Vol. XIX. _QHHtonlo, ,\. C.. September 8, 1898
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FI FTY YEARS AQO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
I.KTTUU VII.
DALTlttORB. Slay 21.—To Mr.
Thompson ; Dear Sir—I left off my
lust letter wliar 1 went lo my hotel.
Well, alter tea I riel the papers a while
and then went out ami luok a wsU by
moonlight to see the city. X struggled
round all over tbe place without payiu
much attention wliar I went, look in at
the public Hidings and Snv-dreaaed
ladles and gentlemen what wua In the
streets, IU1 the fust thing I knnw'd I
found myself at the gate In frunt of
the Capitol. Tlisr It was agin with Its
stupendous whit* walls, and lie mon
strous high, dark done, standlo la tho
bright moonlight, loomtu up ngin tho
heavens, vast, msjesttc and sublime,
lik* the atone mountain In Da Kalb
County. It didn’t seem possible aleli
a ererlastln pile could be hilt with
hands; and I could almost Imagine It
was sum Inchruitrd castle,and that the
goblins and fairy* was caiierlu and
danelu In the rotuuds at that very
mtoll.
I tuck e seat on the stone steps and
looked up at It as it stood out agio tho
blue, star-bespangled sky. Thinks I,
this Is the had of the nation, the place
whnr Uncle Sam does bis tblukln: and
with that I got to nunlnstln 'bout the
fallbility of national wisdom aa well aa
Individual judgment. I'ubllc man,
thinks I. Is likt Ideas: samttmr* they’*
good, and auintlmea thev’a monstrous
bad—sod when they git Into the Capi
tol at Wasliiagtoa, they’re jest like
thought* m a man’s hed, und make the
ratllon do a monstrous silly thing or u
very sensible thing. Just a* they happen
to be wise or foolish. If tiler’s any
truth in tbe ecitnoe of frrnology, It
must effect the Capitol in the samn
wny It doe* a man’s skull, mid t don’t
daunt that a rite icleutiSo Yankee
profeasor ooutd discover tho bumps by
irwim hi» nil! or im Dliaill, sna
conki UU what organ «u developed
llie most. lately the organ of seem
Ivenees lias boon pretty str«ugiy iIhvI
oped, and sense we've pocketed Texas,
ther ain’t uo telllu whar we’ll slop.
Cuinbotlvcnrsa, tuo—which Is very
pruuiiueat, if you uolice tbe piujec
lions on the north and south side of
the dome*—is very aotive; and I
wouldn't be much surprised if are was
to lick sum nation like biases before
long. If it wasn’t fur the excess of
veneration which is indicated by the
fullness of the dome un the top, we'd
been moostruns apt lo pilch into John
Bull lief ore now. Too much venera
tion la a very bad fault but maybe it’s
all the better whar ther'a so much
corabattvencss. I ain't much of a fro
nologlst myself, or I'd gu on and give
you S full description of Undo tiara's
knowledge-box. I Lb I ok ther onght to
be a scientific committee applnted evry
session to make out n complete eliart
of Its bompa, so the people wight
know what to depend on.
I couldn't leave tbe Capitol about
gwlne round and tab In oue more took
at the login gall of tbe East Portico.
I.lke all butifut wimeu, she looked
luiodsatnsr In tno soft, pale moonlight
titan Hbe did In rtie daytime. Tito out
lines and shadows was nut so hard;
ther was sumthing dreamy and Indis
tinct about her form, and the ’magioa
tlon was allowed a freer scope In gtviu
the flu ishln touches to the pic ter. You
know all that is necessary to create In
Uio mind a Image of buty, la the mere
idee of a woman, with a object for the
'wagtoatlon to work ou. Ther arc
certain times wbea a man's 'mng!na
tion will make an angel out of a bed
post. Well, as I gsxed at her. she
seamed to becnm livin lleab and blood;
and, as she looked at Columbus, stoop.
