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(Toronto Mail and Empire.) .. .. . , 1 11 1 in; ooys in nine are comin" home. A eon pie of weeks a"o I watehod n splendid army embark, hands JIayin. eolors Hyin, peoph vii... on int" nine 01 jrieai sums 1 .. 0 1 iiiul lay aioii the wharves, ra.nr ways out. Last night liy the hVlit of the few lanterns, I watched "an army or wounded men in ra"fed and failed uniforms, with arms, head feet swathed m bandages, disembark . 1 1! - . ,. uini pass, lim lin". Iia T. Iinueil nvr on litters, iu ambulances, in cabs through lines of people who stood there silent, looking at them. No bands, no Hying colors, no cheerin"- I ri le and grief tilled every heart too full to permit the tongue to give ex pression. Never in the whole coursi of my life, never at any pageant, any procession, did 1 feel anvthiuo- like the thrill pass through me when the lirst man, with the sleeve and side of his .shirt cut awav and half his body wrapped about by linen cloths, moved slowly and painfully along between two stalwart marines. Armed with passes, I was permit ten lo pass oy uie sonuer who was guarding the long dock. At its fur ther end lay the transport Iroijiiois yvith her load of broken down men i ne nospitai corps aided by marines and volunteers, was iiiovinr hurried ly forward, carrying litters. At the foot of t he wharf the lied Cross am bulances stood in a bunch, supple menieii oy street ears, cabs, open carriages, wagons every vehicle that Key West could turn out. Very few but those engaged in the work of moving yvounded men yvere allowed at the side of the big transport. There was no bustle, no clamor, no con fusion. Lieutenant Marix, of the marines, would call out an order. two men would mount the steps JoaiN ing 10 a lower deck, while two more waited at the foot of the ladder. 1 hese yvere so placed to aid the yvounded and relieve them of their baggage and accoutrements. At a little table on the lower deck sat a couple of men taking down the names ind issuing tickets. Each man rot his billet to the convent hosoital. 'The poor fellows could be seen de scending painfully, the little ticket caught between their teeth, their arms or lesrs helpless, their whole bodies limp and drooping. And yet these men had, many of them, walked fifteen miles from the front to the coast. alonr the cruel road in San tiago, under the blistering rays of the tierce Cuban sun. And noyv they were done up. Tired, broken, weary men, coming home to rest. There was not a murmur from any of them. More than half of the poor felloyvs were keeping up bravely, to shoyv how little they cared about wounds. Scores of them expressed to me per sonally their hope that they would be made well ouickly and sent down to the front again. The record they brought yvith them was the ;lorious record of splendid fighting, magnifi cent courage, and many, many, many wounds. Again one saw in the sporadic light of moving lanterns heaps of baggage throyvn about the wharf; guns, cart ridge belts, canteens, and everywhere, ving, crouching, thrown down prone, soldiers. Not noyv shouting "on to uba!" Not singing or laughing, or cheering as they toiled on, sweating and dusty, in the heat of a Southern mid-summer day. These men, wound- 1, weary, sitting on their little bun- lies, their forms drooping, their hubs bandaged, presented a thous and times more heroic, more touch ing picture. They had given a cheer as the ship came in and home was hted just one long cheer after that silence, and waited yvith dogged laticnee to be told ott in squads for the hospital. Not that they were not chatty and cheerful individually. Kverv man I poke to gave me some bright story of the lighting, spoke some word of gladness at sight of home, or said cheerfully how he hoped to be all right in a couple of weeks and dowu again at the front. No man seemed daunted; no man lacked heart and courage. Bodily pain and sickness overcame many, and the inert, list less figures on the stretchers were dreadful to see, but the fighting heart was here, and the brave spirit and unflinching front. I take off my hat to you soldiers of the great republic. Moving about among them I heard many a little story. Come over to the light and I'll shoyv you the finest relic of the war," said a soldier, half of whose body was bound up in white cloths. We stooped to the lantern. 