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- - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ - - - - - - - 12 . TIlE OMAhA DAILY BE1i : ] ? 111DAY , JUNE 2 , 1898. - - - UNCLE SAI POSTED ON SPIES . . Ixpcriencc In War of the Rebellion Oem k , , . Uscful Now , ( . , STORY OF FAMOUS FEMALE SPY . tieci.jniIy l'eiclrne.I tIu , Eulun . f . I.iie. ! nnil ) ) ecIc.l the ( ) fllcrs- Her JINiIiINe Jtcnsd by a Jilted I.cr. panIs1i plc8 nppeared upon the cenc ot . . Action promptly after the declaratton of wnr. Several uHpects have bccn arreat. One of the captives confeased his guilt by tominhtUng 8uIcIki Iu jail \Vastiniton. . j i The py ystein Is generally bdfleved to be I managed bytbe starf of the Spanish. mm- lrter 1ofalcIIe1 iti Canada. The rcsuItB are . not , howevrr , likely to be profitable to Sptiln. titiclo Sam bad couskierable co8tly : experIence with Rlle during the clvii war , - and the prompt mea8ure taken to disperse , the Spanish spotCrs ( shows that the lessons - . of ho rebellion have not been forgotten. . 0h0 of the hated spies of the confederacy 18 reported dying in a Clilcnio hospital. . . In the heydoy of her youth and beauty she vas Miss Charlotte Moore , a native of Ox- 'ford , 0. , and fascinated Ambrose E. hum- ' ide , Ihen a student there. She jilted him nttl married James Clarke , an Ohio lawyer. twa5 to ( lenerni llumnside that years after- 7 when Rile WflS a irisol1cr in Cincin- she tiintk ! a confession of her work an : a smy in the confederate cause. The Clnrlces were living in Ohio when the , civil war broke out , and they were known as southern sympathizers. One of the visItor8 at their house about that time was \Valkor Taylor , P. confederate spy. lie had linpor- taut disIatches ) for Ocucmal Kirby Smith. and Mrs. Clarke volunteered to deliver them. She disguised herself as an hrish woman. won the sympathy of an Irish federal soldier - dier and was passed through the federal lines. She delivered thu dispatches to a . cqnfedernte whom she met on the road , and wlioni she had previously known , although he did not know her at the time. IIiidIiikI , i ii ( enerit. When she was on her way back , as the train neared Cincinnati , the stations vero notifled that a female lY wa on botrd who must be captured , Mrs. Clarke had taken a seat behind General Leslie Coombs , ox-gay- ernor of Kentucky , a union man. The sobs and walls of tlit. supposed Irish woman np- pealed to the general nuil hIs wife. 11cr idteous tale enlisted their sympathy. And when she said she heard they were loo1ing for female SPIeS and was afraid they'd arrest a leer lotie voiiian like herself it was ( eii- cml Coomba hImself who helped her oft the iclr eliti of the tralii at Coviiigtoii and saw her idck her way through the dark streets toward the ferry. She reached her home In Cincinnati in safcty. She journeyed ( ItlietlY to Montreal and a few months later en English lady with an ample fortune and In very bad health lIre- s nted herself and her credentials iuVash. . Ington iiiiil asked for a Iass ) which would cunbie her to reach the great VirgInia springs. When she was questioned she acknowledged having journeyed through Canada alid having met tlire two 4mci- icafla who were very much Interested In the southern cause. She gave as much Information - tion concernIng their Plans as she rcmeln- bereti and so Ingratiated herself with the - ofilcers. v1io pitied her evIdent Ill-henitli , tlijtt when Lincoln made his journey to review - view th Army of the Potomac at Fred.- ksburg , to the surprise of cvprvonn c - cemned she was found in the PresicItit'a carrIage. 11crcharm ihid the rest , and on arriving at the camp Ceneral Mcclellan , knowing she hind' COnIC In the presidential Party. gave her a 1)1155 through the union lInes to Itichinond.Vlicn the mistake was dlscov- cred Stanton , the secretary of war , raged like a mailman , and oficred a reward of $10,000 for that confederate female spy , ( leader or alive. hlavliig reached her destination and dolivereti the dispatches and InformatIon intrusted to her , Mrs. Clarke turned her face toward Cincinnati. Silo came back through the northeastern part of Kentucky. across Louisa county , and down through MOLint Sterling and PIlceville. here she struck the story , tue guard sent word to General Mu- Toy , and the vlckcts halted the carrae ! and refused to let her pass. 4fter hearIng her story , the guard sen tword to General Mu- toy that an English lady , very ill and illak- bIg her way north floin the Virginia Springs , wished to uiass through the union lIlIes. The answer came to scud the invtilid to head- quarters. General Mllroy felt tile CaSO Was a matter for the surgeon , not for himself , ittirl he accordingly called up hIs medIcal ( urea- tor , a man very proul of lila vIsdoin and abIlity. vhio ordered the stranger taken to the hospItal. \Vlien they rescued the hospItal the Eng- 11511 lady persiatcil She was not able to walk without assistance. Two attendants were brought out 1111(1 she was carried In a chaIr to the surgeon's ofllce. here the omcei . nskcl her the precIse nature of her aIlment , and Was told that It was rheumatism. The pliysloliui proceeded to flake flfl examination. lIe raised the interesting strailger's arm , 511(1 whIle her face wore an exIresslon of mIsery the short , sharp scraping of the boiies could be dIstInctly heard. Next the physicIan placed hIs oar to the Invalid's heart , and clearly heard the omInous sound of ( hisorlier there. Mrs. Clarke had not studied the art of mImicry for nothing. The surgeon was convinced tiiat the stranger WCR all that. she represented herself , and that she was really in a s'ery serious coii- Ultloii. She carrIed dowit staIrs to liet carriage , and on recommendation of hIs medical adviser Gen'ral Milroy issued a 9iasa 'hIcIi brought her in safety to Clii. cinnntt. cinnntt.'I'm 'I'm ppe4. ' t : _ _ . fltimnshdi' , who vaa now a general , and In command in CIncinnati , had heard there were shies In hIs section of the country , nntl Issileti orders for them to be brought In. The house f Clarke was reported as headqunrtes for southern sympathIzers. An agent of flumosido went there as a vIsitor In sympathy with the southern cause , and IngratIated himself in the confIdence of Mrs. Moore , the niothei of Mrs. Clarke , and her ulilnarfied ilaughter.'lien these voiuei1 wont nvay 0110 day by steanler Iuuriisidu'a man was with theni , aiiil before the % semen reacheil their destinatIon , MemphIs , they were tilitler arrest , In Miss Moore's trunk cro quilts , quinIne and OIIIUIII , vhtc1i she had hoped to smuggle south , Thu voiucn were brought hack to CIncinnati and taken to the luumnet house. The olllcer had just returned from thIs unpleasant duty when iinotiier lady was ushered into his ornee. She was very nervous and excited , and cx- phaincd tlut she was an liiglIsh woman , In very bad health , travelIng from the \'Ir. ginla Springs to Arkansas In search of re. iief. She vas a stranger , she said , and , hearing ( lint two ladies had Just been arrested - rested as pIes , she hastened to ask for protection from such a POmiil ° misfortune to herself , and ahso for a pass to lroeeel On her way. She hail hoped to find a few 1111)8' rest itere , but this contInued excItement Was worse than the fatIgue of travel. A few moments' silence followed thIs explanation - nation , then the nifleer turned to the vlsi- tom and saId : "You have forgotten lile , but I still to- member liii vleasuro ( lie booms I UEed to sPemlil rhth ) OU in Oxford , ' ' 'limo renirnnbrnncu of tills devotion to tllo eli of Oxford years before , white a stu- but m4 Miami University , bail enabled the omcer to penetrate the disguIse of his fair vIsitor. This raised a storm of protest , but Ju to ig yitht The o1flvr Was tirw and when at last It becnie a question of being taken by force or goIng quietly with the ruard , Mrs. Clarke saw that the end had come and her career as a confederate spy WaR ended. Sh' 1'hs taken to the Spencer house , antI 1ater11mlowed to go to the Bum- net , where hcnMher and sIster were still confined , 't'lnfI'were kept uniler strict gtiard for too ? or1 five months , when the whole matter was finally allowed to drop , Mrs. Clarke was i tried by court-martial , and Stanton'n rc's'nrd was never claimed. Iiiring her imprsonmnent at the liumnet house ( leneral flumnslde was there , and to him-her 614 awctbeart in Oxford-she con- fhlcil the story Of her experIences as ft spy , The matter was allowed to die out , nnul she wits permittd to live at home under strict surveillanco. 