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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1898)
rr k 1 V n p THAT LITTLE CUBAN ARMY. When the Cuban Junta of New Torit nty ordered 4he Cuban volunteers In he United States to Tampa It was , "with the expectation that they would pass directly over to Cuba. For this reason no provision was made for a wtay there. The men have now been la Tampa about three weeks, and tho dato of their departure Is still uncertain. To say that the Cubans are anxious to leave and to Join Gomez In what they confidently expect will, with tna . -aid of the United States, be his last stand against the tyranny of Spain Is iputtlng It mildly. Yesterday I saw i General Lacret, their leader, and all thik ni.mhar. nf lila atnff flnit found that, while they are making the best of things, they are wildly Impatient. It Is hard to describe the little army of 600 patriots which Is encamped In "West Tampa. It Is ununlformed, un organized, undisciplined. Hardly any -of the men have had the slightest ex perience In military matters. The offU -cers for the most part have happily seen some campaigning or have re ceived some Information in the art of war, and drilling and organizing are "being carried forward rapidly. The small Cuban army is not encamp ed like our boys In Tampa. They are iot provided with tents or other ne cessities for an outdoor existence. They Tiave simply taken possession of Cespe des hall, In West Tampa, This provides o. roof over their heads and nothing more. West Tampa Is a town apart prom Tampa, though adjoining It. Here are rows and rows of houses which liave sprung up as they have In Ybor City, principally on account of cigar (factories. There are many refugees Atmong the Inhabitants. Spaniards lived Sere, too, and both here and in Ybor City some of the houses were painted felue and some yellow. The Spaniards (would never live In a blue house, while the Cubans wuuld have drawn their .hearts' blood rather than Inhabit one 7whlch was painted yellow. The houses fare small and built in rows, and hardly jany of them have kitchens. The family Irepalrs to the restaurant for meals or 'Aias the meals brought to the house. JBoys bearing food In tin trays, one on top of the other, may be seen on the wireuiM ui meal iiim-a, iiiw'" Hi jrro. aome carry a ooaru wuu ud on the bottom on which are hung tin frails containing food. House rent is . collected weekly in West Tampa. The ' ipeople can move for fifty cents. Often families move every week; this makes k; una un.CD " , , ... 1, bare build- art of west linen ieiifc jhij . .,...... 1 CesDedes hall is a tall. linn- Kitiintml In the heart TamDa. it is unpiasierea anu uiiihuim.- d except on the outside to a certain jextent. The piazza, wnicn runs aions !Jthe second story at one Bide, has lost ( Us lower supports, and the most valiant l tnvarrlors dare not to walk underneath. I The lower floor consists of a long hall and four rooms running along the ther side and leading out of it. These .were once used for stores. They now konstltuto first, officers' lounging room. .sumptuously furnished with two or three hard benches and one or two schoolroom desks; second, the Interpre- er-s room, which contains even less. and. third, the headquarters of the Red Cross or Hospital Corps. There is a tab,elnth'mC.?:.Ctf,annr HurgcuiiB juiin.1. uiv v,.t...".. busily organizing the departemnt. M... ..in M.TiTPna I ItiCi .MCVM O yujliwuuui I 'Where do the men sleep?" I asked Up stairs we went. More bare boards "Up stairs. hnrt hpamq but not a s gn or a oea. ' "! suoSos'e vou wonder how tho men sloeo here " sad my guide "They Just Cu .on the' floor In T blankets. A few of Ihem have hammocta "which they Kg a? nlghtT At one end of the V.. t,nii wn n atniro nnd the room i . b . j . i. .i ...oo mio vuiih ?rU.,Z benches.' "a awk- ,n. .,v.. .... . ,,a,.ri n.mr1 was receiving instruction in one slTeT men were lounging around 'nnrl talking In ErOUUS. Tntre Wero . . .v ,..... loot, in omprl. What the vo unteers lack In experl- tjiiue UICI i" "f - -..--.. ice wiey iuac '"'." " 7. few of them know enough to salute a 8cratche9 on the cart-( electricity. Wires run to every gun suporior officer, and the guards carry a pen Km lene tr. regiment romm, and to the captain's quarters their muskets in a way iua c"b hold, they are up at half-past four u ' tt".BlWnhf 9tdh .. ....... . n ...n.r 111 ,1 lrrfll 1 H TO lit before the sun gets high. Often they vdrlll for as long in the arternoon. The government has agreed to pro- vi,i thin amall Cuban army with uni- forms and equipments, and to support Jt from the time of Its start for Cuba. At present some have half, some a Viuarter or a unitorm, nu '' " ' abUlty of union with one so gennc. u """"s, ..u ,-t. o-...v.. .