV, VT. Where Dewey's grandfather lived and where his father was born. name entered the Union r^nks. On the auternal side Admiral Dewey is related to the Porter "family, which gave two aaval captains to the nation. In the war with Spain one of the ad- astral's brothers sent his two sons to the •rant and the son of the other volunteer­ ed, bnt got no opportunity to serve, as Vermont's quota was already filled. And tht Vermont regiment, by the way, was' jeeaamanded by a cousin of the family. , Dewey's Father, JUtairal Dewey is in the ninth geuei .4ftM from that Thomas Dewey who c household goods to JRarches the bsttle of Manila DEWSY'S CfiARA&rEft MlWHED BY WORDS. Cba^^&ristic vtamat*** frem the Hps o* Admiral mve accurate glimpses of I the .some of his most uutubte sayi#** a*r 'ifec-sc*: You may tMiWi yea are rea&y, Orid- ley. fills sentence of Bay. ' Open with all gsnsi" This (•rirttmaud wjii gSWj in the befzht of the Manila battle. "You must k?ep or wheUy rive ud the Philippine Island*." This was bin message te the pesce com- mitHiion at Paris. • The deck at nay vessel is United States territory, and I'll pjnd* my mea for ao foie grier that ever drew breath." Tills be said to the cux&itlaialng captain of the port of Mali a. "My coat tail Uas bees leaaeved by aa act of Providence." . Talc was said after a shark had bitten off the appendages. "American Bailors, like tHe American peo­ ple, have confidence ia themselves " This was nid after the battle of Manila. "Too much cenftdeaee ia aaval warfare ia sometimes bad for yoarself." '* This dedaratioa waa Mde to Capt. Chester of the EagUSh aavy aft DiNNE^OiVEN ADMIRAL DEWEY AT Jf«2K l££L THE DEWET LOVIN idst ost slieil him firm- dark would seen. Then the forts w ouj, and there he was away of it, the tiames from tji touching him and the passing near enough over with their breath, ly to the bridge rail. came back I felt * hever see Dewey again. But at the next dash there he stood. Hit hat was blown off and his eyes were But he gave his orders with the air of a man in thorough command of himself. He took in everything. He saw a point of advan­ tage and seized it at once. Abd when from around the hull of the Pensacola the ram darted. Dewey like a flash saw what was best to be done, and qb the ram came up alongside the entire starboard broadside plunged a mass of iron shot and shell through her armor and she be­ gan to sink. Her crew ran her asifore and escaped. A boat's crew from ,<»or ship went en board, thinking to extinguish the flames which our broadside had start­ ed and capture her. But she was too far gone. Dewey teok as all through the fight, and in a manner which won the warmest ,praise, not only of ail on board, bat of Farragut himself. He was ceoi from first to last, and after we had passed the fort and reached safety and he came down from, the bridge his face was black with smoke, but there wasn't a. drop of perspiration on his brow." Had His Coat Tall Shot Away. Things began to go wrong on the river a year later and Faragut once more ran up from the gulf to adjust them. Port Hudson shoals and currents are among the most dangerous in the stream, and it was while running the forts here that the Mississippi was lost. The Hartford and Alabama led, then came the Mononga- hela and Kineo, the Richmond, and Gen­ esee, followed by the Mississippi alone. The Monongahela and her consort both grounded, though they both managed to get off. But directly opposite the center of Port Hudson battery the Mississippi stuck hard and: fast. Shot after shot was poured into her until her hull was rid­ dled and she had to be abandoned. She was hit 250 times in half an hour. The officers who toqk the first boats never re­ turned, and so the task of getting the men to safety devolved upon Lieut. Dew­ ey. Twice he went to the Richmond and twice came back until he and Captain Smith stood alone on the deck. The ship was afire in five places. Together the two left the ship amid splashing shot, Dewey without his coat tails, which had been shot away. Lieut. Dewey that same year was at Donaldsonvilie and afterward succeeded to the temporary command of the Monon­ gahela when her captain, Abner Read, was killed. At Fort Fisher. If getting into the thick of the fight be deemed good fortune Dewey was one of the luckiest officers of the war. He was Commodore Thatcher's first lieuten­ ant on the Colorado at Fort Fisher in December and January, 1884-'85. Toward the end of the second engagement at that place Admiral Porter signaled Thatcher to clos& in and silence a certain part of the works. As the ship had already re­ ceived no inconsiderable damage her offi­ cers remonstrated. But Dewey, who. in addition to dash and bravery, had now acquired marked tactical ability, was