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H E AMERICAN. OUR WOMEN IN WAIL Hoicks of wives anooauoh. TIRS ARE NOW HKANO. fmmt l Jla tats mi a mm A Mi f Aay kUI Waaaa m UHk Civil War. Ths president sn serrstarr ef war art receiving letters from patriotic voDfg All over ths counlry en i loss to Vs mustersd Into service. A lMr received At ths Whit Hoes. Aid addressed "Presides! McKieler. CLARA BARTON. Washington. D. C." reada: "I writs easing If I would be of aa? uu to you la this Cuba trouble. I Am only a woman, but I ran nurae tbe tick and wounded. I ouly wish I were a man. I would go And volunteer to take ona of onr unfortunate one' place who went down with the Maine. If you need women to nurae, or If In any way I can be of service to you for my country' Ake, please let me kaew. I am stroag. rwsigh 150 pounda, hst feet Are And one half Inches, age V yeara. And good nurae. Hoping we of servlcs to my God and my rwnwtry. I am at your command." Another aaya: "I waa one ot the Iflrst volunteer nuraea during tbe war s tbe rebellion; experience on trans gtoria And In hospitals. If there la an other war I am ready." A Canadian woman, who aaya bar brother fought for our Hag In the late Avar, offer her services, and Adda In ner letter to the president: "Falling Ue position of nurae, I ahall be glad to give my aervlrei In any other rapacity where I may be of use." From away down In Colorado Anoth er woman, who Addreaae her letter War Department," offera her aervloea la theee worda: "Should there be a wax between the United 8tata And BpAln, would there be Any ahow for ua to get transportation. We Are nuraea, And strong, healthy women. There are two of ua. aged 35 yeara." Theee Are but severAl example! ot the correspondence being received from American women. In the event ot an outbreak with Spain positions In the Army will be pen to many women, the number of course depending upon the extent of Che struggle. During the late war fjundreds of women served In mnny capacities with relation to the Array, most of them as nurses.' Some as spies and others as purveyors, laundresses, tc. Should a great war break out the hospital corps of the area? would have to employ a great nwsato of women nurses. Secretary Alger would prob ably appoint an experienced woman as superintendent of nm-st. In 1861, At the beginning of the ctvW war. Secre tary of War Cameron appointed Miss Dorothea Dlx for thla duty. She of fered her services without compensa tion, and nurses selected by her were found upon every battlefield from Bull Run to Appomattox. They were In every Union hospital. While the typical army nurse Is al ways described by the Idealist as a youthful, tender "angel of mercy," with A beautiful face, it is Interesting to know that generals in command of ar UEUT.-GKN. PANDO. (One of Spain's Military Leaders Ia Cuba.) xoles prefer middle-aged And homely women tor such 'service. A circular distributed by the superintendent of nurses In 1861 read: "No women under SO need apply. All nurses are required to be very plain looking women. Their dresses must be either brown or black, with no bows, no curls or Jewelry, and no hoop Skirts." The pay given to nurses In the late - . Mis? jfe war waa fit a soonlh. but It is aaJd that hundreds of women of sort! rank sad position, without w siting to be formally asustsrsd la. served without nay or hope of reward. 8he who is now volunteering to aid In a conflict with Spain is not Ue "Aew woman," but the same patriotic creature who offered herself to her Sag la 1M1. Ooaerel Bhsrmaa railed "Mother Bickerdyke," the celebrated nurse of the civil war, one of his "beet gen ersla." The tonus who would be the most conspicuous of her set in a great war between the United States and 8 pain la Mtas Clara Barton, president of the Americas Red Cross, who is now car isg for the starving Cubans. Should A wat break out with 8palA, woman's most valuable military serv ice will be done At home. As soon as the first gun of the civil war waa Bred. woman's work for both the Union and Confederate causes began in earnest. WlthlA A month After President Un cut a called for the first Army of 75,000 volunteers, sn association of New York women bad rboaen from hundreds of candidates 100 competent nurses to be trained by the physicians and surgeons of the city. At the same time women throughout the country organised sol diers' aid societies, sewing circles, fairs And entertainments of various sorts for tbe purpose of furnishing the brave boys both necessities and delicacies. Trains running Into Washington were weighed down with a tremendous ac cumulation of freight for thla purpose. Its distribution was finally turned over to the sanitary