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VOLUME XXVIIE
WILSON, N. G, JUNE 10, 1898.
NUMBER 24.
IN THE REGULAR ARMY.
The Difference Between Profes
sional Soldiers and Volunteers.
AS SEEN IN THE OAMP AT TAMPA.
How Volunteers Compare With Regulars.
Social Questions and Distinctions In the
Army The Regulars Not Representa
tive of Our Rural Masses 'Social Ambi
tions of American Women Cut a Figure
In Increasing the Army.
There is nothing that the regular ar
my officers talk about, so much as fho
regular army, says the Tampa corre
spondent of the New York Posit, I do
not mean that they exalt it on all occa
sions. Army oftipers are for the most
part men of modesty as well as courte
sy. But they often speak in a more or,
less impatient way of the prejudices
that prevail against , a regular army
and of the unkind and suspicious things
that are said about it, and they like, to
tell you how much better and moro ef
fectively andmercifully this war might
have been fought if we had, had a reg
ular army of 7-V000 men at the, out
break of hostilities instead of oi;e of
2 8, 000. I am not going to repeat any of
their arguments, but I have seen some
things in Tampa lately which have
been, it seems to hie, instrueti vo on the
main point whether we are to de
pend in great crises on regulars or on
volunteers.
Just now we have something niore
than 1,000 volunteers encamped in. a
neighborhood where some 10, 000 or
1.1,000 regulars are encamped hi many
ways these volunteers are ridiculous in
comparison with the regulars. They
are younger; smaller, paler, weaker. .
They are undisciplined. Though . they
are mostly of a very good class of peo
ple morally, they furnished more cases
of drunkenness in a day than all the
regulars had furnished in a, week. That
was not because they were as individ
ual men more inclined to drunkenness,
but because they were undisciplined
youths suddenly turned but of their
homes into a camp and felt themselves
bound to do something rough and sol
dierlike. As soldiers they are simply
not, man for" man, one-half what the
regulars are.
But there is one point in which they
are-worth something more. Socially-tiie
regular private soldier is nowhere at
all. If he,entera the big hotel where the
headquarters of the army are and
which is constantly full of officers, he
enters it Only as a messenger for an offi
cer and must enter it hat in hand ami
go by an inconspicuous way around to
the desk and present his message, and
when he has had his answer ho must go
out ui the same way, Tlio private sol
dier or noncommissioned officer cannot
,eat at the same public table with offi
cers or drink at the same bar. This
social distinction is not founded, it
should be said, on the assertion of any
difference of class, but on the necessity
of discipline.' An additional circum
stance of some interest is that the girls
of Tampa are ashamed to be seen in
the company of a regular private sol-
" dier. -
Now, we who had been in Tampa for
a couple of weeks and had grown accus
tomed to this state of .things saw some
thing of (puite a. different sort when the
Florida volunteers arrived. Volunteer
privates of Florida are. seen at. tho. tables
of the Tampa Bay hotel at. dinner visa-vis
with generals and colonels of the
regular army. There was a "hop" at
the, hotel the. other evening. The dan
cers were, made up almost entirely of offi
cers of the army and.of resident young
women. In tho midst of all the shoul
der straps I saw a young soldier who
had no shoulder straps. His uniform
was hot unlike that of a private of the
regular army, but it was easy to . see
that he belonged to the Florida militia.
He was a -private. But.' presently'-. a
young lady who was talking with an
officer rushed up to him and shook his
hand cordially.' Then she presented him.
to -the officer. "Captain .this is,
Mr; . " The officer shook his hand
and began talking in cordial fashion
with tho young -num. They met as so
cial equals. ;";
If you mention..- this inatter to regular
officers and point out the fact that they
are thus meeting private soldiers on a
( plane of social equality, they suy : "Oh.
) that doesnf't make anyrdilTerencei Thsy
I are volunteers." They are not responsi
ble for the discipline of the Florida
! militia. They suffer no loss of military
i caste on account of social " intercourse
j with its private Their position is con
sistent enough. A regular army could
I not be made and kept good for much if
the officers and soldiers were likely to.
meet an vw here on the same social nLuie.
liut m this tact there lies a question of
considerable public consequence. It is a
fact that is likely to keep the -ranks of
'the regular army filled with men of a
certain sort and' almost .no other and
prevent it from being really representa
tive of the American people.
