Show EDITORIAL PITH according to the new kow york mall and express it Is now proposed in spain that all tile ilio military schools tit in that country bo be closed tho the idea Is 14 a good ono one tho the boys would do much be better t ter at farming A tx ex hooley ac cordin to an ob observing journalist hooler fa s in tho the I 1 habit abit of lounging around with his hands in his P pockets ac oki atals this I 1 s lab Is i 0 L dl s aln c t 1 improvement m p rov c m e n t u upon p hla old d h habit 1 t 0 of f lo 10 u n x in g a around ru u n d 1 fill hla his hands in other peoples pockets remarks tho the chicago chronicle A ono one of tho the friendly islands line has disappeared p e ar e 1 I beneath the surface of the ocean T thin his Is IH no time for a friendly island to disappear lan lint t it better to 10 ho he annexed than to got get oft off tho the earth asks tile iho st loula louis republic A tho the louisville courter courier journal says pays the tha spaniards in porto rico aro are destroying arms ammunition and other property properly rather than have them fall into tho the it possession of the united states its ita go betting that these theao impudent rati rascals cals will ask of the united states compensation for every dollars worth of property properly thus destroyed st A A the president it Is said will distribute brevets only for service in actual battle so much excellent service can bo be rendered off the battlefield battle held that this seems scorns unfair 3 let el declares he springfield republican tho the Pro president debe deceives ives praise it hla his in main M n purpose la Is to prevent a ridiculous flood of bremec promotions re motions such auch as aa brought t the dreve u brought cm civil war r to a glorious and majestic majest 0 clo close a e tho the country uns throated to some 2500 bi brevet evet r one rals at that time lime according to the iho philadelphia inquirer the woid ship Is in masculine in french 12 italian titis 1 ocal spanish 1 find and portuguese an and e no tick in teutonic and scandinavian lia iun perhaps it at would not bo be sit an error to 10 trace tile tho custom back to tho the greeks who called all ships by feminine names nam probably pr bably out of deference to athens athene pod god dos desa of the sea aoa but bul the ilia sailor assigns no all auch ch reasons 1 inc I he ship Is to 10 him a verl table sweetheart sho she possesses a ual 0 collars stas laces lacca bonnets Lon nets ties r ribbons chains vil phea and dozens of other feminine valuables POOR POOH OLD NIAN MAN the wheeler family have bave indeed made ar preat A sac rincea for kneur country during ih the war r but their have tho the affection anil and c esteem A teem of a united nation lio hounton unton post A gen wheeler nill aill have the sympathy v 0 of tits the nation in the iho loss loas it ho 0 has sustained I 1 in n tho the di ownIng of his son aon at montauk point tho the blow aill be all tho the bar harder der because the young man met death arnth in fix hla his native land after peace had bee n con clouded gen wheeler heeler has other children children but the iho dead son vas the iho youngest rela and therefore the most cherished of tile tho kroup group N e can well believe that the gallant sol dier aill vi find little consolation either in his military or political honors for ilia iho ho he may ho however uever bo be assured of the uni universal versa mar c condolence or of his fellow countrymen chicago chi go chronicle A gen wheelers personality has become it ft most interesting one lie he has the rare fortune to add to his bla prominence on the confederate side elde in I 1 itile tho civil war and bin bid late laio prominence in congress fl large degree of distIn distinction cLion won by I 1 iho lle uart art ho he played in the iho spanish war lie 1 had ad every reason to bo be highly gratified w with ith the result of that war as it boro bore on his personal toi foi tune and reputation when this deplorable drowning accident which not havo have happened had there been no war and no at montauk robbed him of a most promising sot a naval nava i cadot cadet of IS 8 years who aas serving serving on it hta 1 s rathers fathers 9 staff t art it it la Is a bluer bitter loss loas made ads doubly so 90 by its wholly unnecessary e character har acter thoro there Is profound sympathy A all ll 11 over tho the coun country jr for or gen wheeler in it his 13 bere bereavement jl philadelphia il ladelphia press A A tho the drowning droning of naval cadet thomis thomas n H wheeler son soil 0 of gon gen joseph J 0 s pit wheeler mid and of beco beconi ad eliout ne w t un 1 D clrk birk patrick patr lck near montauk lon point L I 1 I 1 adds adda another an oilier to the many sad aad incidents w rhth hah have followed in the train or of the war both were young men of fine promise and both vora or from roro south Soui hirn rn states youns young kirkpatrick wua was from monmouth near lexington va end and escaped the iho perils of tho the santiago campaign n hero he had proved himself a good soldier to in hie Is own otin country by accident young wheeler accompanied his hid father to santiago and thero there and elsewhere had shown himself a worthy eon of tho the gallant abid able soldier who has won distinction on so many fields the sympathy of tho the country will sill go out to tile the parents parenia and friends who havo hae seen these theao two brave young I 1 11 em snatched ched away just as peace s returning them safe to loving hearts and hoines Balti baltimore moro sun |