In over, with hor bands raised in an
attitude of wunder, I almost fancied I
could hear her say—' Chrlstofer ! why
don’t you speak tu me ?” I tuck a
loog, long look ut bor, and then weut
to the hotel to tl resin of Marv.
la tho tuoroln, M toon as I got my
Itreakfaet, I went to see tha Nashnnal
Institute, wbar they told me the gov
ernment kep all Ite curtoeitlns. .Slows
as they hadn’t the politeoesa to leU me
to cam In when I nocked at the door
of the Capitol yesterday, I tuck It for
granted Uia govornmenl was too dem
ocratic mpuhlicau to stand on ccro
many; So 1 didn’t nock this time, but
jest walked rite In. Wall, whan I got
np stairs, tha fust room I got Into waa
the patent offlee, wbar, the Lord
knows, I seed more Yankee contrap
tions or oue kind and auother. than
over t thought tiwsr was in tho known
world. Tber was mora'n five hundred
thousand models, ail piled up iu great
big glass cages, with tber names writ
no ’em, reefing from steam saw mills
down to mouse-trope. Tlwr was to
, fines, wind-mills, and water-wheels;
Btaambotoe, ship*, bridges, cotton
gins, and thrashing mnobines; prlutln
prraeos, spInBln-ghmlee, weevtn-looms,
and alilnfle-ipHnters— all on a small
scale. Hut It would take a whole lat
ter to give you the names of one lialt
of ’em. 1 didn’t understand much
about ’em, so ( went Into another
rooaa wher they had a avarlaatirt lot of
shells, and atone*, and orat. eud 1st,
sad blrda, end varmlnla, and Images,
and so forlh, what was bruug Immo
frew the North pole, by the exploring
raped!Unti, 1 spree, to turn leople,
what een And “sermon* In stones and
good In anything,” theta things what
cost tha Oovr.rumont to much to git
’em, would be very iuirraatln; but 1
haln’t tot quite fur tnuff In the ologtaa
for that yet so T went Into iinouier
apartmeut, wher they krrpthe ratios
of the Revolution and olhti curiosl
lira. This la Urn moat Interest In part
of the show, and reclaim n Imap o(
thing* that must always be otyeeia of
list deepest Iptrrest to A nor rt nans
•Moot the rr*t I* General Washing
toe's military eott; the same toU
tint ha* Lean gsaad on by an n»io>
million* af adorln eyes, when It enve
loped tl>o form of the grant father of
Ills country. Il made s« have very
strange feeling to look upon General
Washington's clothes—it caused in tny
mind the most familiar taipresslou of
that great man 1 have over fell, uud
which no paintln or statue could ever
give. I was looking upon what had
liven a portion of the real, llvln Wash
ington, and I almost felt as If 1 was In
his prtweooe. Close by huog the sword,
and below was the caml>-chest wliot hr
used In the war of the Revolution.
What a sight I to benold In one. glance
i the gaiistnt that sheltered Ids sacred
pnrsou, tha provision-cheat, cracked
nnd shattered In th« great conflict, and
the award with which he won for us
the bleeslngs of liberty, which we en
joy. llow many thousands. In cen
turies to cour, will look upon the re
mains of these sacred relics and Idea*
the memory of the great and good
man.
/toi tar iroru vvanblnglnn d cote. In
a css* by itself, u the coto whet Ueu
ernt Jscastm wore at the battle of New
Orleans. I stopped anil looked at it
with feelings of sincere veneration.
I'ew would suppose me victory of
New Orleutit was won In stcb a co.trso
oule—but It Is like Ibc llou-hartcrt hero
who tun It—corse, strong, and hon
est, without tinsel nr f»l*o gloss. It
looks like the Gtmnnil. and will be life
served a* u priceless rella of the brave
old patriot, wane rtnys are now draw
in to a date. I never voted for Gener
al Jsokenn, cause I thought Ills politic*
was wrong, but I always bnllovrd him
! to bo a honest man and a true patriot,
and I don’t believe tber’s a lnkyfnky In
tl«e land that’s prouder of his fame, or
will hear of Ills detti with mora un
fargued sadness.
Ther’e heap of other curiosities in
this part of thcbildhi Uist Is well
worth the attention of the visiter.
Among tlie rest to Genera! Washing
ton’s Commisshuo, sad Uir original
Declaration of Independence, besides
treaties In all soils of outlandish lan
guages. mid guns and pistols and
swords, all covered with gold sad dia
monds, that Lavs bseu mado presents
to our Government from foreign Pow
ers. Tiler’s n heap of login plctsrs,
anil among ’em some portraits of the
Seminole chiefs, what at us so hard a
few years ago. 1 seed old Alligator
setting up tlur, as dignified as a
turkey Cu«k In a barnyard, and I
couldn't help but think of thn time I
seed the old feller fall off a log Into Hie
8t. Johns with all hie faucy rights on,
and a jug of ruin in Ills hand. Tiler’s
snm vciy good likenesses umong the
Ingiu portraits, hut they’ve gut sum of
tbs IrillincAt fellers in the whule nation
■eltin up lhar aa grand as kiogalls.