'See this." He took something from his pocket with his sound hand and gave it to me. It was a Mauser bul let which had struck a cartridge in his belt, and imbedded itself there, forming a perfect cross. That cart ridge saved my life," said the man. I'm pretty well chewed up. but I wouldn't be talking to you here to night if that Mauser had got under my belt." In squads those wounded who yvere able to stagger along somehow were matched to the waiting cars. What a march! They fell into line, indeed, and faced about at the word of com mand but the step! This man hop ping on one foot, holding the other bandaged one well up from the ground; that one on crutches impro vised out of his Krag-Jorgeuson and a small, weak stick which some one had lent him. Another stumbling forward yvith drooping head, between two men who supported him; another dragging a useless leg after him, and moving slowly and painfully. The son of a millionaire one of "the fa mous Hough Riders passed with his shirt literally in rags that streamed about him, and his arm in a sling. The faces of all the men were covered with heavy groyvths of hair, and what yon could see of these faces was pale and peaked. It seemed incredible that a few short yveeks could so change men from splendid young athletes to seemingly aged and de crepit cr-atures. You can have no good idea of the dreadf ulness of war until you have seen these things. Three hundred and fifty maimed and wounded men yvere taken off the transport that night. Those who were able to hobble were taken off lirst. Then came the call for litters. Had you been there a shudder would have passed through you as you saw those poor helpless forms lifted to the stretchers, lowered from the deck, and laid out there under the light of the moon, on the wharf They lav just as they had been rdaced -some doubled up, some stretched out straightly, yvith their campaign hats laid on their breasts and their tobacco pouches strunsr at their waists: some yvith bare feet, many under the gray army blanket. A bearer stood at the head and foot of caeh litter, with the straps cast about his neck. The order came: Lift litters! Carefully noyv, care fully, very carefully. Right foot first. March!" "And the sad little regi ments tramped doyvn the wharf. Some of the poor creatures lvine there seemed dead, all but the eyes, which burned yvith fever brightness. Those eyes turned hither and thither. as if looking for the face of a friend: eager, hungry, searching eves. What stories they told! THE WINELESS DRUNKARD. SAM WALTER FOS3. 'The air should suffice for his insDira tion, and he should be tiDsv with water.' Emerson, The wineless drunkard drinks the mirth And music of the morn. And hears the glad voice of the earth Speak in the nestline corn: lie drinks the whiffs from off the meads. The spray from salted seas. The fragrance blown from waving reeds Ana uiossomea apple trees. Erom many lily bordered brinks, wnere summer rivulets stray The gladness of the earth he drinks. The freseness of the dav: He drinks, and his life ennvs fair and strong: Hear ye the wineless drunkard's song: The incense that the meadows yields Within his brain is wroueht. The lushness of the tangled fields is Dtooming in his thought: The inland songs of murmurous brooks Along their reedv brinks: The babbling strains from blossomed nooks Ot tipsy bobolinks: ltie breaths that float from bloom and brake. The songs from vale and knoll. Surge in upon his dreams and make A summer in his soul. And lofty In his ioy and strong: Hear ye the wineless drunkard's song! Nine-tenths of all human ailments eomn from the same cause impurity in the blood. Take almost any disease vouDlease and trace the cause of it you will find it in the blood. Purify and enrich the blood and you remove the cause, and so you cure the disease inevitably and infallibly. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures all diseases dependingupon poor, impover ished, thin, impure blood. VANCE STILL LIVES. If Vance yvere living Aryan's plan of co-operation would have been adopted at the State Democratic Convention. Tht Caucasian. Oh, no. Vance still lives in his in fluence over Democracy in North Car olina, and it yvas a part of that self same influence which held together the forces of Democracy almost as a unit against fusion. From the first ment the delegates from the va- nous counties yvere seated in the convention hall 90 per cent, were solidly opposed to fusion. All this rot about the State Demo cratic convention being dominated by gold-bujg influence, railroad attor neys and monopoly money is quite small talk and is untrue. Populist papers have raised the howl that farmers yvere conspicuous in that convention bv their absence. Well. that may have been true: but the editor of The Commonwealth was there and can answer for two counties, Harnett and Halifax. The delega tion from Harnett, our native county, was one-half, if not two-thirds farm ers, and out