-, a 0 Then the lire that it was tnougni them nothing but their badge, which Is , " 'llant nnd SPf.aacrinclng as the ' ling steel gun, cast In one piece, which wou,d prove a moVng force in Journal pinned to the hat. While the suits .? hoy- Tnere Is absolutely nothing' has lately been shipped to the gun fac- iBm sped away upon a martial tangent, -,..i,ir.ii ttiv nrn to have will be exactly like those provided for the regular sol- dlers who go to Cuba, the celebrated inachete win in an caara c . .' of the sword. Many of the men hero -,- aniistnmcH to its Use: many Ot nr accustomed to its use: many 'them have never held one. General Lacret has established his .o.inrtprs in a small empty house 'near "Cespedes Hall." A few chairs "Cespedes Hall." A few chairs tute his furniture. The general's Is pro!ded with a hammock and ulpments hang on the wall. I was constitute Iroom Is pi 1. t Anulnmo n.,l nvnmlnP tho machete and pull lt from the case. His beautirui -pistols and small dagger were with It. 'n the blade of the dagger Is written in the spanisn longuL-. rt.. jU. -""" . . . tt ft 11 0 H ri(l General Lacret Is all for Cuba-all his ufi iin iiocn for her. and he Is content . ""7 iner ihan to die for her. He Is an old campaigner lie considers himself. General Lacrefs staff and aids are quartered In his house and In tne next. and formed a picturesque group. There are men from many parts 01 me uimou States who have come together at th call. Many of them have been ior ten or twenty years ln this country, but .,. i,op nnt frtrp-nttpn "Oiiba Libre." Some never expect to return, but aro cheerful in the prospect of ending their lives on a battlefield ot their beloved island. These COO patriots will probably, un- t .p.n.rni 1 iprpt loin themselves to der General Lacret, join themselves to yJi??yZ.Z?HtV;n UUIIUCIO Ui ...w w...- ,.-- Cuba. Discerning Child (who has heard some remarks made by his father)-Are you . " acCounted for. our new nurse? Nurse-les. dear r", ,s an anomaious cone JUUIJ -ill ariva thel boys who can be managed by kindness, so you had better get some sponge cakes and oranges at once. .The pupils in a school were asked to give In writing the difference between a biped and a quadruped. One boy gave the following: "A biped has two legs and a quadruped has four legs; there fore, the difference between a biped and a quadruped Is two legs." Aunt (who has received a letter from Johnnie's home) Oh, Johnnie, your mamma has got two nice new bayles. Johnnie That's Just like mamma; I suppose by getting two she got them cheaper. I SOLDIER AND CIVILIAN. It la no wonder that women love le tnltltalre. All the camps the soldier demonstrates his superiority to the civ. Man with the eloquence of both word and act not, perhaps, In Intelligence, but tho more appealing kind, which touches the affections. Down the cimpany street comes from the train the gayly decked crowd ot women and girls holding up dainty skirts to illsnlav those still more dainty. and all the camp smiles welcome, Get- ting there was an unhappy experience with street cars and trains, and pre- pared the mind for the proper enjoy- ment of solicitude. A military camp must be rigid In restrictions, If for no other reason than to Impress an Inoffensive public; and to accomplish this sentries are Pet to stalking the company streets and other martial thoroughfares to prevent the entry of Interlopers. The guard Is Inexorable. Two or three young ladles, bewildering in their witchery of glance and smartness of costume, step lawlessly on the forbid- I den eround. and the iruard discreetly turns his back until they are beyond is his back until they are ueyona territory. After a while they learn : the sudden presentment of a back a rigid retreat of aentlnals do nol i his that and mean a violent antipathy toward them, but a neat leniency Instead, and they laugh In pleasure at the ruse A "hlgn private In the rear rank' ' makes himself a special escort or tno ladles, fernnps ne nas Known mem in town and been Icily Indifferent, or may. eb they have Just now thrust them