In view 'of the claim that the regular
array is made -up in large proportion of
native 'Americans, it is a matter" -of in
terest to note here the fact that very
often when you address any conversa
tion to a private soldier lie replies in
English which' is spoken with a foreign,
accent. A great many speak with a Ger
man accent and a great many more With
an Irish accent. A few are evidently
Englishmen. Many more have Irish
names. I do not mean that they may
not be ; quite as "good Americans" as
any one else. I . am simply noting an
ethnological or social fact. In some reg
iments, however, such as the Sixth cav
alry, one finds a large proportion of
American born soldiers, and the regi
ments, it must be said, are beginning to.
draw more and more recruits from the
states' in which they are stationed.
Nearly all oi this clas are lookiug to a
oouinussiou. Most of thorn are younger
O .A. f1 O 7TL . " "
than the average of the regular army
Some of the older Americans confess
that they have ".made a failure in life"
somehow or other and have gone into
the army as a sort of refuge. Nine
tenths of the regular soldiers, when ask
ed where they come from, mehtioa Rome
city or large town. The great rural .!
masses of , the population of the United
States seem to be only slenderly repre
sented in the regular army.
In fact, it is not at all a representa
tive thing. The question may well be
asked whether it ever1 can be, in view of
the necessity of the maintenance of the
social relations between officers and pri
vates which I have mentioned The or-,
dinary white American is unwilling
to accept a relation of conspicuous so
cial inferiority for two reasons. One,
and . the lesser, is that he has been
taught historically that such a relation
must not exist in the United States be
cause - it is politically dangerous, and
the other and greater reason is that the
women fur whom he most , cares de
spises him if ho enters into it. The av
erage American is never going to be a
regular soldier so long as the girls of
the same sort of people that he belongs
to refuse to be seen walking on the
street with a regular soldier when they
will freely walk with a volunteer pri
vate. The social ambition and keen sen
sitiveness, of American women to social
distinctions cut a . figure in this ques
tion of the. increase of the regular army
which has never been taken sufficiently
into account. ' -
Some other things that I see here tend
to convince rbethat the volunteer serv
ice is the " rear soldiering that Amerir
c.aus think of and that a regulaarmy
can never be any thing more than a thing
apart from their lives and thoughts.
The regular soldiers whose terms of of
fice are expiring or likely to expire dur
ing this office are all anxious to go into
the volunteers rather than to re-enlist.
No great number of them appears likely
to be able to get into the volunteer serv
ice just now, but it has great attractions
to them. So it has to all the young offi
cers. They seem to" be to a man anxious
to get commissions in the volunteer
army superior, to the ones they now hold
m the regular army. They all hope to
return to the regulars after their possi
ble volunteer serviee shall be over, and
they do not hope' to go - back to it on
terms much better than their present
ones. But the service appears real, in
viting and stirring to them. Even they
seem to recognize a sort of relation in
the volunteer , service to the vital activi
ties of the nation which perhaps they
do not feel in the regulars.
But, with it all, certain prejudices
that civilians may have felt against the
regular army are likely to weaken when
one has spent some time in contact with
it. If regular army officers are bound to
keep the privates in a certain place and
not allow them to get ijove it, they are
nevertheless very far from appearing to
feel themselves a superior caste. Disci
pline, not degradation for the soldier, ia
what they seek; ;Among themselves they
are a very democratic body. They put
oh no "airs" at all. "Militarism" in
the German sense they know nothing
about. I believe they are incapable of
entertaining any notion of hostility to
the liberties of the country. They cher
ish a tradition that Grant alid Sherman
both informed President Johnson, when,
he sounded them as to whether the army
.could be relied on in case of trouble be
tween hinr and congress, that indeed it
could be depended on to take theside of
congress. The old fashioned ideas of the
civil bases of things in the United States :
are entertained by officers of the regular
army as instinctively, i suppose, astney
are by civilians. ;
To cet, American officers who are en
tirely loyal to "American ideas" is per
fectly easy, but to get American sol
diers for a regular army that is differ
ent. ; 4 ..
- A New Thinjf From Spain.
Walking Spanish has long been a
classic art," hut it has been entirely
eclipsed, in the evolutions of Spain's
fleet, by the art of sailing Spanish.
Louisville Courier-Journal. v j '
OU NEED Hood's Sarsaparilla
if youi blood is impure, your appe
tite gone, your health impaired. Noth
ing build3up health like HOO D'S
.... . : . ' . v j i;
The Veterans at Manilla. ' '
The German emperor seems to have
been surprised at the skill as well as the
valor exhibited by the Americans at
Manilla. He observed that "they fought
like veterans. " Why not? They are
veterans. Commodore Dewey saw more
and fiercer sea fighting during the pivil
war than any German or Spanish sailor
has ever seei. He has worn the uniform
of his country ever since he was a boy,
and been constantly in the performance
of one duty or another connected with
his profession. If he is not a veteran,
where may one be found? The officers
under him are likewise all trained men.