After lookln at the other piolers am)
basts and statues (and liter’s sum buli
ful things among ’em), I went down
into the lower story, autl lliar 1 saw
the grata tUrcofagui veliat Commander
Elliott broag over from Egypt to bury
General Jackson in. I don’t blame
lbs old General for hack In oat from
any sicb arrangement. In the fust
Place. I don’t think it hi very good
tests for to be la too big a hurry to
provide a coflln for a mau before he’s
ded; sad in the next place, I’ve
no better opinion of old secoaliaud
eoffliiu than I have of seooubaud
boots. I’d it grate deal rather
walk tn the footstep* of a dorm
llvln. Illustrious predecessor*, than
to litl the oolJlu of uns dod King Karoo.
No, todeed, the old hero 1* too innoh
of a proDd-aplrlUU Republican for that
—lie’s not gwino to l*y his bones in u
place whar sum bomlnable old heathen
King has rotted away before, and 1
glory In lrlto for It. Sach men at
Jackson finds a sareo Tagus in evary
true patriot’s heart, that will preserve
bis memory, from generation to gen
eration, to the send of time.
uut oi uncle osm *
curiosity shop, I went out Into his
flower garden, what Is kep in along,
low house, with a gloss roof. H’s got
about MO kinds of eactusos In it, aud
that'* about all. True, ther’s a good
roaoy little bushes and weeds, with
monstrous hard names, aud snm row
with liowcrs ou ’em, but Mary's flower
warden at lioms would Dent It all holler
for buty aud variety.
I tuck a walk round by the Post
OSes and up to the War Department
and the President’s honao. Tbs new
Post onies. tbe National Institute anil
•be War Department Is most magni
ficent blldlna, of greyish, coarse stone,
aud If they don’t paint ’em like they
have the Capitol and tbe President’s
house, thoy’ll look aneiect snuff to
suit the fancy of Mr. Dlokeus, or any
body else, who never saw a usw nouu
try bsfore, and wtn. think none of the
real of the world ain’t lit to live In.
’cause it ain’t se old and musty as
London.
lly tiro time I got down to Osrishy's
1 was pretty tlrvd, aud after ratio a
fust rate dinner. 1 got reddy to go to
Baltimore. I paid my bill, which was
very little, I thought, for sleh comfort
able llvlo. and got my trunks all
packed nnd reddy sum lime brl-ire the
ears started.
Blmeby long on ns the omnibus and
tuek my trunks, but tho depo was so
olnse ttu»t 1 jest- fit my way through tho
hank drivers to the rare, without any
serious ncoideole, It was * very
pleasant afternoon, mid ther was ever
so many ladya and gentlemen In the
0*1 a, gw In* to Hiltlmoin. mid aiming
’em sum of the most Otlll-itidtaU speci
mens of human aster l ever met with.
I thought I’d seed whiskers and bustles
before, but I Ond the further north I
git, the bigger they grow. After *
win Is Dm bell rung, and away we went
the houses, CaptUI and all walUhi
round behind us, til we arm oat of
sight of the City: and the poet* of
I*rofeesnr Morse's Telegraph, as they
e»H It, gelt In elower and closer together
the faster we went
But now tbe eoctie is very different
fruio whet It Is oti Carolina nc even
tbe Virgin? rode*. The woods Is In
little potohe*, and Hie Oslds 1« iraulfcr.
and the houses and towns la thicker.
Tbe country la root* uneven, and evry
mile change* (be seen fry, and gifes 011c
ailrathing new to look at. Tbn traek,
too, la even as a die, and tbe ears go
liko HghUiin and as easy as a ronklti
chair. Coe lulnlt we wts whlrlln
along between the Irutlfnl farms, lo tha
next we darted luto n ent whn tire
basks shut out Uie view, and perhaps
the next we was crosiln over sum butl
ful valley no a bridge, with mills, end
bouses and pooplo far below ua. We
paused lots of hoaae and cattle, and
■urn of 'em would twist up Iber tails
and give us a race, but wa went so fast
that nothin couldn't keep up with us
but tbe wire llghlula conductors of the
telegraph, which kep us company all
the way. It’s only 'bout forty miles
tram Washington to Baltimore, and I
Iwdo’t begun to git tired before monu
roeuts and steeples uud tower* of tbs
city begun to show themselves In the
distance, gittln uesrer and nearer, til
we was right In among 'em.