selves upon him with an appealing look and the prefactory remark: "We arej quite lost. Cculd you tell us which Isj the nlce3t part of the camp?" However! the acquaintance came about, this kind! of soldier Is to be Ecen In large numbers at the camps, having In charge two of. three ladles, or, more happily, only one. It is with noble detlance that he risks the guardhouse to give pleas ure to his proteges, ne even smumers, his solders conscience suiin.ii.iiuy " cruse ine uie uuni me i" " - . a sentry niu la iuhuib uuijr U. ., ,,,. v.. gallantry, ana me privnegeu American princesses go everywhere. I A crcUar tent, where sixteen men Bleep with their toes toward tentpoles and tnelr entire appurtenances made lnt0 a pit0w, is not a fine reception lnt0 a pniow, is not a line reception "room; but tho soldier In camp man-- agea t0 makfi t a tidy place of some conlfort and much hospitality If he can rnax n B cuests within. A grumpy mis. creant who Insists upon his right to B)t !n n9 section coatlesa and sew much neeued buttons on his waistcoat loses. ca8te f0r all time, because he sacrifices nothng for the ladles, but continues h, a-inah nursults. wooden boxes rest on the straw tent ftoor whereVer there is space wldo enough. ln these are harbored tooth- soeHcades sent to the boys to em- beah le monotonous and Inelegant f f th c The choicest things th wlUingly produced and d t th ,adle3 wlth unrestrained Beneroslty-not that the ladles need - f h ,ve wlthln a 8tone-9 throw of shops where they can be oougnt, out uecausf iiuiiowiiuum b".- ,alU rls(iS t0 coni,llete abnegation of impiete aonegation oi rt of the soldier boy ; pleasures, and even t other women have t .!. l.n..r, it IVin anlfllpr ImV Hell. Ill UIU licti sacrifices become the luxuries that given he will relinquish for the benefit oi ine wuihuh m. m..w. I With an abashed sort of pride and a ' magnlfllcent scorn of hardship he ex- plains to the exquisitely sympathetic Visitors the uses of the various equip- ments within the tent. He unpacks his KtlOPSaCK to anuw iiuw nut u. v.....v-w .h.ttIo its contents are arranged. Hei gives practical demonst.otlon of what o - --.,. ,.. u ,u ,, uses a soiuier mah.es wim mu .?v.-.v of .enamelled cioth belonging c , equipmt'lll. unu .i.an.ca h "."' an ammunition oox anu yruueiu u u an80UVenr auU,nB, We are not allowed to do this, you know." Then wun , I ..UbW ... ......... - ... -J-Cn7panyt and even the date, lest , and enmpany. ,ntended forget the. iffiasant day. With a low bow he pre- pnt the cartrldso saying, "This was intended for a Spaniard, out i sive , , i a ,, Qm.orai mnrrincea have occurred In mn. Is lt any wonder? I can Imagine the coyest and most reluctant malden being convinced of the deslr- . ...... ,,.", i ,Br- no trouble Is too . when exprteU for her pleasure, uf about which she has supposed i he nad made some reservations, i n book t0 ,,er now anu that book , ',, nrlmnr. Of a sudden life for these dainty i-.ii ,i. ..,. iu (m iho hp.nvpnlv nro- i '., .i, oni.tior'n crniinntrv to the I I.edatory selfishness of the traveling I ,..llltorv selfishness of the traveling i iiiiari III manners. The platform h station Is Jammed with hundieds tired but determined people standing V t. ...niiint tnr tho Iraln uraws u fr0m the military regions I Qf Uje 8tatlon grounds and is already . "."-rTV the full extent of It. .aav.v- .... ... ..!,. I Beatlng capacity with soio eis. uui una , Is how they diner irom tin- " the camp. They have been sent home because of physical Inability to meet i cars impeiieu uy muar ucn...v., u.,. Isunds in an uncomfortable pack, fill- the a.sies" from" end to end. Foe, the nrst time they realize mat o v u to the camp brings fatigue. They would glve anything tor a resting '"- "" tnere Is none. Every seat Is filled wun a clVUan soldier, loud taiKing. t" ";" , 8meuinB, insolently selfish in his indlf- , , t u-mnen. All day a unl- formed man has meant gallantry and , courtesy. What makes the difference now!, Merely the fact that in spite of the uniform these men are prucu- of the uniform these men are inavn- cally civilians, and firm believers In i cally civilians, anu nrm ueiicv ... Ipttlntr each Individual lane cure ui letting eacn in 1 evidently drawn, their looks . .... -. forlorn- In the motion of the train they wnv and stagger, but no one pities, ?-.."