quick to see the advantage to be gaiued by the move. "We shall be safer there," he said, quietly, "and the works can be taken in fifteen minutes." He had his way and won. The work of Divfiifr gained for Thatch­ er the nomination°oi acting rear admiral and later Dewey was rewarded by a com­ mission as lieutenant commander. After the War. After the war Dewey served for two years on' the European squadron. In 1S67, while on duty at Portsmouth, he became engaged to Miss Susie Goodwin, daughter of Ichabod Goodwin, known as the "fighting Governor" of New Hamp­ shire. In 1870 he received his first com­ mand, that of the Narragansett. Two years later came the great sorrow of his life, the death of his beloved wife. He was left with one son, George Goodwin Dewey, who Is engaged in business in New York. In 1875 Dewey was advanced to be commander and was assigned to the lighthouse board. Next te was command* er of the Junizt*. in Arctic waters, and in 1884 was made captain of the Dolphin. His next promotion was to be commo­ dore and in this capacity he went to the Asiatic station in the fall of 1897, to win his way to undying fame "by the victory at 34&nila. . '• OB WET AT MANILA - . P „ Marvelous Victory Which Made Him tne Idol of tlia Country. When war broke out between this country jtud Spain Dewey, then at Hong Kong, found himself in a trying position. He was forced to leave British waters, and with no coaling station nearer than Honolulu there was but one thing to do-- take Manila. But the taking of the capital of the Philippine Islands involv­ ed the defeat of the Spanish fleet. The location of that fleet was unknown, and with thousands of islands to hide among it- could not be considered an easy task j corner it. It i» laiiiilinf iiUiOfj uOW Bcn€J 7,"ith his squadron arrived on Saturday even­ ing, April 30, at Corregidor Island, which guards the entrance to the harbor. The moon was up, but no lights showed from the vessels until a spark from the fun­ nel of the dispatch boat McCullough at­ tracted the attention of the forts and drew their fire. The fire was returned and the squadron passed on, while a few torpedoes harmlessly exploded in front of the flagship. Steaming at slow speed all night, with the men at full length be­ side their guns, the squadron saw as gray dawn broke the sleeping city of Manila ana Cavite, with its white houses and battlements and its great arsenal, close at hand. Bet a gladder sight to Dawey's eyes was the Spanish fleet. Its officers and men dreaming the national dream of "mnnniw"--to-morrow. How Dewey. leading the line In the flagship Olympia, steamed past the Span­ ish vessels five times with a gradually decreasing range; how he issued the or­ der to fire, "You may fire when yoa'te ready. Gridley;" how he smashed the Spanish vessels and forts with a ceaseless rain of shot and shell; how he retired to rest his men and give them time for breakfast, and how he returned to com­ plete the work of destruction and did complete it, sinking eleven Spanish shtps, without losing a ship himself or a man --*11 this is familiar to every American. And thea his modest account of the bat­ tle, and the giving the credit of the achievement to his officers, caps the cli­ max of one of the most brilliant and com­ plete aaval battles .ta the history of the world. Victory Brings Ntw Labors. But with the sinking of the Spanish fleet Dewey's work was not done. His victory had opened up new fields for his •f fl'i-sr t't < • Br L sja.- MbLi 1.1' Y.JfJ "Is-w* REMARKABLE MODESTY IN DEWEV'S REPORTS. Admiral Dewey's modesty of nature was never butter illustrated tiaii in his two otllcial dispatches to Washington announcing his great \letory. On May 1 he cabled: ••The squadron nrnved at daybreak this morning. Immediately engaged the enemy and destroyed tne following 5-pauish war vessels: llelna Cristina, Cas.il a, Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, General Lezo, lsla de Luzon, Dt'.ero. Correo, Velasco, Mindanao, one transport and the water battery at Cavite. Ttic squadron is uninjured and only a few men w«re slightly wounded. The only means of ti legraphlng is to he American consul 1 Ht Hongkong. 1 sh.il. communicate with him." His second d.spatch was op May 4 , and reads: -I have taken possession of naval station at Cavite. on Philippine Islands. Have de­ stroyed the fortifications at bay entrance, ftarclling garrison. I control bay complete-y and can take city at any lime. The squad­ ron is in ext el.ent nealth and spirits. Span­ ish loss not fully known, but v.