They know their duties thoroughly,
and, as they have just shown, are capa-
ble of executing them admirably. Those
who opposed the Spaniards at Manilla,
therefore; and crushed them, are veter
ans of the best quality. Washington
Star, - i ,;- - . v.. vr
The American Soldier.
I confess to astonishment at the char
acter and composition of the regular
army. An English correspondent at
Tampa who has seen all the armies of
, Europe tells me that these private sol-
diers are more intelligent than th offi
cers of the Spanish army. They seem to
' be Americans, though thousands of them
'iave Irish, names, and quite often a sol
lier speaks with a German accent.
Campa Letter to Boston Transcript.
ltlitf in Six Hmirn. i
Distressing Kidney and Rladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by "New
Gkkat South American Kidney
Turk."- It is a great surprise on ac
count of, its exceeding .-promptness in
relieving pain in bladder, kidutty- and
back in male or female. Relieves re
tention of water almost immediately.
If you want quick relief and cure" this
ILLINOIS BOY PATRIOT.
lie Has Only One 'Leg, but Wants to Fight
the Spaniards.
j Colonel Dan Rav. who. ns Rvervhodv
, , T - J
Hoiows is Senator . Gullom's political
secretary, recently received a letter
which ' illustrates the patriotism of
young America. It comes from a boy in
Illinois who wants to go to war, but
says: "As you know, I am handicapped
by the loss of my left leg. Before I go
any further I want to say that I am not
doing this with any boasting intent
whatever, but to let you know just how
tho land lies with me. This is the first
time I have ever committed myself in
this way. lean ride awheel; can get
off and on a train going 10 to 12 miles
an hour (and keep my balance) ; can
climb wherever I can get a hand hold ;
have Wrestled with boys weighing 25 to
30 pounds more than I, throwing them.
I Have done this only a few times with
boys with whom I chum, when scuffling.
We have a set of boxing gloves. I can
hold my own. with these same boys
'(never tried any one else) for awhile,
but they can wear mo out in about 0
minutes.
"I haATe to stand without the aid of
my crutch, and sometimes to preserve
my balance during a rui I have to
xnake a great many moves, that any one
else would not have to make. I have
never mentioned tho idea cf my going
to war to any one, for I Lava thought
that there would bo a very slight chance
of my getting in. I would not want
mother to tJiink I had it in mind, al
though I am sure father would be perfectly-willing.
And, again, I did not
want it said, as it was about a young
attorney here, when calling for men-to
fill a vacancy in' the militia, he waited
until he-found what a 'rigid examina
tion they had, to pass and knew that he
would not make it, then volunteered.
Now, Mr Ray, I think you fully under
stand my case. If you know of or should
hear of anything that I might do, I am
ready." Washington Special Chicago
Record.
THE REGULARS AT TAMPA.
Their. Physical Appearauce Is Perfect All
Are Muscular and Well Fed.
in ot one man m a nunarea wTears a
coat. "Almost without exception they
are clad in dark blue shirts, light blue
Jxousers and slouch hats. The brinis of
the hats are inclined at as many angles
as there are individual preferences.
Some are tipped up in front and some
up behind, and many hang down all
around. I do not believe that any great
and rich nation ever before sept to war
an . army of soldiers m such unpictur
esque guise. There is here a difference
between 1898 and 1861, for in 18G1 the
boys were jauntynotgh when they
went out. These men are not shabby,
but, as the old lady said of the hippo
potamus, dreadfully plain. Neverthe
less ,. they look "businesslike'' that is,
as ifrthey were not likely to be impeded
by excess of clothing or hit more read
ily by the, enemy on account of, color or
glitter. It would seem, however, that
our nation, intensely practical though
it is, might make in the garb of its sol
diers a little further concession to the
natural love of display. In masses the
men look solid'indeed and rocklike. One
almost fancies that the dull uniform
helps to make, them look immovable! and
that a thin blue line does not look as
thin as the "thin red line. " ?