of all the delegates from Halifax nearly half were farmers. No; the convention voiced the hon est sentiment of the majority of the Democrats of North Carolina, and ii. is the personal duty of every Demo crat in the State to buckle on the armor and tight valiantly from noyv until the closing of the polls on elec tion day. Count that man a coward who tries to dodge responsibility because his own pet ideas and personal prefer ences were not favored in the voice of the people through the State con vention. Scotland Neck Common wealth. NORTH CAROLINA BANKS. The abstract condition of the na tional banks of North Carolina as re ported to the Comtroller of the Cur rency shows the average reserve to have been 28.00 per cent, against 28.70 per cent, on May 5th. Loans and discounts decrease from $6,564, 183 to $6,561,148. Stocks and secur ities increase from $206,628 to $286, 079: gold coin from $306,628 to $325. 654; lawful money reserve decreased from $895,130 to "$762,418; individual deposits from $5,712,410 to $5,568,- 526. A Great Book Given Away. If you will send 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only, we will send you free the most useful medical book ever presented to the public. This is Dr. Pie roe's Common Sense Medical Adviser, In Plain Language; a book of 1008 pages, profusely illustrated, the Rreat expense of preparing which has been covered bv a sale of 680,000 copies at the regular price, 11.50 per copy. Address, World's Dispen sary Medical Association, No. GG: Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. LIEUT. HOBSON'S STORY. Talks About the Sinking of the lne (jallant Young- Naval CxT-enr Wr,s. ;,, M. v...U rU.. ui,i r.. t . ...v,v.wS i A,CVv oiaiers and bailors p amines Protective Association Proves Himself an Apt and ot h-gotism or Vanity in Exploiting the Conduct and Ex penences ot the Merrimacs Crew Admiral Cervera's Name Cheered Along With That of MeKinley, Dewey and Others. Tl.n. I 1 . I . uuve oeen printed several ".""Cl" less accurate stories or the uml-inrr f , I, .. Iff,. ! . - o....s , lUc mcuiuiai; m Santiago harbor, by Lieutenant Hobson and his creyv of seven "Jackies," but the fol- lowing taken from the Neyv lork Suu"s account of the great meeting meetin held in that city on Thurs day night, August 4th, at yvhich Lieut. Hobson presided, is the only full and accurate "ollicial" account of the affair, as told by Hobson him self: There yvas such a display of pa triotic feeling at the Metropolitan Opera House last night as this city has not seen for years and years. Nominally, it yvas a meeting in aid of the Neyy York Soldiers1 and Sail ors1 Families1 Protective Association. Actually, it was a continuous out burst of the strongest, warmest kind of national feeling, and of tribute to the men who have shown their gallantry in this war, whether thev were for us or against us With the same uproar with yvhich the big crowd greeted Lieut. Hobson when he opened the meeting and greeted the names of MeKinley and Dewey, it greeted the name of Cer- vera, the Spauish Admiral. Thi . i . . . spectacle oi a great audience or en thusiastic Americans rising to their feet, waving their handkerchiefs, and shouting three big American cheers at the mere mention of the name of the man who made the strongest lio-nt that has been made on the sea against lue uiineu i,ar.e3 uunng this war yvas erpially significant and remark able. The big opera house, yvith the ex ception of the middle of the two tiers of boxes, was crowded full. People stood in the rear of the seats on the main floor and in the galleries, and the stage was crowded with as many people as it could hold, although it was as hot a night as ever tested the enthusiasm of a Neyv York audience. When Mr. Hobson stepped out in the wings on the left side of the big stage the house rose with a tremen dous shout. He stopped short, but only for a second, then went on and took his seat, while the shoutinv, cheering and waving of flags con tinued for more than a full minute and a half. After the "Star-Spangled Banner" had been sung, which seem ed to relieve the feelings of the croyvd a good deal for everybody ioined in -Major Byrne came forward. He told what the meeting was for, hoyv bank clerks, grocery clerks, truck drivers, day laborers, were working side by side in the Southern camps and on pestilent Cuban battle fields, while their families were left here to get along as best they may. This meeting was called so that there might be as little difference as pos sible in the feelings with which their families regarded their absence. When in talking about places where our sailors were Maior Burne hap pened to mention