-ry heavy; 150 killed, including captain of Iteina Cris­ tina. 1 am assisting In protecting Spanish sick and wounded. Two hundred and fifty sick and wounded in hospital within oar lines. Much >excitement at Manila. Will protect foreign <1 ' *,V- v 1 ~ UP DEWEVS HONOR. * ."V? KPISCOl'AI, CHUKCH, MUJS '11'Ki.lK.K. It was founded by Admiral Dewey's father and in it the admiral was baptized and confirmed. energy. He had to deal with natives, Spaniards and other foreigners. Under the jealous eyes of foreign men-of-war he had to keep watch and ward over the new acquisition and solve the confusing problems that arose daily. An indis­ creet act might embroil the country with other nations, and too much leniency would be considered as temerity. But to every difficulty that arose he was equal. He was warrior, diplomat, interpreter of international law all in one. And for thirteen months he kept his Vigil in Ma­ nila harbor, ready for any emergency that might come. Once, after the battle of Manila, when Spain was about dispatching a squadron under Camara to the Philippines, Dewey sent a cablegram to the naval department suggesting that Camara would turn back if the United States were to make a dem­ onstration on the coast of Spain. There­ upon it was announced that Commodore Watson would be sent across the Atlan­ tic. The hint was sufficient and Camara turned back to Spain from the Sues canal. The strain of these eventful months in the tropics bore heavily on the admiral, and when he set out on his triumphal voyage home he was a sick man. Fortu­ nately his health is restored and he Is able to enjoy the demonstrations that ev­ erywhere await him in the land that 1m has so signally served. ; * Chinese Care Littl ,> for Pain. "A very curious thing about the Chi­ nese is their indifference to pain," said Dr. E. Z. Simmons, the veteran mis­ sionary of Canton, who was in the city a few days ago. "We do a great deal of surgical work In the great city hospital conducted by the united missions at "Canton, and It was at first supposed that there would be endLese trouble ICQ persuading the natives to take anes­ thetics, but the doctors found, to their surprise, that anesthetics were rarely Grand Display Witaewcd by Cfceerlcnc t Million* -- Flagship of the Living ' Hero Pay* Tribute to ̂ raa^s:iilwia« ^ tbjm* Will Be Hiatoric. ' , •' i At New York Friday the greatest sirijor in the world reviewed the greatest parade in American history. It was a triumph • pit Dewey, for the navy and for the na­ tion. The victor of the seas sailed up' the Hudson between miles of entldiMas- tks Americans to Gen."Grant's tomb and •slated the ashes of the victor on iand. The admiral Stood for hours beneath the etts^fh at Ifarragut and lifted his cap to the hwidreds of thousands who cheered him. ' 7".,,;; The head of the naval column was a broad arrow. Six torpedo boats spread out as the bar, three on a side from the Olympia's quarter. Outside of them a flying wedge of police patrol boats form­ ed a great V, the aipex of which was the- Olympia. Flanking them, ahead and astern, were the harbor fireboats, syout'v ing great columns of water that turned threateningly toward the excursion boats oa either side when they attempted to crowd the line of march. Estimates place the number of people who witnessed the naval parade and the illuminations at more than 3t000,000. All the harbor glowed with red fire during the evening hours. Lanterns flinging' their colored flashes from on high, elec­ tric illuminations of the Brooklyn bridge, and scintillating bursts of fireworks were signals of national pride. Saturday the admiral reviewed more than 30,000 fight­ ing men of the navy and army, with the, crew of the Olympia at their head. , Not since Noah built the ark have w many people been afloat at one time. For a full hour the mighty Hudson from Har­ lem to the Jersey coast was packed with water craft till it looked like a log jam in a Wisconsin river. The big white warships were mere incidents. They were surrounded, overpowered and obscured by a countless swarm of smaller vessels. All the wise then of Gotham and 200.000 niore went to sea in a tub, after every­ thing else that would float had been filled. George Dewey of Montpelier, Vt., stand- tag upon the bridge of the Olympia, was the center of everything. All that is mysterious and fascinating about the life of men who'go down iutto the sea in ships was in evidence. There were historic battleships, big, square- rigged sailing ships, coasting schooners Which know every reef from Sandy Hook to Portland, Qcean liners, the greyhounds of the sea, and even an old-time Yankee whaling brig, black and smelling of whale oil. But if the Hudson was filled, the shores on either side were covered and blotted out by the people. Chicago day at the World's Fair was lonesome by comparison. From the Battery to the Grant mausoleum at 123d street, and even beyond it, ran solid walls of black' and