Solid fellows, too, the men are, for
that matter. , Their physical appearance
is perfect. All are muscular and look
well fed. They are a bulky contrast to
the scrawnier civilian population that
they jostle on Franklin street, the
Broadway" of Tampa One wonders how,
much of this solidity is due to good
food and how much to invigorating
western and northern climates, also how
long it wi,ll hold out in this or a lower
latitude. Cor. 'Providence Journal. t
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
How "lr. Lelfor II is IIc-Tpod Ilia Country
la Its Preseut Var. i
- Mr. Lci,tor's transactions in wheat
were purely speculative. And yet in so
far as Mr Leiter's gambling transac
tions served to put up the price of wheat,
or rather to establish more promptly its
real' value, Mr. Leiter has proved ' of
great assistance to his country in its
war with Spain. He has done more
damage to the enemy than could have
been inflicted by a battleship or an ar
my brigade. m ' : i -
While the high price of wheat ex
poses the consumer in tho United States
to a certain inconvenience our country1
gets the benefits of the high prices paid
not only by our citizens, but by all oth
er countries as well. Moreover, we are
fairly well able to stand it. We have
plenty of cornund other staple articles
of food at lew prices. ' i
But the damage done to Spain by
wheat at $1.90 is beyond calculation. It
is reflected in the bread riots, in the
socialistic agitation, in the increased
difficulty of providing the wrar credits
and in the demoralization cf the govern
ment. If is even possible that the loaf
of bread may be the last difficulty 'to
break down an already enfeebled dynas
ty. If the price of wheat causes us , any
uneasiness, it 'is not Without compen
sations. Nw York World 1 .
The Lessons of Manilla.
Ex-tfecretary Herbert says that tho
trreat victory of Dowev at Manilla will
teach a lesson to every .panish sailor.
What it ought to do in. addition to that
is to teach a lesson to all of there Amer
icans who shivered with fear when war
was declared lest the Spanish j navy
would prove superior to our own and
who- were actually in doubt whether a
rich and jKwerful nation with 75,000,
000 people could whip a bankrupt coun
try with n population of-less than lb
000,000. Kansas City Star. :,
: :' '-. ' :: 1- I '-'-'-.'
"In a mimiie".. one dose of Hart's
Essf-Nr: ok Ginger will relieve any
ordinary case pi Colic, Cramps or; Nau
sea. - An unexcelled remedy for.Diar
rhoea. Cholera. Morbus;: Summer com-
AMBITION OF GOMEZ.
F.O
SOMERFORD GIVES INSIDE FACTS
ABOUT HIS PLANS. v
He Says the Insurgent Leader Wants Credit
For Defeating the Spaniards Would
like to Dissuade the United States From
Sending an Army to Cuba.
The New York Herald- printed the
other day a communication from a cor
respondent whom it sent to Gomez's
headquarters to learn the condition of
the insurgent, forces in Cuba. This cor
respondent, F. O.- Somcrford, was en
gaged in -business on the island when
tho insurrection broke out, and his prop
erty wa3 destroyed by the Spaniards.
Of Gomez and his plans ho writes as
follows
Gomez is a "wily old man, and, 1
think, not without future political as
pirations in the government which will
be formed at the close of the war. He
does not want the United States to land
an army in Cuba, except it be a regi
ment of artillery to operate in conjunc
tion with him. Gomez knows that an
American army will defeat Blanco, take
Havana and practically end the war
within a month after it lands on Cuban
soil. He also knows that the assistance
ho could afford in such a campaign
would be unimportant and insignificant,
except as an adriser regardim? the coun-
"try, to the commanders. He realizes that
the insurgents would cut but a sorry
figure in the rapid operations sure to
follow an American invasion, unless
months pass while they' are being armed
and drilled into military habits other
than those of guerrillas. Knowing all
this, Gomez does riot want to be robbed
of the credi t of defeating Spain and end
ing the war. He does not wish history
to record the fact that he had to have
assistance to crush Blanco and free
Cuba.
On the other hand, if he can persuade
the administration at Washington - that
it is dangerous to land United States
troops in Cuba during the summer and
that he can def eat Blanco if provided
with arms, ammunition, and provisions
the future is bright' with an augmented
reputation f orhim. . As a victorious gen
eral Gomez may ask and obtain any
honor that free Cuba has to bestow. ' I
do not mean to convey the , impression
that such an ambition is dishonorable,
but it affords a clew to Gomez's mo
tives, which should be taken into con
sideration in so important a - matter as
making dispositions to end the war.
in a party wnicli urt Komcz s camp
a few days before I !kl was William D.
Smith. We caineinto iley West togeth
er. Smith, is the bearer-of sealed com
munications from Gomez to Gonzales
Quesada, T." Listrada Pal ma. President
McKinley and General Ik lies, iii these
lettei-s Gomez urges the president and
General Miles not' to attampt to land
any United States troop iii Ciiba dur
ing the summer, stating that great loss
of life from disease would result. Gp
mez also assures the president, that if
provided with arms and food,' in co-op
eration with a blockade, he can easily
defeat Blanco and take Havana without
a single American exposing his life to
the ravages of yellow fever and small
pox.