., lo,? u .mii save one. but he being old and evidently an Invalid, ! :. . ". . - ,j . condition. As thoir Hvpa tn j " at' ",'.,, e women of the country, but as civilians in dally Intercourse will visit them with insuneraoie jnconaiu erateness. Allah ill, Allah even so, An Arab chieftain treats his foe Holds him as one wimout rauu Who breaks his bread and eats his bo mat it win accommuuuie nocii m u.c. i over eleven incites or armor near me a uuupie ui iiuiiui.cii.-iiit:iB, u. buiiib . f.uun 8 nnxous to make a girl's nc- day or hour, -and thus enable him to . muzzle. Eight-Inch guns nre tho assorted buttons (which. It Is to be hop. ualntance he walks up and down In take the ladles throuah the lines. I hmallest of the monster class the class ed, will not be converted Into poket fr()nt of ncr j,ouae jke tnnt "Turn you back. Jim," he calls to ln which the projectile and the explo- chips), a comb, a piece of wax, a coupl -Vender llstas "they call It, because salt: ...... I tall of a dreadful dragon." "But where But ln fair battle strikes him dead 1 ,B the dragon?" "Oh, It wouldn't do With the same pleasure that he gave to draw him( he's such a dreadful him bread, '.dragon." Men go to war to protect the coun-. . . . Jti0lVhltCcZtirVhy0o "Bobble, how many sister, fcos your Show resoect t'o countrywomen ("and new school fellow?" "He has one. mam show respect to countrywomen tano j d ff me fa saying Sin. for them ?n MtrioUc Tfervor u .that he had two half-sisters; but ha perish for them In patriotic rervor in fl t know that T Btud fracu0ns." PROQRES8 IN NAVY WARFARE Since the time when the world has witnessed any great conflict, changes have been going on In the methods of dealing death and destruction which practically revolutionize warfare. In no department has the change been more radical than In the construction of high-powered and machine guns rot use on vessels and In fortifications, These new weapons to be used by the United States range from the Lee-MIt- rora rme, with which the crews are armed, with a caliber of .236 of an Inch, to the mammoth breech-loading rifled cannon, with a caliber or 13 inches, ue- tween these are the one. three, and six- pounders and guns from 3 to 12 Inches, The one, three and six-pounders, ani the three, four, live, and six-Inch guns belong In the category of rapld-flrinR guns, In which the ammunition Is all it one piece, like the cartridge of a re- volver. One, three and stx-pounders, so-called from the weight of the pro- Jectlles, are usually mounted In tho flghtlng-tops of ships on military masts, where they command full sweep of an enemy's deck. Such guns have been nrea at, me rate or iuu rounus a minute, i and a small number of them can keep a perfect shower of exploding shells falling on the decks of the foe, or may fired at the rate of 100 rounds a minute, I be used In destroying a torpedo boat flotilla. ti. thrBo-inrh n-nn u miiin ..nriniii. nml run ... inWnn nhnr- wimn n himij ng Is made. le. Four-Inch guns are tho Infant terrors of the navy. They lira nniiPiioo tf.iirhitir .19 tv.nn.ia nainiJ 16 pounds of powder. The gun weighs 3.400 pounds, and Its armor plerclnfl projectile can enetrate seven Inched of high-grade steel. It can be fired about twenty times a minute, and car- rles four miles. Five-inch guns weigh about three and a half tons, the bullet 60 pounds and the powder 30 pounds, Its armor-penetrating power Is about nine Inches at close range. Six-inch .. t..t. ....t.i n...i in... ....I.... i munis uic uui.li niiJiu uiiu niuw mint,. They weigh nearly seven tons, the pro- Jectlle 100, and the powder 50 pounds me ruiige oeing over six mucs, piercing give are separate, xney are v leei long and weigh 17 tons. Their range la, eight miles and the projectile weighs 050 pounds. They can Are six shots a minute, which would pierce 15-inch ar- mor, The powder used Is In hexagonal grans, of which about twelve weigh a grang, of which about twelve weigh d, pound. These grains are strung togeth, er on cord and wrapped In cheese cloth, m which condition they are shoved Into' .hi. ..nwl. hphlncl Hip nrn prt . In nur nnvv 10 12 anil 11-lnoh cuna in our na lv, n anu u-incn guna are mounted in turrets in .pairs. 