'l'IIll 1iiitO OP A'S' TIIIILTY. CourtNIIIX , , ] tnrrInsre tititi Sorrow , , of Alniiriml ih'sry. Next to ? itiiiitlehier , Vt. , his birthplace , thio quaint oid toWn of Portsmouth , N. If. , claims the rIght to share In tIme glory of the victory wn by Rear Admiral Dewey at Manila , ( Ynb and thirty years ago , then a hiodtenant land seasoned omcer In the navy , young1ewoywasatatIoned for a time at the Kitteryl Nary ynrd , just across th river froimi Porb1mouth , yrites a correspond- eat of tilpi NewjXork herald. lie was a handsome anilmilontilar , fellow and a welcome visitor in the'houlon of those old-fashioned and highly csItlireil ; familIes which made up the somewhat xcluIve society of tile place , and which do today , not only In Ports niotith , but In Newburyport and Salem and all along the north shore. " It was hero tiiat Lieutenant Dewey first met the sweet-faced little woman who afterward - orward became his wife She was Miss SusIe Goodwin , a daughter of doughty old Ichabod Goodwin , the war governor of New hlampshiro and knowii far and wide as 'FIgiiting Governor Goodwin. " In lila way Governor Goodwin was a popular hero in the early days of the civil war , quite as flInch as is his dIstInguIshed son-in-law to- day. Like iTii'11)k another of the 'war gov- ernors" of the north , Iciiahod Goodwin was an old cho t . democrat of tue Jackson strIpe. NullifIcation or secession he could not stand , . and % 1n I'resldent Lincoln's first call for volunteers came and found the Now hampshire legislature not In session , the loyal old. oyernor put his bands deep Into lila pocketh and at Ills personal expense fitted out a regtment of fighting mcii and sent thcni to the front , trustIng to the honor of the pCoplef New HampshIre to re imhnrae hIm at the proper time. "Flghtillg ( lovernor Goodwin" was known far and wide In those ( lays , village streets were named ill his honor , likewIse babies galore ; and to tills day the old i'ortland , Saco and Portsmouth locomotive , "Governor Good- wIn , " thIrty years old or more , goes pullIng and snortIng along the shore road which cofinects Portsmouth with points cast mid wcs t. Two gaila'it naval officers were eeneraliv supposed to have been rivals for tiiehieat and hand of SusIe Goodwin. There were LIeutenant Dewey and Commander Ithlnd , tue latter then , eparing for a cruIse iii for. clgn waters as Comillailder of the Narra- gaiisett. Time calls of the one alternated with those of the other , and the dear oh ] gossIps In I'oltamotitii socIety voiidered what would lie the outcome of It all. The lieutenant , however , won Ills suit. Coni- niander hihind called away In Ills fine old shIp amid Lieutenant Iewey and MIss Good- vliiare married. It is recoiled now that tilt ) odds "crc agaInst the older and more ihigiillicd officer because , In addItion to the greater favor whIch tile young lieutenant had won In the eyes of the young woman , there tile aId which was thrown Into tile balance by her father , the 'Fightlng Governor. " "George Is sort of reckless sonietlines , " the old gentiemull once remarked , 'but hang nIC If I can help lIking hIm , He's honest and full of grit , and ile'hi be heard from one of thcse days. " LIeutenant Dewey nnd Miss SusIe GoodWill - Will were marrIed October 21 , 1S67 , and foi- loving the wedding a reception was 1101(1 in the fine old Goodwin hoincsteatl which Is still standing on one of the quIet , elm- slinileil atreets of i'ortsmouth , and occupied by nicinbers of the &oodvin family. Shortly after their marriage the young couple were cmpeiled to separate for a tIme. Lleutcnapt Dewey having been ordered - dered to sea. Var two years he was on the European statIon , his wIfe remaining in l'ortsmouth. ] tet.irnlng to AmerIca he wus oddly enough aslgned to the command of the Nurragnn.b , rellovlng his former rIval , Commander Rilind. The one great sorrow of his life came just a little later , This was lii 1872. 