the name of Dewey, the crowd rose to its feet and hur rahed, and some body in the gallery called for three cheers, and they rang out. Then Maior Bvrne said that he was glad that Capt. Philip had prom ised to be present. He was obliged to stop while the people shouted their three cheers for Capt. Philip, and for the Texas also. When he turned around and called Mr. Hobson for ward the cheering that greeted the last skipper of the Merrimac was even louder than all the previous cheers, and it was prolonged much more. Major Byrne, in introducing him, had apparently said, though few, if any, had heard it, that he would "turn over the deck" to Mr. Hobson. The deck has been turned over to me, Mr. Hobson said in a clear, full voice that could be heard in the top most gallery without the slightest effort to fix the attention, "but I cannot say that I feel that this plat form resembles in any way the deck of a warship. The sailor abhors words. If you have followed him from the time he is turned out in the morning until taps at night, you will find that he has small opportunities to make use of words and phrases. The pipe of the whistle and the blast of the bugle are the oratory that sway him. Even at the task of ma nipulating the great engines, or tir ing the 13-inch guu in action, he will have simple, easily understood siguals to direct and encourage him. When the deck is turned over to me, and I am called to use words in abundance, I am. indeed, upon an unknoyvn and perilous sea. But I must confess that I knew that I should have to embark upon that sea when I consented to appear here to night. But sailors have gone into unknoyvn seas before when adequate causes called them there." Here the Lieutenant had to pause yvhile his audience rose and cheered, apparently to his surprise, and cer tainly to his embarrassment. "If ever any cause called me it yvas the cause of the soldiers and sailors, the army and navy of the Uuited States, and the cause of all who are dear to them. There was no order to call a second boat's crew, because the boat was ready and manned without an order, and it was rilled with the same kind of seamen that are on every ship of our navy. "This yvas my introduction to Jackey the sailor, and recently, my friends, I have had occasion to see Merrimac in Santiago Harbor. Officer and Hero Presides at wty, iiciu iur uie nenein oi Entertaining Speaker Devoid Jackey where his endurance, hit I bravery, and his lovaltv were sorely I ... .... .... tried, q ueers.) I feel that certain ! features in the recent incident in I which Jack i.lnve.l hie ,Wrt .i played it well, should be referred to I I . - " j pit 1 t tl u I in a puonc manner, i reel it is my duty to refer to it here. It is known to every one that when the call was made for volunteers to go in on the Merrimac, men fell over one another in their haste to be accepted. On the Neyv York alone 140 men volun teered before the order could be passed that no more volunteers were needed. W hen a few out of this mini ber had been assigned to stations on tne Merrimac, all, in obedience to orders, lay flat on their faces. Two were stationed by the anchor great, others by the torpedoes arranged along the side, two in the engine iulmii. At as agreeu oy eacn one that he should not even look over ... n I, . " his shoulder, no matter what hap pened to the ship, to any of his com panions or to himself. If wounded he should place himself in a sittinf or kneeling posture, or whatever po sition was necessary, so that when the time for his duty came he could do it to the best advantage. And so they lay, each man at his post, and unuer wnat difficulties you may un derstand when I tell you that, out of the seven torpedoes placed along the side, live had been shot away by the enemy s me oeiore tne order was given for the Merrimac's crew to gather at the rendezvous on the quarter deck. Projectiles were com ing more as a continuous stream than as separate shots. But, through the whole storm, Jackev lay thereready vu uu ii i s umv as ne nau been in structed to do it. There yvas not only the plunging fires from the forts on both sides, but a terrific horizon tal lire from the fleet in the harbor, and it seemed as if the next projec tile would wipe all the sailors out of lire at once. If ever a feeling of 'each man for himself,1 a feeling of 'iret away irom this, anyhow,- was to be justified it was justified then. Not a man so much as turned his head." "Three cheers for Jackey!" howled a voice, lfiree big cheers filled the opera house, and Hobson led them. throwing back his head and waving his hand as he cheered. "Then, later, we were on the cata maran and the