When ere gnt to the dspo In tire edge
of the oily, they unhitched the loky
motive and bitched on sum Itoaev that
palled us away down tnto the center of
the city to tbe ratlrode office. I could
And enuff for twenty pairs of eyes to
do, louhin at this butlful city. I
hadu'l no tdna It was half no large or
half so liandaum. Hut I bad no tlmo
to give ft morc'n a glimpse before wo
waaet tbeslopplo place, and la the
tntddle of another regiment of Whtpe,
ell pullln und Itaolln, and extn me to
go Ibis way and tother 111 I didn't
hardly know which o*ul I atood on.
Blmehy one very cl?II llttlo m w with
a piece of painted lether on Ills hat
•esc to roe. aea be—'’Sir, give u>* yer
rhccks fur yer baggage, and I’ll take
jo to tbs Exchange Hotel- a very good
house, air.” It was llobeon's choice
*ilh me, for i dlo’C know one house
from tother, so J jest handed him over
the this, and he arent to look out for
m> baggage. While 1 was waltlu for I
him a reinforcement of luickroen got
rouud tun. and insisted on takin mo to
the Exchange. Well. 1 wns like the
gsli whit married the chap to git rid of
him and I got into the fust hack and
druv off. I wasn’t more’n aoawd, fore
wo wa* at the dore of a great big stone
house, with a dotneou the tup of It llku
I be Capitol at Wuihlngtoo. what the
feller mil was tbe Exchange Hotel.
After I got out I ax’d the driver bow
much was to pay. “A quarter,” sea
he. I pulled out my parse and paid
him. but If l kuow,d It was uo further,
I'd srod him to Bullyhack fore I'd got
into Ms hack, that's cerlalu.
Soon as I got lu the bole) the man in
Ilia oQioe laid a big book out before mn
and gin me a pen. I kmnvVI what he
meat, so I put my name down—Jos.
Jouei, Pmeville, Geo., as plain ns a
pike staff. I hadn’t moro’n finished
wrttln my union before liereeuin Uie
man with my trunks, eud in u minit
after I found myetitf up stairs in No.
-/7, whar I am now wrillo to you. and
wliar I expect to remain for a day or
two. I mean to go to bed early to
night, and take n fresh start In the
■Homin’ Lo look at H-iltimore. Sc no
moro from your frend til detb.
Joe. Jon eh .
(To lie coutluued next week.)
*II*K lOXmSTIIH VOTIX
UrtliMw rnHil lb* \nim Pi-apIr-H Moi'l.
lux ml pinvili (out W>rk.
I). V. It.in fluo West I'rOfbjrtvrliui.
The clmrcli nt Plsgnli lint just been
resc.itod with elegmil and oomfortahlo
paws.
Pltgsh U proud of tier son, Mr. J,
W. Cnrsoo, who tone off the honors of
Ike Minor class in Ersklno College last
year.
Rev. Jamas B-iyoo was the ouly one
of tho North Carolina preachers out
side of Gaston county who remained
over Sabbath.
The Anthum Sibbrtli morning, “The
Earth is the was rendered
with tine effect. Mr. Cliarllo Pearson
it tl>e leader of tbs choir and a splon
dld one ha Is, too.
Two of the young men who ware at
vhe Convention will enter Hie Semi
nary the coming session. Messrs. S.
Watson Boyce and J. W. Carson.
Everyone appreciated tin: presonce
of all tho mlrslonailex. Plsgah Is the
only place where ell of them have
been, or likely will be, together during
their atay lu this country.
Miss MoClinlook, the efficient Secre
tary oC tho Convention, Is the f.ady
Principal of tho Presbyterian College
for W omen of Columbia, S. V. Hho U
very much alive to all educational
mailers.
Dr. Calloway has a strong hold upon
the Pisfuih congregation. In the last
sixty years this congregation list been
greatly bleared In linviug as pastors
prnaobers of such power os Dr. Gallo
way, Dr. E. E. Hoyoc and Dr. U. C.