white, constantly shifting and mov­ ing, in which it was estimated more thin 3,000,000 people had a part. Olympia Brings the Climax. v;, The climax of the ctoy came -«hn< tfte Olympia, firing a'-namtta!l<sfetwterfa» K passed the tomb of Geb.'Gfant£S#ung to its anchor, and ,one after the other, the warships made the ! best- of 'their way down stream. Dewpy'ftrmd cfn the bridge of his flagship, as the New ifcfrk, flying Rear Admiral SampsOti s flag,'1 swept by at the head of the line of fighting ships. For an instant the 'sile&t rtrajefrtyof the great fighting machine awed thtf fcrbwd, then the fleet of screeching tugs broke the restraint and swepf rfeund the Olym­ pia again like a pack of Kttngty wolves. vifc - 'k 'I • '-k'h *i M .. A.:. At night the skies tofere bloom lug with fiery flowers. Great sear&Kglfts flashed I •f "I III '*<>M <y? WHERE DKWKT, WAS BOKN. V House in Montpelier, Vt., where the nation's hero first saw the light of day. seeded, and that tbeir patients endured the most serious operations wlthojit flinching the fraction of an inch. The average Chinaman will assume the re­ quired position and hold it like a statue. When the knife touches his flesh he begins a slight, monotonous moan and keeps it up until the ordeal is over, but he gives no other indication of pain. Whether this is due to nerve-bluntnes« or stoicism, or a combination of both, I have never been able to determine, but the fact remains that the Canton hospital uses le«s chloroform or ether than any other large institution of the kind on earth."--New Orleans Timea- Democrat. », .a: ft Biff Province. The single province of Ontario In Canada is about four times as large as England. r A recent find of a set of ivory pin®. a little gateway, and three balls, indi­ cates that the Egyptians played nlrite- plns quite 5,000 years ago. . In nearly every stfeet in Japanese cities is a public oven, where, for a small |ee. housewives may have the dinners and sappers eooked for them. from warships and from the lowers tall buildings, while in the • center o* Brooklyn bridge, in letters thirty-two feet high, the "Welcome to Dewey" was bla* zoned against the^aoknes^. It was A, great day for the tgailtyman,, from % ; thousand masts swungj/the gaj . flags which spell, according to ttie international code, a welcome to the admiral. RfcASON SAID TO BE RESTORE Recovery of an Insane Man At* trlbnted to Lynph Injection. Irvin F. Bush of Joliet, 111., who has been insane for two years, returned to his home Saturday, apparently in perfect mental health. He and his wife attrib* ute his recovery to injection of goat's lymph. The patient had been in an asy­ lum at Kankakee- since last Januaty. and was regarded: as incurable. Goat's lymph wft applied in this in accordance will the theories of Dr. IBVIN F. HUSH. B. P. Roberts,# Green City, Mo. As yet it is-not an ac­ cepted method in the schools. ' A prominent physician, speaking,,of tplK alleged cure of Bush, said: "Lymph n goat has been used successfully as an< anti-toxin in certain blood diseases from which the goat is particularly immuwet * The so-called discovery of Dr. Roberts of <• Missouri has never been seriously regard? ed by the profession generally. He startl­ ed out to cure old age with it and it has been a case of hit or miss with him cvfcr since. It stands to reason that the sub­ stance of the goat's blood could not t*- ' place brain tissue nor regulate the dp^ torted reasoning powers of a paraa$>hi>c&f • Mininc and Metaf^, Gold is being mined in Georgia. - / British Columbia has a soap mine* ^ * Pay gold h&s been found in. Utah coajjfcV Zinc has more than doubled fa price-,!*' a year.. i. Thawing plants are to be ased ra ti» y" Klondike. . 1 MM Brazil's gold mines show aa increasing /; 1 y i e l d . . ' * • ' " ^ • ] Immense coal fields have been discover- . J cd in Zululand. 1 .1 Oregon newspapers want a law against . •; "salting" mines.- :;?>• • . ^ Less thaa a doxen of the Cornwall tit 1 mines are being worked now. ^. j The value of the diamonds mined in i Cape Colony in 1898 was $17,751,040.84, .i and the net profit thereon was S8,C."t> i 639.37. ' All the emery used in the world comes from the little island of ' Naxos, near Greece. y Last summer the Cape Nome gold field* yielded $2,000,000, and, it is claimed it will excel the Klondike next year. > In Harrodsburg, Ky., there is a man who h a s a p r i v a t e c o a l m i n e t h a t h e u s e s . v 4 s as his fuel supply and will sell none. * In Newfoundland an iron mine has just been discovered containing 20,000.0()Qt ;y Ions of rich ore under two feet of soil, v1 'rl Gold, silver, steel, aluminum and lead. when immersed in tauric acid, a ne*|; "; chemical discovery, become pliable an4 iuctile as M M •0§ ^*4 M j;