I suppose these communications will
bo regarded at Washington as entitled
to great consideration... In my opinion a
policy based on these recommendations
of Gomez will rise like a ghost to con
front the American people afterward If
Gomez really believes that he can deal
with Blanco and end the war, he is mis
taken. True,' with the active sympathy
and support of the United States" and j
tne assistance oi tne neet tnere is no
doubt that he can eventually win, but
I firmly believo that such a warfare
would not bo ended a year from now. ' .
It will be months, even under the
most favorable conditions, before Gomez
can put an army in the field capable of
meeting Bltaaco in open battle and de
feating him. Even the veterans of Go
mez's ; and Garcia's divisions are not
good soldiers, as Americans reckon sol
diers. They are good guerrillas, but
have no knowledge of real military
service ; neither have their officers. I
do not believe the insurgents can in any
numbers successfully attack a fortified
town, such as Matanzas or Havana. In
the open field the Spanish will defeat
them.
SPANISH CRUELTY IN
CU BA.
. Story of Prisoners Drowned In the Bay
of Matanzas Three Years Ago. .
Joseph T. Cartaya of Matanzas, Cu
ba, who has been attending , the State
Normal school at Millersville, Pa., left
the other day for New York, where he
will ioin an exnedition that is to join
Gomez ' s army. Mr. Cartaya was in
Cuba at the outbreak of the rebellion
and tells a story which illustrates the
cruelty of the Spaniards eyen at the
start of the war.
In March, 1 895, some fishermen in
the .bay of Matanzas found their nets
unusually heavy and drawing them up
discovered the bodies of three Cuban
children. The governor of Matanzas at
once gave' orders that no more fishing
should be allowed in the harbor. At
first it was, the custom to shoot prison
ers, but thriuoiso of the rifles could be
heard . in the city, and to conceal the
great number of executions drowning
was resorted to. Mr. Cartay a was in
Matanzas at the time and saw the bod
ies after they were brought to land.
This was only a month after the out
break of the rebellion and before the
rulo,6f Weyler. New York Sun. .
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'I I 1 ii
James Hendricks Served During: the War,
' but .Never . Tried to Kill.
James Hendricks of Elberton, Ga., is
the most unique military character in
Georgia. Hendricks shouldered a gun in
1 80 1 and was in nearly every important
battle of the war. But he declares that
he can lay his hand on a Bible and take
a solemn oath that not one Union sol
dier was killed or wounded by a ballet
from his musket. r- L
;. He answered the call of President
Davis reluctantly, believing that . war
was wrong from every standpoint. Froni
a patriotic sense of duty, however, he
would march with the troops in the
thick of the fight, and when the order
to fire was passed along the line ho
.Vwould invariably senr I his charge over
the head of tho, enemy. .
He considered that legalized killing
was nothing less than outright. murder
and he did not propose having his hands
stained with any one's blood. Hendricks
says that he still entertains .the Same
sentiments and does hot expect "to vol
unteer for service in the Cuban inva
sion. He declares, however, that if the
worst comes and he is conscripted he
will revert to his old habit and send his
balls whizzing over the heads of tho
Spaniards. Baltimore Sun.
FELT HIS FATE WAS NEAR.
Premonitions of Danger Haunted Ensign
Kagley After Ilia Comrades' Accidents.
The death of Ensign Bagley recalls a
story written after an interview with
him on April 29, which was suppress
ed by the censor, who feared that it
might'eause Bagley 's friends alarm, i
From the New York Herald's, dis
patch boat Albert F. Dewey I had board
ed the Winslow to take papers and news
bulletins to Lieutenant Bernadou. After
talking for some minutes with him" I
turned to the late Ensign Bagley with
some remark about the troubles which
had befallen his fellow executive offi
cers of the torpedo fleet. His rejoinder
was: JT ' ' ' . ' ; -i . :.-
"Yes, fnear that, Boyd (of ,the torpe
do boat Gushing) is in trouble, through
na fault of his own. That puts it right
up to. me. I'm sorry about Boyd, for I
am sure that the accident to the Cash
ing was not due to his; carelessness.