Offal.
<1*11 roe an Inaalrir.
Waohtniton Yam.
Or course there enti he bat one rwiuli
of the etdteraenta to which ii#n Mile*
h«e given uttwranca It te evident tlial
he Intended them to be made publ in
und unquestionably they rnhee oa 1*.
ten which Oeo Mllee’ superior* can
not powibty Ignore. We may tell our
•firat (hot the Central has oierclj
proolpluted an Investigation that wae
sooner or taler Inevitable, but the Net
remain*. The government la without
ku alternative now. The loqnlry mnet
60*0, end It cannot com# loo soon
- 1 WWl' .
<V|»U Lroakr l.l.<*>w«t ihn mu »r a Uo<
luU nt pl.mdrw. Hollow H..-,** natm n> 0«
nnd • eSm finaimiilon will d.-f» M Mm
nmllnnn, IM, le more o«i MUn dwyTri
Win hi Irttri-lj tU.■ mrNor.aa which la wrllcn
feus*
* J ••W’h'tOo ntiWMfcwt rood
• nd hy Ikrinfntw, 0f tta m inrrwKant l
mwtcaw ll«# anjiMai -ado wiwTInj,,
Kow. Il wm dSaawoe or fey Ha aw, Flrra
,uww«h. Khaid*. win ui toalp. Wmjlr Ik
oauan ad Haw ul-anaxw ••ala* rr.aui Ihn a.aa
oaaa»»-n dh»ar.V-r»d .Mfiwion .ad MMmum
| SANTIAGO AS IT IS TO-DAY.
■riiXRN ay M vi-Kuise il A Rll.l.
TART NtMI'ITAI.
V.rfirrw Rwm The Sinth-A Rlxe*
AfinlaUinUM Rum The cube a
Ml*. Mnvh I* the IHuuillefarllaw ar
Ui« Tallvee—The Warh o€ U>» Rtf
Aim.
vstinie u. Wenl In PhUtdrtpel* lirron).
Santiago dk Crn.v, August S. -Il
would lie liard to llud au odder state of
things than exist! In this three-eeiitnrv
old town. Entirely un-American fa
aspect and conditions, ita architecture
as Moorish ns Anything in Morocco,
and Its narrow, cruolced, uphill streets
rocking with *Uo odors asd filth of
every description— It n at personl
about tho ujort coemnpolitau olty on
tbe hemisphere. Soldier* are every
where—Spatilali, Cuban ami American
—nod the latter army nil tbe ualiona
of the earth are represented. Walking
lb* dliLance of a block, you may meat
| oflkars of every rank and "previous
cjudillou," handsome young Apollo*
In private'* uniform, *oine nf them the
eoo* of millionaires; titled Spaniards,
sulky Cubans, le|<en nod beggars of
both sexes aod all oolors: and In on
counter « corpea or two stretched
aerosa the sidewalk or lying ou lie faoe
i In a doorway lino uncommon ureurcooe
The oadavet mey ile there tor hour*
I hefore Attention Is paid to it-uot llml
people have beoome entirely Indifferent
to death—but heoause bol pollol in these
pai Is lias Hi wsye bail a habit of sleep
tug In tbe sun; consequently, nobody
uoticea when here aud theie among tbe
wretched throng one enters the eter
nal slumber. r**ilog along Santiago’*
I waterside, street, at nuy hour of day or
ulght, you may see a thousand out
stretched, motionless flgur-**, ttieir
rags drawn up over ttieir faces, aud,
should you examine them closely, you
would duubtless flud among lUeui some
bodies teunatleee of a soul. As to Urn
lepers, let mu tell youimelltllucircum
itauce cbaracloiistic uf tho place.
Kverywlwre In Cuba lepers rosm the
si reels without lot or hindrance.
| There are Iwo or three hospitals for
! them in Cuba, but no law to conned
thoir isolation. About 40 lepers,
however, were corraled la Santiago'*
Hospital Civil until after tba balUsa
of J uly 1 and if, when the hospitals
were m-ed*d for the wounded Spanish
soldier*. All the sick who could
crswl were ordered out In tbe streets
In make room for tbe victims of war.
The leper* were evicted with tbe rc*t,
aod are now mingling with the throng
In the water side street, begging alms
from pa«sers-by und receiving food
from the lied Crus* often from liie
hands of our ladle*.