'iny .nchguTls25fe In length anS weighs 30 tons. Machinery is used, for raising and lowering, it. making it , VT Sif J .J.l.W Jli,; n,! !,'. ,. operate slowly. The projectile, weigh- iV e ' hour Twelve-Inch rilles aro , $0mfeet lon welirh '",l 'f 0J abouti DOC ? rounds a dls- ; f1 !e .e mUes The muzz?e en- e "p Wi toot tons, or a ' & rP. se"oSld raise 6 1 000 tons one ff0wtefn a -MOTd and s capable of JJ" atwe,ny-slx Inches of armSr P,cf ' 5 Jtance s The W-lnch A'he largest in the U nvvnre 33 feet In lencth and weigh' ??Jrilf?ief " IeS,lhiv ln fiM i nounds -, 7( . Thev rpnulre S00 nounds , "0 to ""fire e f shot weighing 1 00c , "0UP,X Thev hurl suclT a projectll P..u "?9' J . I1"" ,a PJ.r.Jl. " J .- .... - ..-,, . - , - - , i . 0?Oot tons Such a bulfet wVll pierce! ' almost three feet of steel. To tire sue i! " , Vith thel Qld of 'machinery. twIcJ ns. uU h the aia or macninery, tic(1 an h0 "nJSrty expensive. The gun Hu c0sts 0 MO and can be fired only KtcM , ,. .trnrfh - nm.,j.. nn,i thP nroleo. . .,. tile costs $350. whon n nnttipnnin iikp tne ma ana , - - ---""--"---, ,;-.., ,v. - -'---h .moklnVand " l.l ..l, , ...,1 rri, l. smokeless powder are used. The lat- ter is somewhat stronger, but each has . Smoking powder permits a '. miinanvAr nut nr nn pnwnv fl . .. ....-..- . --. -- - -v- -, range behind the cloud It raises These , imiiie "c ""'" BU" "v.. "'"' . .U.L1U. .V. nH Aha ntmwf nr n rtt enabling that officer to fire every one of the big guns on his ship. Aiming them has been reduced to science oy me uso 01 range nnuers, una ui u miiuum the results are wonderfully accurate.' Three new guns are to be Placed or, trial at once They are the 1.6-ton 16i Inch Watervllet rifle. 'ne"d.d mounted at Sandy Hook; the Brown 30- ton, wire bound. 10-Inch segmental gun Z -.i .fj n. in nn-niZpi" whinh1 tory in Washington from Cieveland. Thlrteen-lnch guns are the largest yet produced which are available fo naval use. On English ships 110-ton guns of about 16-Inch caliber have been mounted, but no vessels have been made which will stand the terriblii strain of their discharge, and the guns! ' themselves stand few firings. One of I them went to the bottom with thu I them went to the bottom with thu j Victoria In the Mediterranean before It I had ever been well tested. Krupp ex- , hlblted a 120-ton gun at the World's Fair, but It has never been fired moro than sixteen times. . . .- r, , ..! ... ...... ' ;"c "S'Vk.rrVnr , U.tri lUVIMiovM ... sa-u x. -- a .. v. - .. cJe exceJs any gun of ,t8 , Its weight in appropriate USPj nnd the government npp , J33 t0 bud n 10.inch gun Fame mode whlch Is now nea . , ' f .,. nr 7110 vnrils Tne liullet Is the' I &"., Z'tS 1.000 of which are 3 VoVape 'an-fl enned tocethe. ,)k endless cartridge belt. The vernment ls nIs0 rcceVng n largo quantity of the Hotchklss guns, very sImlar t0 the Colt 1 Rear Admiral Hoi a new torpedo-rockc Howell has produced et gun, the test of which Is a matter of great Intertst nnd, speculation Maxim, the gun Inventor, hns a new weapon In the shape of an aenui iuuh-uo meu ""' i" cumuim cm '" i-" 'cu gun of his own design """..."' .""","'".'." U..."'" 10 uuuj uu ,iun u iusi.c u. uitiumu of five miles, or half a ton nine miles. If successful. Mr. Maxim's claim, that .he can "for the cost of one battleship produce a fleet of torpedo cruisers cap, able of destroying 1.000 first-class bat .tleshlps," may be substantiated. With , oiiKh ,lpnth.(lpnllni? tprrnrs tn he pxnpr- 1 sucn ueam-ueanng terrors to ue exper Imented with. It Is not to be wondered nt Hint thp nations are watchinc with bated breath the outcome of our naval war against Spain. A small boy was ambitious to be considered a skillful artist, which he was not. He drew on the blackboard a ilnni. atinnplpflg Rfitnpthlnir. nnd. whpn a9Ked what It was, replied. "It's the SOLACE FOR JACK TARS. Jack Tar has a pood friend In Mrs. B. A. Gardner, mother of Ilev. IV. A, A. Gardner, pastor of tho Church of thl Holy Comforter, down In New York. Al, the sailors are her "boys," and she feeli a personal Interest Just now In thoat who are going off to do battle for thelt country. And that Interest has taken substantial form. Mrs. Gardner Is busy at work supply Ing the gallant luds In bluo with what sne calls "comrort hags." A comion bag, you must know, Is a handy thing to have about. Of course, the salloi ooys cant take tneir motners or men wives to sea with them, so the next bes thing Is to take a comfort bag. So ar- gues Mrs. Gardner, and proceeding on that basis she has started In upon het work. But first I must tell you what a com- fort bag Is. It Is a plain bag made o( drilling cloth, duck or cretonne, or any heavy material of durable structure. In It are placed various