Now", . I suppose, you wTill say that I am
superstitious, but I must admit that the
fatalities which have pursued iis have
given me some moments of somber
thought. There was poor Breckinridge,
my classmate, executive officer of the
Cushing, who was swept overboard be
tween Key West and Havana and
drowned. Then Best wick, executive
officer of the Ericsson, who was lulock
ed overboard in a. collision with a
.schooner, had his chest caved, in and
was all but drowned. He- is now slowly
recovering. Baldwin, executive officer
of the CushingT successor of Breckin
ridge and predecessor of Boyd, took his
turn jiext. He was knocked down an
open hatchway and had his ribs broken
He will not be out of the hospital until
the war is over. There they arej the
four 'BV Breckinridge, Bostwick,
Baldwin and Boyd. I am the fifth and
last Bagley I have never been super
stitious, but for a week I have had rays
tenons intuitions that I am not to es
cape. " I will make the list complete of
that I am certain. I only hope that my
trouble will not be serious enough to
take me out of the fight. " '
Bagley ls closing remarks were made
in a laughing manner, as though lie
would not have me tako them seriously.
Yet it was easily seen that the- premoni
tion of serious trouble had taken
strong hold upon him. At any rate the
fate of the "B's" is complete, arid the
torpedo boats are now expected by the
".Tackies," who are always supersti
tious to have better luck in tho future.
THE PHILIPPINES.
The United States and the Future of
the
Islands.
If we occupy the Philippines perma
nently, we sacrifice honor, for this was
not to be a war of conquest. We under
take to. govern 10,000,000 of Malays and
Chinese, a task , even England would
shrink from. We plunge head over heels
into the complicated arid , threatening
problems of oriental politics. We par
alyze the nerve center of the Monroe
doctrine, since by extending our sphere
into the old world we cannot consistent
ly repel the advances of old world na
tions on this, hemisphere. There is such
4 a thinff as the "balance of power. If
we occupy territories in Asia or Europe, j
we may expect Germany and France to
deriiand conipensatiou in territory in
Central or South Ariierica. I To maintain
the Monroe doctrine iu America and the
"Dewey doctrine" in Asia at the same
time will inevitably involve .us in wars
in comparison with. which this' one with
Spain is child's play. . J
Do not listen to the man who sneers
at our "isolation"; and says that the
time has come for America to occupy
herself with "the affairs of the world."
Under the Monroe doctrine we have
half a world . to occupy us. Is it not
enough? The "isolation" which the two
broad oceans hae given us is a blessing.
Nature has made us what we arc,' and
nature has helped mold the foreign pol
icy which claims the leadership " for
America on two continents while isolat
ing us from the strife and complications
of the other three. This unique and
powerful position shonld not be weak
ened by a greedy stretching of handa
across t he sea. Springfield Republican.
pain's Cyclone'.
As Spain has been sowing the wind
for several centuries she ought to expect
to reap the whirlwind. Indianapolis
iournaL
When a man; is stifle ring from an
aching head a sluggish body when
his muscles are lux and lazy his brain
dull and his stomach disdaining food
he will, if wise heed these warnings
and resort to the right re medy, before
it is too late. "Parker s sarsApa-
rilla" the "king of blood purifi
ers." makes the appetite keen and
heartv. inv'ieorates the liver, purifies
the blood and fills it with life giving 1
! ements of the food. ' , It is a Tvndf rf.l
'SOLD TO GENERAL GRANT."
Incident of the CItU War Recalled
by
- Recent Events.
The other night at Parkersburg, W.
Va., while chatting over Dewey's mar
velous victory and the chance of his
shelling Manilla, Captain J. C. Freder
ick, a well known Confederate veteran,
said : "I neVer hear of the shelling of a :
city but what I am reminded of an inci
dent which happened while Grant was ?
shelling Petersburg. Our side had be-
come so accustomed to the sineing of
the shells that we paid little attention
to them ; consequently I was attracted
as I passed a larcre auction house bv
hearing the auctioneer announce that
uuiiug viixo mxia vxcu i uinuii uos ttjjrvjeu
to cease firing, ' and while I knew- it
i n . a i t
was a joke I could not help but wait
and see the result.
Article after article was knocked
down to various purchasers until it came
to an immense wardrobe, which the
salesman said was a bargain at $1,500
(Confederate money). It started at $500
bid, advanced $50 a bid until it reached
$1,000, when a large shell dropped upon
it, knocking it into smithereens. As the
shell hit it the auctioneer, with a laugh,
shouted, 'Sold to Gen'l Grant for $1,
000, ' and the sale proceeded as if noth
ing serious had occurred. The auctioneer
was C. C. Burton, famous throughout
the south before, during and for years
after the war for his coolness and ready
wit. Cincinnati Commercial -Trib
une.
SPANISH FLAG MOBBED.
Mischievous Boy Gets His Home Besieged
During His Absence.
The family of John N. Strotz of Kan
sas City narrowly escaped mobbing tho
other day by a crowd of angry neigh
bors, who resented the presence of a
Spanish dag floating from the flagstaff
over the Strotz home. It seems th.t the
mischievous small boy of the family
climbed to the roof the other morning,
arid, after flying the Spanish flag from
the staff, went tp school.