commission, which co operated during the war with women's clubs and societies throughout the en- tire North. After each battle agents distributed the supplies as received. Statistics show thst during the late THE HARBOR Or HAVANA, wat the women's organisations raised Altogether $50,000,000 Among their so cieties In the Northern states, the amount recently appropriated by con gress to put tbe nation upon an effect ive defensive tooting. The little girls of the North, by their miniature fairs and handiwork, contributed $100,000. Women might serve this government as spies In a great war. That a woman THE STEAMER OLIVETTE. (In the Service of Uncle Sam Between Havana and Key West) csnnot keep a secret herself or 1st any one else keep one is not borne out by certain secret archives kept in a large Ore-proof safe In the war department One of the most active and reliable Union spies In the late war waa a wo man, who worked successfully for a long period. Eventually, however, she was caught by the enemy and hanged to a tree. Martial law, which states that "the Bpy la punishable by desth by hanging by the neck," has no re spect for sex. Had the Hoath Woa. We can measure the value of this commemoration day If we reconsider what would have been had trie con federacy succeeded. Macaulay, In one of those brilliant haphazard specula tions with which he was wont to sup plement what Providence had failed to do In the making of the universe, saw In the future of the United States a taAlf dosen federations. England could hold her empire by the power ot the sword, but where waa the sword la a deinocracy? Let us suppose, as Mae uly seemed to anticipate, that the United States should have accepted the Southern Confederacy. It Independ ence bad been conceded to the South after Chancellorsvllle then the darkest hour tor the North what thent The lines ot separation would have been drawn through West Virginia, with the Rocky Mountains as a western bar rier. The French would have held the Rio Grande. Canada would have been a neighbor In arms. THIS SQUADRON AT HAMPTON ROADS. The last was the fourth aeoidsal that happened to Ue Maine. In AAgwst, ISM, she tripped her anchor la awIaa lag arouAd while At Key West, aad drifted oa a reef aad beat tea plates along the port keel. Ia Iwbniary, 1MT. a ons-pound cart ridge exploded duiisg target praetlee, aad seriously Injured three men. la July. 1M7. ahe was rammed late an East River pier by her eajtala la aa effort to Avoid striking a heavily loaded etenrstoa boat. She sustained only the loss of some bow paint this time. It Is a Navy yard tradltioa thAt tht COMMODORE HOWELL. (Commander of the Squadron at Hampton Roada, Va.) Maine waa hoodoed from her launch ing day. Rear-Admiral Dralne, who superintended her building and whose pride ahe was, had obtained a bottle of real American wine for her ehrlet enlng. He was then superintendent ot the Brooklyn navy yard, and he and Mrs. Brains sent to Kelly's Island, In Lake Erie, near tbe scene of Com- SHOWING MORRO CASTLE. mander Perry's famous whipping of the British, and secured a quart of cham pagne, made right there from Ameri can grapes. Miss Alice Wllmerding, a grand daughter of Secretary ot the Navy Tra cy, christened the big armored cruiser, and brought with her a bottle of cham pagne from the hills of France. She used this, and it was a severe disap pointment to Admiral Bratne. He has his bottle ot American wine still In a prominent place in his library, and win wish now, more than ever, that It had been the one to have been smashed over the Maine's bow. Besides her accidents the Maine has twice come In for severe criticism as to top weight and seaworthiness. Ia September, 1896, It was found that she could not carry on her decks the two torpedo boats designed therefor, and the boats, which cost $80,000, were sent up to Newport for practice work at the training station. In February of last year Admiral Bunco had to make to Assistant Secre tary McAdoo, after his experience with his squadron off Cape Hatteras in the gale ot February 5 and 6, the follow ing report: "Tbe Maine's behavior at sea in heavy weather is bad. Her pitching and rolling is excessive, and is attribut ed to faulty design 1n placing too much heavy weight at her extremities, which GUN AT WILLET'S POINT. N. T. (Can Pierce Four-inch Armor at a Dis tance of Nineteen Miles.) was Increased by attempting to correct another error when she was commis sioned. Her battery cannot be used aa designed without destruction ot boats and other fittings,' snd in some In stances loss of lite, if the crews remain at their guns. For this reason there has been no attempt to make such ass of the guns as Is contemplated