■ a ivs imti estate tvintingo lacked
every sanitary feature; and .row, after
two months of eloge—crowded with
lUe off scoot tugs of all lira surrounding'
region, the sick, the wouodori, the dl»-1
cased anti cargoes of rutliug stuff being
diiai|wd ashore from ships long delayed
In the harbor—the city hi a verltahto
poet-hule. filled with stonoliee that ab
solutely stagger one. Decayed I rule,
dead dogs, cats and mules, all manner
of filth atd carrion Ilea wherever It
happened to full, festering la sun and
rulu. to quickly become u mass of
living, wriggling sbominatfou. A. pn
cutlailty of this hot. moist climate Is
the isphtily with which putrefaction
lake* (dace und U>e certainty that.
Without tli* greatest cure maggots will
breed in diseased ucsb—a tact which
add* uutuld Irorrcra to hospital work.
AIIIXKD ADMtNITT RATIO*.
Hetwcen military rule and a queer )v
mixed Spanish and Amerloau civil ad
ministration, Santiago's business af
faire are decidedly complicated. Most
of the Spanish official* of tha former
Govaniojent have been retained, to the
unbounded Indignation of Mm Oubuus.
Those Ministers, they say. were nuver
chosen by the citizen* or Santiago, but
were forced upon them by the Queen of
Spain. They have been fighting this
vary tiling for 80 yean and after the
ulnfjirw Ikwai at nllv«Tn«n1 1 ——*l _
fuverngmrt, with official* ot their own
choosing. Still mors dissatisfaction
his arisen from the sdmlstrstlon ot
port affairs, which were never In a
worsa condition when Hpaln held un
dlaputod swav. To bsghi with, the
same port official* am retained—a
Caban at the head who does not spank
a word or Moglfch. assisted by three
Rpenlth revenue oillcera; therefore the
American merchantmen who are un
acquainted with the language fled it
extremely dtfttoult to do bualocie at all
The harbor Is crowded with vosaela
with American foods, which cannot b«
lauded becauas the arm* has pre
empted all tlie wharves and lighters. A
fair sample of that phase of the situ
ation is the steamer llillailslphla, on
which I came. 8b* expected to dis
charge her Important commission at
this p<rrt lo three dsy’a time and be
ready to return; the has now been
Ut nine days, and will donblleae havu
to wait as many more before all ber
cargo can be taken ashore in Ibo one
lighter which abe Is sbl* to oooasluully
•ocuio for a few hours’ servloe. In
nortosl time* there are plenty uf light
ers In Santiago hsrhor but just now
tha all-powerful military are using
them and refuse to let one go, wtrat
ever valuable cargoes may be spoiling.
obxkkal iuamen'* tmtiPuLAMirx
Mover was mot La I mas more unpop
ular than (iensrsl Shatter. Among
Ollier things, ha action In regard t,i
port chargea la saverely crltletsed. It
was believe! that wbso Sanllsgu bn
cam* aa Amsrlcan port, ih* exorbitant
diitlei exacted by Spain should be ab
olished. Poople were perishing here
for every thing In the lin* of food and
other necessaries of life. What. ll-eu
was i he surprise ot the American nrer
chants who undertook to supple pari
i ot the demand, lo Rod when the)
must uay an svarage of 100 per cost
, sd valorem on every srtlele—the e*n<>
old Spanish charge* which furnisher
, the Cubans with their mahr oause foi
rebelling. Tho merchant• appealed ti
' Oeseral Shorter, and b* told Uiew It
ptaJh terms they raaat pry the extnr
Unolle charges or leave tha port with
out unloading. Uaoy did the latter,
aod the fow who rem.tlond found tbem
Mlvro encompassed by dimeulttm
Tlto captain tender'd drefti in payment
Of the unexpected dntWi; but Um port
ofllelal* ref used the draft* and deaaod
ed Amcncau gold. Again we* the
military autocrat appealed to, aad
■gain Shatter upheld tlio Spanish cue
tom* officials and In his usual pointed
style reonmuttoded tbe United States
merchantmen to a place that la warmer
It dissatisfied witli the doings la this.