114 Ilad been promoted to be corn- nlandor nod luck seemed to be running strongly his way. TIis young wIfe was spendIng 1 summer in Newport and preparations - tions wcrp being made for an event which It was hopc'd' would crown wIth joy theIr s'edded life. A son us born December 23 , but a week later the mother died. Tue boy was chrim.tend George GoodwIn , in honor of his proud old 'grandfather. Ho is now a splondld fellow of 28 , a graduate of Prince- toil and a "chip off the old block. " TIlls boy Is George Goodwin Dewey , now well started Oil 8 mercantIle career In Now York and whose alleged portrait has recently appeared - peared In half tIle newspaiiers of the coun- try. try.After After the loss of his wife Comnlnander Dewey faced the world bravely , but those who knew him wfl say that his soul was sorely tried , vliilo his sIster Is nutbority for the statement that ho felt that if in no little nieasuro Ills career had been ended at tue grave of his wife , Years have not entirely blotted out thIs feeling , but according tea a Wasiliflgtofl story our hero of Manila has Ilot been entirely proof agaInst CupId's mis- chilevous glances , As tile story goes , it was not so very ' l'iiig ago that the gallant Dewey was eclIpsed by a certaIn diplomat attached to one of tile legations in Washington - ington amid a Spanish diplomat at that. "SInce then , " says ny Informant , "Dewey has shown little If any love for the ) Iploniat lii questIon or for the dons in genera' ' . Time fact Is , at least one iminy stisp"t so , ho hail somethIng besides the MaIne to remember when lIe himiedlmp his ships before the Span. isli lleet in ZiIiia3ay1" ' " - - - - - - - : : it RiiiI , i-i' . ! 4iiIiiied , Chicago Triiiile : "i'rofessor , " said an ac- quaiiitallCe , " 1014 ulderstand ; Latin , do you not ? " " \\ehl , " repilcil the lrofeEsor , ' 'I may be said to haven faIr knuwhilgu of hatln ; yes. " " 1 know everybody says you have , I 'ihi ) Oti would tell 2110 sihat 'volix' means. Nobody that I have asked seemna ever to have heard the word. " "If there is ipiy such word as vohix , madam-of wllicil I have serious doubts-I certnlnly do not kmiow what it means , ' ' "You sumprlse mile , professor. A man of your attainments ought to lllOW that. volix mileahls Vol. IX. " The lirofessor deVoted a mnonuint to calling UI ) ills reserves amid bringIng lila lIght artillery - tillery into action , ' 'IL Is no womlder , niadamu , " lie said , ' 'that I did not see the point of your joke. You left the Point out of it. " . CiiiilkIeit , W'ashlmigton Star : " \\'ell , " said the new recruit , "It's a satisfaction to know that l'mil In perfect health , " ' 'YOU thInk that the examninitlon shows 110 doubt ot that ? " , . "Yes , sir. Of eourse I realize that hiummian judgmllent Inay i + ri' But , leaving thin opinion of time pimsiciangTside , a man has to tie in good miiiope to gejhirough that omdenl wIthout - out nervous llrostftton , " _ % lImensi * of trimii , 1)1't molt Jotmriiiti : j lurk I 11cr husband's footstep 80(10115 UliOli the stain lie is go. lug down cchIari l'resontlh' he slugs blithely , "Are you oiling your bicycle , dear ? " she calls to him. "No , love , the lawn-mower , " he shouts back , with a ring of joy In hIs voice. Thcu she awaken with a start. T\VILICIIT \ OF A BUSY LiFE Iicigtbening Shailowa Darken the Pathway of'a Famoas Woman Novelist. EVENTFUL CAREER OF MRS. SOUTHWOR1II 'nIP Author of Mere i'ojiunr Jo-eh , * 'I'bnn Aims Oilier % 'omni ( In ii , , , UiiIL Stnte-Iarnftrtllumnr- LIernry LnhrM , Prospect Cottage , a small , unpretentious , story-and-a-half resIdence In Georgetown , or rather Vest Vniiingtomi , an it is now called , Is the home of Mrs. Southworth , the fliost prolific American woman novelist , Mrs. Emma Iorothy EiIa Nevitte South- worth , to give her full annIe , was born In \'ashington in 181D , and for the greatest pare of her life has lived there. Although not many nanies are better known to the reading pubhlcof the last generation - oration , there are few Ieople with whose personality the public Is less familiar , Mrs. Soutiiworth'g health has becil such as not to allow Indulgence In social functions , In additiomi to whIch her work and her in- chinntion actually forbade it. After an uneventful girlhood , Miss Nev- itto married Frederick 11. Sotithwortii in 1840. Four years later the young wife found It necessary to add to the support of tIle family anti for five years she taught in the public SCilOoIs of Washington. Finding a teacher's salary unequal to her needs , she supplemented it by writing short stories. In 1849 her first novel , "htetrllju- tion , " was published. Its success was so w'EItv Mi IVI'I.tI. I.AV IS , Coiimmmiiiiihir of simm .itrIlmy IN n Civil IIIIII IIIItnry Aimtiorit. In view of tue probability of our soldIers or sailors Invading amid holding Cuba or ti1 