small artlclea which Jack will undoubtedly find ban- yy. such as needles and thread, but. tons and tho like, and there you are. unuer me circumstances u is out. nni-1 ural, perhaps, that Mrs. Gardner's first thoughts should be for the comfort of i those of "her boys" who are In tin Under the circumstances it Is but nat- naval Bervlce. Her original intention was to supply a thousand of the bags, and about 400 were sent to the navy yard. There Is no reason why tin movement should not become broadei and more general, ond mere is ni reason why every sailor In tho navy should not have his own comfort bag. Mrs Gardner at the start was sue. cessful In Interesting quite a number o charitable persons In her work, and sh 1ms received donations In money, sup. piles and in bags already filled. I ask. ed her how much each bag and Its con. tents would cost, and she estimated II at about CO cents, I opened one of tho bagB which had Itnnn fill..,, nt.fi mniln nn ltivr.ntf.rv. 'rllli -- - ... ....... .... ... . ......,, . . is worn i loumi: une pair oi cinuio, n uoiue oi vnnenne, h paper ui puin, u( .i"-' " in.-cun.-n, . m. ... oi.w ......, "' Hiuin ui uuwu, " ..-. v....".., .. ron or nusoroem cotton, ome iiuu paper and envelopes, a lead pencil and a small Testament. ( And down In the bottom wb an en- velope contalnlg a letter of good cheor written by the Rev. Mr. Gardner; not written ny me uev. wr. uaraner; nut too goody good In Its tone, but Just a straightforward, manly message which no tar could fall to appreciate. Inside or eacn uag is seweu a nun taB. on Which Is printed, "from me . ,,,. prntoatnnt r.nUcona Episcopal -- - -- "- ; " Church Mlu .lonary Society -for -Be. men, Church of he Holy Comforter No. 341 t Hous tor, .street. New York I Mrs Gardner told me she was anx. ious to secure, among other donations t0 l,e,P alonR tne work' ftfl m"ch ,ld Ilnen aB Possible, such as castoff table- cloths This the little girls tear Into strips and a roll will hereafter be placed each baB. to be used for bandaging Purposes. " ay wonderful how such small bags can hold so much. None of them -that Is. those meant for the seamen- JUCK lr- uu R,,u" '"l . belongings In as compact a form as pos- belongings in as compact a iunn p"d- sible. They are gathered at the top with tape and tied when closed, Mra. Gardner also showed me a earn- ll.l Thaw n Pe of the officers' tag and J found uicdc w ...-v.. ......- ..-. ---- bad compartments within, made of tapa ho)d the var)o u ,ea , lace and were designed to be rolled up. When open the bag could be hung up by a loop, and, there was a complete luiiei u.nu iiiciiuiiib uuv..v. -. . i ..n.i ti... I Mrs uaraner is unnuuu iu snuov mn nlrl nf nil whn nrp In RVmnathV With ...- ,. mi -- .. ,v,n aicrv. tne worn, nicic mv- ..... """- cau"v Hii'-.R.0 F,S?"Uy,n" present crisis. They should go down , r tv, ii.ia rootnrv in West Houston! "" imjrm.i ti .-. r""VV '"j-. Btreet nnd eta giimpge 0f the kindly .... j .... v- vn. ii1a old iaay surrounaeu uy ncr iiuiiwimio, 8ewlne Blrls. Perhaps they could get, an Inspiration. AN ARMY LOVE AFFAIR. ..poor Comrade White," they are aay- lnff on the plains of Hempstead ,.Jol Comrade White," they f Tnll .''nmnliln Whltn" rhpv Hnlri lln.' t tnat mist.arlven morning when they. carrled n!m t0 Bellevue. mad for love o a beautiful woman. , He wa8 one of tne brightest young newspaper men ,n nochester a month ago. Then the life that It was thought, eTwhlieTneVnper wrlte'r. beca-ma" James White, private, of the provisional . regiment at Camp Black, Hempstead. ( He was the most popular man In com pany I. He was the best singer of Iovq and war ditties, was the most amiable and one of the best disciplined men In the camp. or Last week he asked Colonel Hoffman i Last week he asked Colonel Hoffman for leave of absence for a day. It waa for leave of absence for a day. It waa his first request of the kind and It waa speedily granted. At noon he returned from New York, bringing with him two women, one a Brl of eighteen, with a piquant, nower IlKe 1UCB UIIU 1JU1IDJ like face and pansy eyes; the other, ev . Wently her mother. ,"ce ,the 80d'ers encampea caugrit P'8,n 0 a J'"y tableau. White leq the pretty girl a few feet away. He bent his dark' head and talked earnestly, l n r.hnnee In Jamea " ..