Of coarse alt this interferes greatly
with business, end I* a striouaToss to
maoy people, nan Iters and wealthy
toerehtot* in Santiago who are willing
lo honor the drafts of Amsrloan houses
lo any amount, are at present unable
to do so, having shipped tlielr gold, tor
safety, to Spain ao4 Jamaica. Tbe
local mercbnnta, though eager to pur
chase tKe American cargoes that are
now io tbo harbor hesitate to do so,
fearing that when tbe old time duties
are abolished, they will bave to dispose
of Ui* goods at heavy lose, it shakes
the confidence of tbs citizen* le their
American friend* at tb* outset. They
cavoot nodrtsUnd why the United
States should maintain the same ex
tortionate dalles which led to tbe war
against Spalu— especially at tbe time
when starvation Is abroad Id Cabs.
Time hundreds of fare lies of the better
cUat, who an* not yetdoslltuteenoogh
to seek charity, are prerented by
Shatter's action from supplying them
selves wltb food.
AM IXEXPKMSIVE PLACE TO LIVE.
h'aitcy tlto steamboat paaacngors
being obliged, unexpectedly, to remain
two or three work* In tula poverty
■trlckeu, fevcr-lnfetled town !
TIkjbo who desire to “board” ou Uw
vessel—anchored ■ alia or two oet lo
llte bay—may do so at Urn rate of |4
I*r diem, ui long a* aapplla* hold out,
and may go oaliore whanavar they like.
uqIms quarantine Intervenes, by paving
tha ensiomarv boat charge of M eenu
tacit way. There ere two swell clubs
to Santiago, A oar loan aud Spanish,
whore mnu may live. If itch enough;
beside* several tlendes, or low-els**
lcvturanls, which da maud Hlgh-clae*
price* tor poorest food. Even the clU
mus. ordinarily so hospitable, are too j
poor since tha long war to entertain |
guaits; and therefore the traveler,
•crip In Ilia puree, flud* lumtalf with
out piano to lay his brad. On* of the
Thitadelplilu’* paaaeoger* por pal rated
a hug* joke on Itlmicif. Tiring of
Btcrmihlp fare, hn thought he would
try a change ashore, and a*Id to Ula
fellow-sufferers, “Gentlemen, I am
going to town to get a square meal;
who will join m* ?”
Fortuustely far III* pjeketbook, no
body eeceptod tlie Invitation. Having
bsaird that tho club* ware erpsoiive,
ha did not patronize either of tbvm, but
went to a modest rastuarant, and or
dored such * meal as would cost in the
United Slntne about CO cant*. To be
euro some niMiitlal* were lacking
Butter of oourae was not expected; and
them was neither milk, bread, not “rid
1«h" of any eort. Ho had a broth, a
state of odds and ends, a chunk of
bollud lieef (possibly horse or dog),
half a pineapple and a cup of bitter
coffee, with brown sugar; and the hill
for tbi* sumptuous rapait was exactly
1*4.83.
TilE It£t> C’ltO&S WELL MOUSED.
Voar oorrespoudeut has met with
no such trials, bviog safely boused in
lied cross headquarters. Miss Barton
nod liar (tad are comfortably estab
lished in e picturesque, well firulshod
old case, one of the finest In Santiago,
whose owner, a wealthy .Scotchman,
now In Europe, kindly placed It at hor
disposal. Here they sleep aud eat, but
their day*, “fiom early morn till dewy
eve,” nr* spent In tb* store house*
down near the water's edge. Galley
alavo* nevor worked harder thin do
tbsso ladles and gsuUemen. Asevery
body knows, they not ooly give their
time aud service* without salary, but
bare abandoned positions of promt
neoce, sue and profit for philan
thropy’s sake.
All of thorn have grown noticeably
thinner aud pale alec* I Dado them
good-bye last spring lo Uavans, end an
Indefinable change of expression is ap
parent In U>*lr fnoe*. When I mention
ed It to b«U* Barton, she said: “Do
you remember an old poem by Mrs.
Heiaaua, about the death of the
flowers? t have forgotten the exact
title and even the words; but after the
killing frosts of Autumn the ’last roe*’
account* for Ivor changed appearance
by eaylog that she has ‘looked on
death.>"
Surely, If horrible sight* and tad ex
perleuoo* leave their Impress oc the ha
mao countenance, thee* have reason
for the alteration. Tot me tell you a
few unvarnished truths In the fairest
possible word*.
WOiZIt QV TOC U*U CROH*.