I'hihipplnes a glance at what conditIons would exist unler martial law , as shown by instructIons to arny ollleers , is one of interest , In the fIrst place , relates the St. Louis l'ost , it shouhil be understood that the mere uresence of a hostile army proclaims mar- tlni law whether or not ilny proclamation declaring martial law or any public warn- imig to thu inhabitants has been Issued , Martial law gives tile entire legIslative and executive power to tue commander of the invading fomee , unless soimie other Ier son shall be appointed by him or ills gov- C mn mcii t. Every inhabitant of tue country occupied , his lerson and effects are subject to the cx- ecution of time milItary administrator's laws. Comisuis to tue country or state under subjection - jection are included , since tlley are not recognlzeil as dllilonlatle ugemits , 'Flie functions of ambassadors , minIsters or other dlpiomnatlo representatives accretl- lIed by neutial vowers to the dethroned gov- omnment cease , but the conquering power usually recognizes these agents as temporarily - rarily accredited to itself , What measure shall be adopted for the government of the coumitry occupied are de- termuined by the muilitary commander , who uses such lucafls as lie deeimis necessary to conserve the interests of his own country , regardless of the effect upon others. However , it Is a cardInal principle of mar- tlai law , as administered by the United States , that non-combatants shall not ho disturbed in tue ptmrsuit of their everyday vocatIons unless absolutely necessary. Martial law disclaims all cruelty and bitd faith con ernlng compacts effected during tIme war and doc not. countenance extor tions or oilier transactions for private gainer or revenge. On the contrary , offenses of this kind arc to ho meverely punished , especially it committed by olilcers. Martial law affects chiefly the policing of the terrItory where It exists nud the cohlec- tion of public revenues and taxes , whether Imposed by the eipiled govermirnent or the invader. Under martiaL Ia. * , itdministercd by the United States In iOmzba or the Philippines , ofllcers antI the noosasary force of clerks acting under the > order of the AmerIcan commander , would btake iosseslon of the custom houses anflmniunicipal tax departments - ments and collectiinll thid inone ) ' duo under the old regime arid whatever might be 1ev- lcd by time iiiIiitar"omuinnder. I All civil and pehalilaws may continue Under - der martini law If the military commander so elects. lint hn snny abolish tue courts and have the offenders tried by courts-mar- tlal. Such crimesi as may not como umider the jurisdiction vonferrcd by statute or courts.martlal williije dealt with by military commissions , \Vhtie the safety and welfare of non-corn- hatants Is to beicoasiiherctl at all tImes , when the commatider of a besieged city ox- peI the inhabitanta of this class in order to economize the food for tiioso who are fighting , the besiegers are justified by the law of war In driving them back in order to hasten the capitulation by famine. Every commissIoned omcer in the UnIted States army and navy is provIded with a compendium of circulars , orders , etc. , in I which all the rules of martial law are sot r . r' ' ' - - , - . -t - 0 - . , ---S- - - . - - - - 0 I ItOSPECT COTTAGE. great that she abandoned the school anti took up her pen , whIch for more than half a century has not been idle. Romance after romance came in quick successIon , and were eagerly devoured by' the novel readIng publIc. Wiiilc many of her stories are highly seiisational anti lurId , thiero Is mUch strong , dramatic and fluei descriptIve svork In tileflI. Mrs. Southvorth must have made what was coilsidored a fortune in those days , but she has never altered her style of living , and now that silo is on the turnIng poInt of so years she dwells in a house thtt iiilgbt belong to a poor laborer. Prospect Cottage occupies a commnandlng view on Potomac Heights. The low veran- tlah whIch extends around three sldC Itir- alshes a colgn of vantage from whl'h a good part of the alt ) ' and the broad awcep of tim river can bo seen , It nestics ltmnoiig tile trees and climbing vines , ani before the advent of two electric railways must have been a picture of rural beauty. There is a jumietion of the two roads in front of the house