- -- - - -a- - White. He", sulky In his tent and '!arrt18. al.h'8 "lea,- . ""yn "T'.he line mo dl " 'fi, 5f J,"?.0 muttering. At midnight he was heard to shout: "Corporal of the guard," he cried, who goes there? I fight for my com ; pany nnd I fight ror her. The corporal round mm uranuisning his gun as though to frighten Invisible enemies.. He pointed, the muzzle at his lit L?e"Llu Wa8 ue8,Bnea He was taken to Bellevue hospital In rons. In the Insane ward of that gloom pnvironed Institution he says a hundred TU - .- rJiBB f away. I meant to die for my country, but I could not wait for that, and I am nr,inr tn rtio to hpr." going to die for her. The school children of Newark, N. J., have voted In favor of the maple as their favorite for state tree, giving It 6,927 votes. The oak came next with 4.9S7. Two children, who love Jam bet ter than maple eugar, divided their Vote between what they called the grape tree and the currant tree, and eleven others voted for the Christmas tree. Every man stamps his value on him. pelf. The price we challenge for ouri selves Is given us by others. Man IS made great or little by his own will.- Schiller. - "Now, Benny, do you know what papa Is whipping you for7" "Yes; you'rs blgger'n I am." HER CUDAN HERO LOVER. Everybody knows tho story of the ro mantic rescue of Evangetlna Clnneron, the lovely Cuban captive. Everybody joe not xnow the tender sequel to that B(0ry. Mg8 cisneros Is betrothed to Carlos Carbonel, one of her rescuers, and nn aide on the staff at General Filzhugh Lee. Carlos Carbonel Is a young merchant or Havana, and an ardent Cuban pa triot. He It was who played the role sf coachman In the exciting drama of her release, nnd he It was In whose home she hid when General Weyler and his pack of bloodhounds were on her track. He scarcely spoke a word to, or touched the hand of, the lovely refugee before she left her stricken country far the land of the free. Dut Cupid spurns conventions and the delay of ceremony. The Havana mer chant fell In love with the girl at sight. There was a story that she loved one Emlllo Detancourt, and good Carbonel held his own passion a secret. Miss Cisneros' arrival In New York, her welcome here, her formal adoption by Mrs. John A. Logan, her mastery of English, nnd her simply nnd tenderly -..-nullah nn,i j,er simply and ten written autobiography are matters wj,cn an interested public are fam rrom America then came the with miliar. story In the chronicled nets nnd sayings of the nations guest that Evangellna Cis neros no longer loved the man to whom she was betrothed. It was confirmed by this page from the history of her own life, ns written by herself. Simply she tells the tale of heY first love ro mance. "I was my father's housekeeper In Santa Cruz, on the Isle of Pines. That wiib nil I had to do, and for the rest of the time ' would sit In a rocking chair on the piazza und watch the people walk up and down the road, I noticed, nfter a few weeks, one young man who always seemed in front of our house. He had a black mustache, and J thought I had never seen a finer Cu- j.,,,. KCntleman. He kept looking at me n.d j ,,rctcmcd that I could not see nm n a When man In ne men who peddle lottery nnd down tnat wny j.Ie a,pt Bmll. ( ' nl tnc nnd nfter a wn!le when ne Jlnd walked this way several days. I t inMe lne house when he came, , al d flt the wlnu0w T, n ca u ,0 the n)aa nml T,)en ne came u onto (he paa nna naj,ed mc lf wo wer comfortable. The house he explained, belonged to his , d , ' toId h, nnmo WRg. Emlllo Uetancourt, and that he also was a prisoner on the island. Arter that he came up very often and talked irme through the wind ..you 8ce, i had no mo wUh m'0 or couId Indow grating. ther or guardl- have come In side. I suppose1 he said to me Just what nn American gentleman would say to an American girl. I only know 1 n vnnnrr lists walk PAINT ; WALLS 'CEILINGS, CALCIMO FRESCO TINTS FOR DECORATING WALLS AND CEILINGS r-cVr'SrCalClnflO i-. ..i.. .. j .nn- rn kalaamlnlnit. Thl. malarUI in mad on ntlBo DrlnclolM br ma- .hlir. ..d mllld In tw.ntf.foor Unu and It auMrlar to anf eoDiootloa ot Olu and Whiting that ean polt)lj b mado b band. T b aaliad wlt rysEBD FOB RAHruC COI.UH uHl ana It Ton oannoi paronaia van uuiiiu irom juur localdaaUr lit ot know nnd wo will pot too to lh waf of obtaining It. THK MURALO COMPANY. NEW Mian o?lnrt tn hpar It. nnd mv father " . .. . . .. . . consented mat we snouia ue engageu. irllln tt.n,.(vlit Via nlctltt Iia nnr,1nnirl . .... .. .-- ... ana wnen wo were iree c neic iu 5L"?