Soon men and boys- Legan to gather,
until 1,000 of them stood befcre the
house, howling and cursing. The women
of the house were so badly frightened
that they could do nothing. Just as the
iaob was about to attack the house in
force a strong detachment of police and
B. detail of men from the Fifth regiment
appeared. The crowd was forced tack,
while a policeman scaled the roof and
brought down the flag. It was promptly
burned, , and the mob dispersed. St.
Louis Globe- Democrat.
Diseases of the Blood and Kerves.'
. No one need suffer vrith neuralgia."' '1 hi
disease is quickly and permanently cur d
liy Browns' Iron Bitters. Every dispute of
the blood, -nerves and jtonmf:h, chronic
or otherwise, succumbs to !rowns' Jr. -a
Birtt'rs.' Krio'.m and n.v.l for rff.rly a
quarter of a century, it stands. 'to-day fWc
niost among our most yl:",d' r.'iHMi:.'
Browns' lroa Bitters id sold L tJ'l'ucaj'ri.
; FOR SICK SOLDIERS.
'The
Government's Arrangements to Give
Them Every Advantage.
One of the provisions for active cam
paigning in Cuba will be a hospital ship
to ply between the army in Cuba and
Port Tampa. The purpose is to trans
port the wounded and the 6ick directly
from Cuba to hospitals in the north or
perhaps in the mountain regions of the
nrolinaS. The government will char
ter a train to ran northward from Tam
pa, carrying patients brought over on
the hospital ship.
The train will be fitted up for this
special service. Day coaches will be
amptied of the seats and equipped with
aots. Pullman cars will be attached for
surgeons and nur es. Twenty-four hoars
on the boat and less on the cars will
transfer the sufferers from Cuba to the
mountain hospitals in the healthiest
part of the United States. It is thought
that by such an arrangement the dan
gers of the Cuban campaign may be'
mitigated.- St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Patriotic, Drunk or Sober.
Bob Jones, a prominent citizen of a
suburban ' district near Chattanooga,
got a little too "gay" with a couple of
mountaineers recently, telling them he
was a Spanish spy, and wanted to enlist
them into a plot to blow up the United
States army at Chickamauga park. One
of the country men, who was slightly
intoxicated, hauled off and knocked Bob
down, beating him fearfully, and call
ing for the police. "By Gad, I'm an
American citizen, 'and no infernal churo
can talk treason to me!" said the pug
nacious country man. He was not ar
rested. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Under the Stars and Stripes.
High on the world did our fathers of old.
Under the st ara and stripes.
Blazon the nan?e tliat we now must uphold, .
Under the stars and Btripee.
Vast in the paat they have builded an arch
Over which freedom has lighted ber torch.
Follow it! Follow it 1 Come, let ns march
Under the stars and stripes!
,We in whose bodies the blood of them runs.
Under the stars and stripos.
We will acquit ns as sons, of thtir Bona,
Under the stars and stripes.
Ever for just ice, our heel upon wrong.
We in the right of oar vengeance thrice strong!
Rally tosi her! Coine tramping along
' Under the stars and stripes! ,
Out of our strength and a nation's great need,'
i Undor the stars and stripes, '
"Heroes a.ain as of old we shall breed, -
Under the stars and strip.
Broad to the winds be our banner unfurled!
Straight iu Kpain's face let defiance be hurled!
trod on our side, we will battle the world
Under the stars and stripes!
Difttrewing Stomach DWeaite
Permanently cured by the masterly
powers of South American Nervine
Tonic. Invalids need suffer no longer,
because this great remedy can cure
them aU. It is a cure for the whole
world of stomach weakness and indi
gestiori. The cure begins with the first
dose. "The relief it brings is marvel
lous an surprising. It makes no fail
ure ; never disappoints. No matter
how long you have suffered,-"your rtire
i? Certain under i the use of. this great
health giving force. Pleasant and al
SHAVING WAR PRISONERS."
IVeyler'a Brother-in-law Was Sulky, bat
lie Submitted and Tipped the Barber.
The Spanish prisoners of war confined
tt Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, are
congratulating themselves over their im
proved appearance. The other morning
the post- barber paid them a visit and
devoted two hours to the personal em
bellishment of the dons, after which they
appeared- to drop the desolate air they
have been exhibiting lately and to have
found some diversion in their monoto
nous existence. This pi'ogranime was
carried : out only after consultation on
the part of post authorities. The mehua-
choly manner in which the prisoners
havo acted incline their custodians to
fear that it iiiight be dangerous to trust
them with razors.