and on Suildays whleii tile cars are filled with crovds of pleasure seekers it is not a cbolce localIty. Tue p0. liceinan who keeps watch and ward over that square usually volunteers tue information - tion to any one who looks like a stranger , that "In that there lIttle old house Is where Mrs. outhworth writ all then > novels of hem. " The stranger remembers with great vagueness that In her childish days silo was imiterested In 'Capitola" and her troti- bies and looks with eagerness toward the house indicated. She sees a low , dark , tumble-down dwelling , with coarse Nottingham - ham lace at the windows , giving evidence of great neglect at the present writIng. The same guardian of the peace furth'em relates that Mrs. Southworth , old and invalided - valided , lives alone with only a nepllew , Dr. Southworth to look after her declining years. Mrs. Southworth has never been a fit- vorlte in socIety. Her early years were so full of work anti woo that she bad neither time nor disposition to "go out to frlvol , " It was long before the literary part of so- clety gave imp trying to inveigle the nutiior- 055 to eiitem Its circle , and then only after the reception of note after note of me- fusal , couched in the most pathetic Ian- gtiage , telling of work , worry and that direst of cnlamnltles , netmralgla. Necessity , whIch is said to be the motile ? of invention , assIsted this prolific authoress - ess iii devIsing the manila box envelope , which she iscd ninny years before , 80010- one else took It up and patented It , makIng a fortune by the operation. For many years after beginning to jlimb- hlsb Mrs. Southworthi brouguit out three vet- iiiiies a year , but Inter on her ! mealtii broke ( lowil and her books came out less fre- quently. Sue has altogether published one for every year of the allotted 81)1111 of human - man life , 110 imicomislderablo siiowiilg for a wonlan , At present Mrs. Southwomthi is so broken in health and weakened in faculties that iie cammuot be said to live , only exIst. 11cr neimliew nurses and tomlils her with great care aild stands between her amid the curious public when they inaiiifest a desIre to iii- trudo uponlier irivacy , forth clearly and each ofilcer is supposed to be thoroughly posted thereon. st'.tctsit 1t'ONtI ' 4 for 1 lieOueer IIiI I , iM It ) lIe i'inii't I , , 'l'I.iir Ciiiiiiitis , Sianishl newsiinpers are uueer thiilga , even outside of their 'llOWS" about the Unltcd States , the Indiamis and what not , aiid their i queerness is titie as much to tIm ptibll which they servo as to the Inconceivable lgnomnnce or willftil dishonesty , or both , 01 the people who make tiicill. i It is saId , for imistanco , that outside of the larger cIties there is a large class of people who do not eveii know of the existence of the present crisis. To one unacquainted I with Spanish customs anti nianmiers it might scenl strange that. Spanish newspapers did not lay the whole matter beforo.tho. people , but , accordIng to the IlOStoil Advertiser , there are some obstacles in tIme way of such a general campaign of education in Spain. In the first pIacoIt 1IIUSt ie remembered that less thami a third , ailtl only a little more than one-fourth of tue SpanIsh people cai read or wrIte. An educated SpanIard is net the rule , but.the exception. A ulewapa- I per among a population , more than two- thirds of which can neIther read nor write , is not likely to have a tremendous circulation - tion or unllmltedipower. Even in the cities the circulation is not large. La Epocila , the I conservative organ of Madrid , for cxainplc' , has a cIrculation less than i,000 copIes. Outside of Barcelona and Madrid there are perhaps 600 papers published in Spain , and 0 not half of these pretend to be newspapers. I Indeed , out of all .tilo 1,200 periodicals published in Spain the scientific journals , religious papers anti fashion papers arc ' wililQ the news- largely In tIle mnajorIt' , pepern are Ill the minority. Newspaper enterprise - terprise iloes not have much encourage- meat , ForeIgn news is obtaiiietl chlelly from I government orncials. The whole kingdomn of Spain does not receive as many foreIgn dispatches - patches Ill a week as arc sent to a single city In this country in a single day. The average Sianish editor does miot si'e much use In paying for an interesting dispatch