- "." !.hJ. ?Sefc.!L Sreat weui, unu nB ci iiyuu u. ....... .-u B all over now, because I found . ,v,. v, . . v,0 hrno rtih.in patrlot I thought him. but was willing . . ... ... . to save nis own lire at me price ot tne ves of his fellow soldiers and his be- trothed." Miss Cisneros became convinced that her betrothed was a coward and a traitor. With the fire of patriotism In her veins, and the wrongs of her family and her country In her heart, she could lnvn nnno but n hern, n Cuban hero. Il ... .,n I., Ulm h.nrt tvlian Cari08 Carbonel read this simple story of ner iove and Its death. Certainly no I charge of cowardice or treason could oe ,ald at the door of Carbonel. the Datrot. He had helped to rescue her. ,00( from the horrors of Recojldas prls- on. But brave, manly caroonei stmea on,ed her love, not her graUtudeV " He left Havana on the quest of many a Drave knight before him, the quest of jove He telegraphed Miss Cisneros tnat" ne was Bong to Washington to sue for the gift of her hand, and made nn. hnste to follow the dispatch Mean- I while, she had gone to Richmond to viit .he fatnllv of General Lee. to ii. ,p fnmiiv of General Lee. ,viose staff the Impatient suitor he- ,viose si onged. ner and CnrDOnel Thither the telegram followed thither closely followed Carlos it wns In the Lee parlor at Richmond. therefore, that Carbonel told his iove Sanctity veils a scene like that. One nninii.ini. ivhUnpr nnlv. was stolen , f rom that Bccne. n Is that the pretty , ,)atI.otlc. Cuban- answered her lover' plea simply, os she Is wont to speak. Putting her hand In his. Bhe said. "I love you. becouse you are a hero." Mrs John A. Logan, as Miss Cisneros' guardinn, sanctioned their betrothal. ntwi now thev have a double reason for . ..- ".. i .v.. ...o ho. praying lor 111c inuc " - -- 'aJ0 Bthey bpI,Cve it will mark not 3' only me waepenuencw i -. " their own happy marriage. She Jilted .,..l. Lcnntmo hp wns not a lierO shc weds another becouse he Is a hero 1 . , . , Children's Sayings. A little girl, whose parents nave ' "Cdenw&7.To" v oS'h'e'r first ex-' lln mZzTl sfreel thus de- m ...... A nnM lo, bribed It in a letter to another child "This Is a very queer place, Next door Is fastened on our house. It was the first time jonnny nau ever ;ard a guinea hen. "Oh. mamma." he "'" ' '"" "- A1!.11,Sm'ZU aloneat night after tei mother left het telling her the roon. was full of angels, was heard saying to her doll; "Now. dollle. you mustn t be afraid. The room is all full of an gels It beats the devil how afraid I am of angels" Grade Mamma, what does Santa Claus do after Christmas? Mamma Why, he begins to collect toys for the following Christmas uracie jij, - jnow. He reads the papers and watches out ior uurKuiu m A certain schoolmaster, who used a round snuff box during the week and a quare one on Sunday, was accustomed to point to his nun box when speaking of the shape of the world. Now, when the examiner came along and asked the class what was the shape of the world, a little fellow answered: "Round during the week and square on Sua - days." '.fit.t,vtv:f iiiwh DOCSYMT H CM Arte ? Aro your nerves iretk? Can't you sletp well? Ptln In your back? Lack enertyP Apnetlto poor? Digestion bad? Bolls or plmplat? These are sure signs of poisoning. 4a. From what potions? From poisons that are al ways found la constipated bowels. If the contents of the bowels are not removed from the body each day, as nature Intended, these poisonous substances are sure to be sbaorbed into the blood, al ways causing suffering snd frequently causing severe dlsesse. There Is a common sense cure. jfml LK PILLS They dally insure an easy and natural movement of the bowels. - You will find that the uae of i oarsaparlHa with the pills will hasten recovery. It cleanses the blood from all Impurities and Is a great tonic to the nerves. Wi-Ha thm Daeter. Our Meillcl Dprtmnthons or the moit mlnont pbjrilclim In th iinltn.1 Rl.taa. Tall th doctor 1 S iml bow you r euRerlDf. Voa 1 will iolT6 tb bit mdlcrdrlc Inn. j. d AVEn, Lowell, Mm, Litw f mV V jhiti r -- -- -A uaio w '. BRIGHTON. 8. I. IMEW YOQK. from Omaha to Kaneae City, DeDver. Helena, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, and Tacomo. i Go weet ihroupb Omaha and boo the Trane Miee'iEeippi Exposition. Tickets at office of connecting lines. J Kraocls General raiienger Acent. Omaha. Neb S SVSY0 N- K. A. 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