A barber's chair was rigged np in
one of the unoccupied rooms of, the
guardhouse, and those about to be oper
ated on were notified. With all but
Cortejo, the relative of Weylcr,, tho
news aroused feelings of curious, inter
est, but the colonel seemed to think
that some new assault on his dignity
was in progress, and when two lieuten
ants gently grasped his arms and tried,
to lead him to the chair he hung back
and scowled. After some persuasion he
was induced to seat himself, and with- .
in a few minatcs his faco .was entirely
hidden by lather and the barber had be
gun to separate the officer and his stub
ble growth of many days. Even then
the don didn't appear wholly reconciled -and
kept rolling his eyes, twitching his
mouth and hoarsely grunting his dis
approval of the entire affair. He "tip
ped" the barber at the conclusion of his
shave and retired moodily to his celL -New
York Sun. -
EASTERN ROUGH RIDERS.
In Sombreros and Flannel Shirts They Kn- .
camp With Their Western Comrulr. -
Woodbury Kane, Reginald Ronald,
Hamilton Fish, Jr., and the balance of
tho 40 eastern clubmen and social leaders
who arrived to johj. Roosevelt's rough
riders at San Antonio went into camp
the other morning immediately after
they had eaten their farewell breakfast
at the Mengor.
They put on fine sombreros and coarso
flannel shirts, and at a distance they
cannot easily be distinguished from the
genuine rough riders of tho wild west.
They were assigned sleeping quarters in
a somewhat isolated corner of the fair
building, where the barracks have boeu
established. They all seem to be enthu
siastic over the prospect of soon getting
into action.1 They fraternize freely with,
their companions in arms and an espe
cially warm friendship has sprung up.
between Woodbury Kane and a gigan
tic plainsman from Arizona named Hen
ry Retnraing.,; The: Arizona man baa "
scouted and fought Indians, and his re
lation of his adventures greatly impress
Mr .Kane.
The camp was put under military
rule recently and sentinels posted at all
the. gates. Only a few of , tho easterners
; got passes, most of them staying in the
camp and doing their share of theSvork.
About 850 men are in camp now. Colo
nel Leonard Wood and Majors Brodie,
Dunn and Herzey are now in camp. Tho
regiment will consh-t of three squad
rons. Major Brodie will command tho
first, 'Major Herzey tho second and Ma
jor Dunn the third. Tho easterners will
be under Major Dunn. New York
World. -: - - : ' -
MADE A LONG JOURNEY.
Ensign Irwin Traveled Ten Thousand
Miles to Fight With Admiral Dewey.
Ensign N. E. Irwin, who was one of
the men injured on the Baltimore dur
ing the battle of Manilla, traveled 10,
000 miles for the privilege of being one
of the men wounde d in the fight. .,
He was on duty at the navigation bu
reau of the navy department up to about
a couple of months ago. As soon as he
learned that Admiral Dewey's fleet, in
the event of hostilities breaking out
against Spain, would proceed against the
Philippine islands Ensign Irwin request
ed to be assigned to duty with the
squadron. He succeeded in obtaining
his orders, and, taking his wife with
him, reached Hongkong just three days
fcefore Dewey sailed. Kansas City
Scrofula:, a Vile
Inheritance. .
Scrofula is the most obstinate of blood
troubles, and is often the result of an
inherited taint in the blood. 8. 8. S.
is the only remedy which goes deep
enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out
every trace of the disease and cures
the worst cases.
My son, Charlie, was afflict! from Infancy
with Scrotal, and he suffered so that 1 V waa
Impossible to dress him
for three years. HI a,
head and body were a
mass of sores, .and bis
yesight also" became
affected. No treatment
was spared that we
thought would . relieve
him. but he frrew worseU
until his condition was;;
Indeed pitiable. 1 had,S
almost oespairea oi ius
eyer being eurod. when
by the advice of a friend
we gave him S. S. 8.
iSwtft's Specifir). A de
cided improvement was the remit, and after
he had takn a i7.en bottles, no one who knew"
of his former dreadful condition would have
recognized him. All the sores on his body
have healed, hi skin is perfectly clear and
J.QIO" D. and be has been restored to perfect -t"
i. . Mrs. S. 8. Mabrt.
W fcJm St., Macon. Ga. -
For real blood troubles it is a waste
of time to ipect a enre from the doc
tors. Blood diseaups are beyond their
skill. Swift's Specific,
Tor lyU,
fl tMIEggltt
reaches all deep-seated cases which
bther renfedies have no effect upon. It
is the only blood remedy guaranteed
purely v ;getable, and contains no pot-