from abroad when tile chances are about ten to one that when Ito gets the dispatch tue press censor will ilOtahlOw the inper to print It. All these facts must bq borne in mind in considering the influences whicll go to make up Public opinion iii Sptin. lJmlfortuilately for thlo stability of the present Spanish gov- eminent , clerical iiilluiences in SpalmI are rather with the Carlist pretender than with tin , young king. If Sagasta were able to lay before the Spanish peopio generally a true statement of the pre&ent cqnilition of tilings aild of W'cyler's brutality , spohlation and outrageous robbery lit Cuba it would not take long to settle the Cuban quention with peace cmlii honor to both sides. Extra copies of this sotivenir exposition number of The Ileo can be had at The lice businesu eflice at 5 cents ier copy. ii'I'lItAItv o'i'IlS. The fourth editIon ot tIme "Celebrity , " by Vi'inston Churchill , is niimiouneed by thu Macmillan eomlany. S. It. Crockett recently started on a six weeks' walking tour through Spain. If lie hears of the war ho will curtail his journey and write about it. Andrew Lang is vr1ting a romnamico in collaboration with A. E. W. Mason , Mr. Lang and Rider haggard have worked to. gether lit double harmless. rt. hi. Russell , New York , lies just brought out a new edition of "Ctmlla imiVar Tittie , " with llngs for marking tlio positions of the opposing ileets amid ariiiIes. The July iiunlber of the Ladies' home Journal is to be a "Presidcmmt's number , " amid will be largely given over to anecdotes and incidents about President McKumliey with illustratIons , A writer in fliackwooda gives Captain Mahuan credit for beimig time catmso of all tile restlessness aud war siiirlt manifest tlmrougbout the world , all on accoumlt'of his ' tumly of the sea -pqwcr in history. Captain Charles King , who was last week appoInted a brigadier general amid recaived orders to go to time PhIlippInes with Cell- cml Merritt , ought to return with a great deal of valuablei material for nw war , si ? stories. Ii has written many and they are1 I popular , As the first part of "The haunts of Men , " the new collection of stories by hlobert W , Charnier is wholly riven up to tales of war , Its early appeamamice will be tlmiiely , A flew volume of csays by Mr. Leslie Stephen is to be pubiibed in the fall , A literary btmrglar recently visited Mr. Ste. phcn' house , carrying off not only a silver inkstnnd , presented to him some years ago , but some silver candlesticks as well that hail belonged to Thackerny , Miss AicIa B , Grimn of AlbIn , Ta. , ban published a small collection of recitations she bits Used , leading off with "TueVed - ding Gown , " which Is of her own composition - tion , Miss Grimn is nit Iowa riroduct nail her face mind figure are quito familiar to Iowa audiences. In this collection of the recitations sIte delights In are many plean- ing ones in both prose and verse. A SIU1I'V TO lii 1tt3iIMiiElt1l ) . Greeting time SnrM nniI Stripe , . in ii- ( alit SemiN , "I don't suppose that the universal display' of the stars amid stripes at the present period Is in any sense lIkely to erase from the ap- preciatIomi of true-blue Americans thmc ftmll- est umtdcrstanding of the meaning , strengtil and slgmilflcanco of the emnblem , " saul a naval offIcer to the Washington Star man. "itather , time universal exhibition of tIme flag is more likely to bring to the men , women and chilmlren of the land a fuller appreciatioml of the glories of the starry banner. Yet , inlpressivo nail Inspir- lag as this bravo array of the natIonal colors on most of the beatmtifttl streets of Washing- tomt surely is , it does not excite within me quito tile same sensation of boumidless , lr- repressible enthusiasm on that which I once experienced at sea , upon the sight of a single Amiici'lcan flag. I am full aware that all of 113 are more or less savage in our natures , but I cannot recall thiqt I ever experienced such a thrill of savage exultation nail exaltation - tation as I did when I clapped eyes upon this lone Ainericami flag , In the center of the low , haughing Pacific. 'My ship was returning from Japan to the United tntes five yenra ago. We had been on the China station for over tilrce years and rnos of tms , forward as reli as aft , were pretty lonesonle , as you may fancy , for a sIght of this smiling luilil of ours. 