In the design of the ship and arrangement of her batteries.' smoL THE AMERICAN CONTAINS A OOMPLETE REPORT OF THE SAUNA CLEWETT CASE THE HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, of St. Paul, Minnesota. THE Daily Newspapers have not dared to publish the proceedings in this celebrated case, 1 which has been on trial in the St. Paul Courts for some weeks, bat THE AMERICAN will give its readers a full report madcap from the Court Records. Everybody shoald read it. Owing to the large demand for extra copies of the March 4th edition of THE AMERICAN already booked we have decided to print many thousands of extra papers and will supply them at the following prices: 1,000 copies, $10.00; 500 copies, I7.50; 100 copies, $2.00; 50 copies, $1.25; 10 copies, 30 cents. Cash mast accompany the order. AMERICAN 1616 Howard nnnni HAVE YOU A FAVORITE ? ? 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Price in Paper Cover AG EXT S WANTED I am anxious to Ret agents to work putting np sates and dolling rlnhts snd call your at tention to THE GRANGER GATE upon which I nave recently received letters patent. This gate being so simple, durable and cheap, it Is bound to come Into quite general use. Being constructed from seyen common fence boards, one 2x8 two feet long, one pound of wrought nails, and one good straight fence post. It can be built on any farm by any man who can saw a board and drive a naif. There Is no trouble In selling either the gate or farm or precinct rights, and I want agents in every locality, to whom I will allow a liberal commission. If you have time to devoted to this work you can make It pay. Soliciting correspondence I am. Respectfully Yours. J. H. DUNDAS, A.UBUWN, KHB. No greater, no more interesting, no more fearless exposure 01 Komarusm waa ever written than that penned by rot rihnrlea Chlnlauy and popularly known as "Fifty Tears in the Church of Rome." Price lua. ttena us z.uu and get the book. American Pub. Co.. Kit Howard HL, umana, nso. THE MARCH AQAIN8T PUBLISHING Stroot, Bend all orders lOlft Howard YET FORME 25 cts. Sent by Mail. W. A. SAUNDERS. Attorney, Merchants National Bank. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order of sale Issued out of the district court for Douglas county. Nebraska, and to me di rected, I will, on the 12th day of April. A. D. 1898. at ten o'clock a. u. of said day, at the EAST front door of the county court house, In the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Ne braska, setl at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the property described In said order of sale as follows to-wit: Lots four (41 in block 134, and lot Ive (5) In block 164 of the Original Plat of tbe city of Omaha, as surveyed, platted and record ed, all situated in Douglas county, state of Nebraska. , Hald property to om soia to sausiy w al ter E. Keefer, plaintiff herein, tbe asms as follows, to wit: Ob lot 4 In block 1S4. above described, the sum of fl.897.0t, together with an attorney's fee of sihs.to; On Ink S In block 1S4. above described ths sum of 4875.46, together with an attorney's fee of aw m; Which said amounts according to the 1odr ment of the district court bear Interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from Sep tember 88th, 188s, and are Brat lien upon said property. To satisfy the further sum of three nun dred and nineteen and 18-100 (mi2 dollars costs herein, together with accruing costs according to a Judgment rendered by the district court of said Douglas county, at Its September term, A. D. IBM, In a certain ac tion then and there pending, wherein Walter K. heeler is piaintia ana t ooeoe KeDecca Elisabeth Hlwine Linton and Adolphus Fred erick Linton, her husoand. John Morris. Will iam Morris and Frank Crisp, co-partners do ing Business as Asburst Morris. Crisp s com pany. John Whlttaker Cooper and William issac foara are aeienaanta. Omaha, Nebraska, March 11th , 1897. JOHN W. MCDONALD Sheriff of Douglas County, Nebraska. w. a. saunaers. Attorney. Keeler vs. Linton, et al. Doc. 55; No. 17. Kx.-Doc. I; PageM. 3-11-5 BEUGIOH IK THE BIHERlCfls COLONIES. An Essay by Chase Roys, throwing a blase of light on American history shows that the Jesuits were the cau&e of all the colonial wars, Indian an French massacres of those times and many startling facts not generally known. In pamphlet form Price 10 Cents. Address: CHASE ROYS, Washington, D. C. 4 COMPANY, OMAHA, NBB. snnr:-.:::::: THE UESTOR OF UAGAZCES THR North American ReYiev has been In the van of American thought for more than three-quarters of a easv tury. ranking always with the best asd most influential periodical of the world. 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