enemy's picket boats came crayvling up out of the dark ness, the impulse was just as strong to slip off the raft and swim for the shore, or for the entrance of the har bor. The simple order was n-lven. No man move until further orders.' And not a man moved or stirred for nearly an lrour. On that same afternoon, bv the kindness of the gallant Commander- in-Chief of the Spauish forces. Ad- miral Cervera" There were one or two hisses in the far corner of the gallery, and then cheering began and spread all over the house. It rolled up and down, and the flags and hand kerchiefs came out, and the man who had been calling for cheers for Jackev asked for three cheers for Cervera. They came with a roaring American good will, Mr. Hobson ioininr in them, as he had in that for the sail ors. "When," Lieutenant Hobson finally continued, "the party was in prison, and through the kindness of the Admiral the men's clothing was to be brought to them from the fleet, one of the men, as spokesman for the rest, was allowed to come over to m v cell with a package for me. He said: We would do it over again to-niht, sir. (Cheers.) "The next dav, when it seemed un certain whether or not a remnant of the Inquisition was to be revived, yvhen the enemy did not knovv wheth er it was his fault or ours, that a ship had been sunk, and rather in clined to the belief that he had sunk an American battleship and we were the only survivors out of several hundred, the men were taken before the Spanish authorities and serious and impertinent questions put to them. Remember, they did not know what it might cost them to refuse to ansyver, Spanish soldiers of the guard standing before them, making sig nificant gestures with their hands thus: (Mr. Hobson passed his hand edgewise across his throat) our sea men laughed in their faces. (Cheers.) Then a Spanish major questioned Charette, because he spoke French, and asked him this question: " 'What yvas vour object in coming in here?' and so" long as I live I stmll never forget the way Charette threw back his shoulders, proudly lifted his head and looked him in the eyes as he said: ;' Ia the United States Navy, sir, it is not the oustom for the seamen to knoyv. or to desire to know, the object of an action of his superior officer.1 "Take this simple incident, and. alter all, in comparison with the whole war, a very simple incident, the sinking of the Merrimac, and make your oyvn deductions as to the quality of manhood in the United States Navy. You will have then a more or less complete but certainly not an overestimated idea of Jackev. "Experience with the soldier has naturally been restricted for me un der existing conditions, but recently from my prison window, which was but little in the rear of the Spanish line of Entrenchments, I saw the Spaniards fortify ing the city for twenty days. I watched them" yvith critical interest. I sayy them bring up guns from the ships and place them. Then I sayy our men come up and drive the Spaniards into those entrenchments, and when thev had driven them intn flip nut r, 1. ... a 1 saxv ttiem g on and try to take the r 1 '"irenciiments themselves. It looked to be an impossible thin", but as vet e artuiery was silent. The men came on up the hill and the artillery opened, and my heart sank when I sayy it was Hanking artillery. For a moment the American lire ceased. as though the enemy's guns had been a signal. 'Now then,' said I to my self, -this is the place where the in dividuality of the soldier will appear, for each man there knows that he is just as likely as any other man to be struck with shrapnel.' None of them had ever been under lire before; thev could not be put to a harder test; but hoyv did they respond to it? In stantly after the lull a more rapid nre set in, and a more rapid rush of - . 1 men up to the trenches. In spite of flanking artillery we had taken those fortified trenches yvith unsupported infantry, a thing that army experts the world over said could not be done. I have nothing further to sav. A sailor cannot go out of his ricnee." expe- With a feyv words of appreciation for the spirit of the volunteer sol diers in the camps who have not had a chance to fifht. for th nu.vi ivlwi wanted to" volunteer, but did not have the opportunity, Mr. Hobson closed with these words: "I can only say after seeiu- our soldiers anil our sailors as I have seen them I thank Heaven that it is vouchsafed to me to devote my life. my whole Iifework. I trust, to the country." Then the band played "Man-land. My Maryland," after which the other speakers -were introduced by Lieu tenant Hobson. You invite disappointment when von py. penment. DeWit's Little