'iTo vcre eight ilays ut from Yokohama , mflakIlIg for Honolulu to coal shIll ) , whieii we were over- takomi by the Fourth 'of ' July All the sitlps in the AmerIcan navy , you remember , are dressed vlth bumitimig from stem to stern on hmiclependence day , whether the ships arc at anchor or at sea , imi amly quarter of the globe. Our sigumni qtmartermnaster made an especially beatmtiftmi job of ship dressing on this Fourth of July , and , with our 100-toot bnmewarii-bouad pennant streamIng flat with the fresh breeze , I don't doubt that we mantis a brave anti beautiful pIcture an viewed from a dIstance , were there only a few shIps In the omnto vkw us. lint w seemed to be nbsolufrly alone in mid-Pa- cifle. Iurlng the firthrco or feur days of our bomeward.boun1i , qruie out of Japan we bath run across few ships , aI flying the British flag , but on tills sunshlny Fourth of July morning we seemed to ! e quito alone on the sea. We were all lolling about the decks , somewhat stupidly , tlong abotmt 10 o'clock in the morning , after inspectIon , talking about where we intended putting in our 'detached' time , after our ship went out of conunlsslon. , , ' the lookout. 4 mmiii' sung out theboy on 4 , 'Wliereaway ? ' shouted the oflicer of the deck , anti you amy believe that we were all attention to catch the comiass pointn sung otmt by the lad aloft. "The sail was a skys'l , still and tiny as tue limik In a buy's logpette chain , on the outermost verge of thesoutIieastern horizon. Yet alt of us aft took time poop for it with our glasses and time men up for'ard jammed the to'gallnnt fo'c'cle nndtralned their eyes for the sail , which wasnlaking for us. A sailing ship approaching you at sea from the far horizon seems tcr make at. you in bounds when you yourselfhrodriviag at item amid by , the time we took"hiecmid long look at the approaching ship iIti'uohittge ; royals , bellIed out by the frenb btzLt shone clear nail brilliant in our eyes , rlUted by tue bright morning sun. lInt by the time we could make out tue royals we had no use for thorn. Our gaze was focusseti on the hit of btmnting I n the maui-the stars and stripes of our , republIc. I think a bIt of a chill ran over the spimles of all of tis when we saw that. It seenlcd ruCll a devlialily beautiful idea , that-tIle flag bounLlini slap at us rIght out of the middle of the Pacific , antI o al mornings on this Potmrth of July morithlg , , 0 . ' 'This is good ; this Is good , ' hitmtterel the old skiper a trifle hoarsely , anti tbeu the hull of thmo approaching ship danced oi the amethyst horizon for Us , her code o signals fluttering. 0 'I The Shenamidoah , out of Bath , ' shotmtc4 the signal quartermaster from the bridge. J "Yotm otmgiit to have heard tIme mcmi tm f forwarml , bless their mnisehievotma , gcnerif Otis souls , They let out a whoop that rani % ) arotmmul the circle of the Indigo sea like I Valhalla SilOtit of victory , and 'I fear wo were a bit umidignlfleti aft , for one o' io sefl. \ br watch omcera alongsId us emi the dec14 thrust both of his arms in the air aniC emitted a series of howls that were calculated - culated to umake the voIce of our siren scen small by comparison. . - , ' 'Does she wave ? ' ho howled , ' \Velfj noes she wave 7' "The Shenandoah , probably qtloeui of alt 4 tue clippers In the WOrli , bore ilown upor us with every thread of 11cr canvas set aniX drawing-as bmautiful a ldctimre as nimy nlmtll over sees in the world. Anti there , flutter- lug far above her main skys'i snapplllg ii the breeze and waving grandly with thi this and leans of time great ship-the flagI It sotmitl be hard to describe the feeling we all experienced when the Shmcmmamldonh swept - 0 by within a hutidred yards of us. lfe crew were just as touch plenseti is wp werr0 0 and site did hot wait for us to dip , but just as alto swung by us hlki , a iriimcess lii the pride of her finery , again amid again va1 time banner diiiped In reilly to our bmtmlner- dipping at tile muizzemi , amid tue cipper'm crow , ranged along tile weather maII'min- gleil their hoarse shouts with the tthnon- deus cheering of ohm mmtmi-o-war's Inca , "When a 01fl0 Sees the [ Ing df hI iativd land under clrcumnstamict's like ti1mL th ancalory of it Is goimlg to abide vitit him. 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