Early Kisers are pleasant, easy, thorough little pills. I hey cure constipation and sick headache lust as sure as you take them. Phil H. 1 nomas. "Little Old Fighting: Joe." I1 mm end to end of the long blue ranks Itose up the ringing cheers. And many a powder-blackened face Was furrowed with sudden tar As with flashing eyes and gleaming syvord. And hair and beard of snow. Into the hell of shot and shell node little old Fighting Joe. James Lindtey Gordon, in Boston A deer- f 1 OJf A stubborn couch or tinkii II IT in ftia throat yields to One Minuve Cough Cure. Harmless in effect, touch reliable and lust what is wantpii m it at once. Phil II. Thomas. THE NEGRO IN POLITICS. The negro yvas never as assertive in JNorth Carolina politics n he is now, and this is as might have been expected, for he has never before been so recognized and so pandered to as he has been by the Republican Populist combine yvhich is noyv in control of the State. The colored orator who spoke in that Republican convention at Nashville the other day eulogized (Jovernor Russell as the man of the phenomenal back bone, because he has appointed more negroes to oflice than all the other Governors in the United States com bined, which decleration was vocifer ously applauded bv the "savages" who yvere present. People who live outsiue oi tne colored belt do not see so much of this and consequently do not feel it so keenly, but when thev do see it thev begin to realize what it means, as the delegates from Union county did,' who attended the Demo cratic Congressional convention in this city, as told by the Monroe En quirer: A delegate who attended the Con gressional convention in Wilmington last week says that it is very huniil- ng to a white man to see negro policemen, who yvere appointed by a iusion Legislature, pulling white that this dele accustonied to men around." We have no doubt gate, who yvas not such sights, felt humiliated, and he probably felt very indignant, too. as he might, yvhen he remembered that this thing yvas done by the active co operation of the Populist leaders in the States who used and abused the votes of honest yvhite Populists in the ticker yvith the Republican leaders. by virtue of yvhich dicker the negroes yvere put on top yvith the sanction and assistance of the Ponulist tn.ils in the Legislature. This is but the beginning. Let that combine be suc cessful again, and we will have more negroes in oflice, for they have got a taste of it and will demand more and will get more. Wilmington Star. About one month ago mv child, which is fifteen mont hi old. hud an attack of di:ir rhoea accompanied bv vomiting. I irave it hiicli remedies as are usually given in such c:tst.s, but as nothing cave relief we tu-nt fur a physician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had leen sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and we were con vince.! that unless it soon obtained relief it would not live. Chamberlain's (olio. Choi era and Diarrhoea Remedy was recom mended, and I decided to try it. I soon noticed a change for the better: by its con tinued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now erfeetly healthv. ('. L. Boggs. Stumutown. Gilmer Co.. V. Va For sale by the Dorsev Drug Company. Here is a gem that contains abun dant food for thought for the people of every community, big or little, in the land: --Not every one can have an expensive mansion house with all the additions and ornaments, but every one can have plenty of shrubs, vines, flowers and trees, which make a cottage more attractive and home like than an elegant mansion bare of beautiful surroundings." TAKE ONLY the best when you need a medicine. Hood's Sarsapa rilla is the best blood purifier, nerve and ttomach tonic. Get HOOD'S. ADMIRAL CERVERA. THE SPANISH CHIEFTAN VISITS NORFOLK To See Capt. Conchas, of the flarla Teresa, Admiral Cervera's Late Flag Ship, and Other Wounded Prison -of of His Once Proud Fleet Who are Confled in the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth the Jlen Overjoyed at Seeing Their Beloved Old Com mander, Who Was Accompanied by His Son Lieut. Angel Cervera. i (Norfolk Virginian and Pilot, dtti.) Admiral Cervera. whose lleet was recently destroyed by the American ships under Commodore Schley, just outside of Santiago Bay, Cuba, was a passenger on the steamer Georgia, of the Old Bay Line, which left Balti more lhursdav afternoon for Nor folk. He was accompanied bv his son Lieutenant Anyel (Vrvir. ml they left Annapolis on parole Thurs day. The object of Admiral Cervera's visit to Norfolk was to see Captain Conchas, late of the Infanta Maria Teresa; Lieutenant Noval. of the de stroyer Pluton; Drs. August i and Nicoli, of the Vizcaya. and other of ficers and men of the fleet, who are under treatment at the United States Naval Hospital at Portsmouth. Although there were mauy passen gers on the boat, comparatively feyv of them recognized in the large, dig nified and courtly old gentleman, at tired in a well-fitting suit of citizen's clothes of an unobtrusive shade and cut, accompanied by a young, slight and dark gentleman, who might have passed for his secretary, the distin guished Admiral of the" Cape Verde squadron, who had kept America and Europe guessing for so many weeks as to his movements aud ultimate object, and to whom the hero Hobson and his gallant men probably owe j their lh'Ae anil fi, ,-w-wli.n "s:. 1.1.... I tne privilege ot one ot the irrna f nt naval victories of modern times. Upon reaching Norfolk Admiral and Lieutenant Cervera yvere met bv iiieuienani-uoniniaiider ifrown, a re tired naval oflicer, residing at tin yard, yvith Commore Farquhar's launch, and taken at once to the hospital point landing, from which Medical Director Cleborne's private carriage took them to the hospital. Here they were met by the Director, and without any more ceremony than would be accorded any visitor of pri vate prominence, the Admiral and his son were admitted to the buildiii"- . rs ana shown to Captain Conchas' room There he he met the olliccrs who are able to be about, and yvas later shoyvn through the Spanish wards, where he yvas everywhere geeted yvith joyous acclaim, though in man v cases the joy of their seeing their old commander yvas tempered with home sick sorroyv and grief at their condi tion as prisoners. The meeting with Captain Conchas and other officers is described as very affecting, the men embracing their commander and weeping. The ardent Southern tem perament is full excuse for any weak ness shoyvn, and a study of the old Admiral explains the men's love fully After some time spent at hospital, they took carriage and drove to the navy yard, where they lunched with Commodore Farquhar, the party con sisting of Admiral and Lieutenant Cervera, Commodore and Mrs. Far quhar and Medical Director Cleborne. After dinner a few minutes1 stroll was taken in the residence grounds, and then Admiral Cervera being anx ious to spend as much time as possi ble with his friends at the hospital, the carriage yvas taken for the return there. Admiral Cervera went at once to Captain Conchas' room and spent the remainder of his time yvith the ofli cers and men of his old command. In conversation yvith them they called Admiral Cervera's attention to their surroundings and the excellent care and attention given them, giving the highest praise to Medical Director v leoorne ana ins Stan lor the same. The Admiral in turn paid that genial son of Esculapius a high compliment on the appearance of the men and their high testimonial to his courtesy and kindness. At 4:15 Admiral and Lieutenant Cervera said good-bye to their friends and the hospital authorities and took their leave. Entering the carriage with Dr. Cleborne the party drovelo the Bay Line, where the boat was taken for Baltimore, the Admiral and his son going thence to Annapolis. Invitations to visit Virginia Beach and other places were extended, but the Admiral felt that while a prisoner of war he bad no call to such indul gence, and as his visit yvas purely a private one, he declined all such of fers yvith thanks. Admiral Cervera is a blonde, hair gray almost to white, whiskers full and white, complexion ruddy, mouth firm, kind and pleasant, eyes blue, large, observant and genial. He stands six feet in height, yveighs about 200 pounds, line square shoul ders, and a trifle inclined to embon point. In manner dignilied, courtly, gracious and with a voice of great modulative jK'wer. He looked some what careworn, but otherwise ap peared to be in the enjoyment of the best of health. He was neatly at tired in a brown-grev suit, and "wore O m a soft brown hat. Lieutenant Cervera presents aj great a contrast personally to that of his father as could yvell be imagined. He is of slight build, shorter by half a head, and a brunette of the nio-t pronounced type, hair black. bear?I full, black and of Van Dyke cut, (his father's almost English) eyes, dark and face haughty in repose, but pleasant yvhen sjcaking. When you call for DeWitfs Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don't accept any thing else. Don t be talked into accepting a substitute , for piles, for sores, for burns. Phil ti. Tboinat. A young widow's health usually improves when her physician gets married. 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