A iii»o)i*l) discouraged lo every way
by Lb* he id* of the army, the Had
Orbs* poi aisled in following a* eioaoly
ae potelblv; nod eo—think heaven
ill* supply Ship gute of Texas hap
pened to be near when tbe (tret gnat
battle occurred. You here beerj bow
our bo ft want Into Ui* Bgbt hungry,
how tboy ley la tbe trochee for two
days almost without food, aod bow Lbs
wounded were ofUrwarl order*! In
make their way to tho mar at bust
Lbar could. Men with desperate
wounds had to walk or crawl— perhaps
smile, perhaps flu* or six mllse-In
■one cases 10 lo 19 uuiWeoot over
good, smooth roads, but over a wild,
rough country, wbeie tbs trails worn
rendered almost Impassable by dally
tala* and I wavy army wagons. Those
who wore least injured aasletort their
comrade*, end huudrtd* died by the
way eld*. Timm of lb* wounded trim
lived to reach the place dmigaatM
were attended to us rapidly ae poiaibla
by tli* half-down army turgermt, wIm
bad nothing at hand for their awful
work. Home of Umir lastramauti
. ware In their pockets, but auir ithvtlos,
, bandage*. medteiuv* and food wart
1 entirely lacking, ami to insumc*iit wa<
t the surgical fore* that numbers lay ua
! attainted for day* before their tan
osma Tim soUlar** ctotlm* wan
| seabed with rale sad atiWaned will
II—1 -!■■■—!— , —
mud from tho tranche*, to tbnttbey
bad to be removed before aa operation,
•od could oot lu put ou again. Men
more taken rromtke operating telle,
leta. ami laid on ike wet ground, naked
a* the minute they man kora, without
•beUar, and la the majority of earn*
without even a blanket.
Ant than they ley, eaffaiiag, dying
unattended, without food or water, for
twu long awful daya. To add to the
borrura of that Golgotha, U rained
Incessantly, and tlm army liorndta)
oorpa, like tbe fool lab virgin* of the
Scriptures. had forgotten to provide
oil, ao them wav no light but that of
the weeping skies and au OMMlenal
A loitering candle by whloh to MW ku
man boon* and cut late quivering Hash,
without tli* blessed boon of chloroform.
IV’hea ike litUa hand of the Red Croat
Anally forced It* way to the spot, Um
ladies of Ilia party wading wnaat deep
la tbs earf to reach the thorn, god
walking mile* Inland. HIM Barton
knew exactly whet to do. Ask lag
leave of nobody, tho directed Are* to be
built •• quickly a* poetlble with the
rain-ecakcd materia) at tiarvd, and over
them were put bar Mggraotta kettles
Oiled with water, some of Uwmgood,
strong grael wss mads, and etas of
ooudanssd milk stirred lato other*.
Plenty of ot! and lantern* trtrt pro
vided, aad, with her neon! wonderful
foresight, Mias Barton htd brought
along a quantity of cotton cloth. This
(tie tore lato strips, the length of a
ebeet. and seat tho men of her party
ahead with lights to a over the asked
anlfeiera. The women quickly fol
lowed, each with a Uncup aad a steam
ing backet of milk or great. They
found many of tka eoldfaws unouuacloua:
others delirious or raving, howling and
curving In agony. Kneeling braids
each, the llttts band of worker* lifted
the poor beads to their arms nod pat
between the parched lip* the Ant taste
of food they had bad Cur daya.
Gradually coaectousueaa returned to
many who had passed almost beyond
the border-line of the unknown, aad
the tight of reeeoa returned to eyes
Ailed with frousy. Thu* hundreds of
mother's buys were saved, who la a
few hour* toora of neglect would I is vs
been beyond mart at aid: and the last
momocls of others ware soothsd by tba
knowledge that (her bad not base ut
terly abandonad Gy God aad maa.
Ho wonder that bearded aseo wept
like children aad bis wed the Angels of
Mercy a* they passed ! All night aad
all day aad another uigbt nod day the
devoted little bund worked ouceasiagly,
without a thought of rest or food for
thamve’.vee; and to-day many a moth
ar'a boy ts in Uteland of tba living who,
but for the unweiooasfd Red Cross,,
woald be sleeping the long sleep In that
modern Golgotha.
■awm*sm*mamaman*m»
k.*nur. CAIMUJI nrdt
To too imm rn» Ptmtnur IIMUI.
qsartm la A boot Tea bap*.
About U19 101U of September wo
propose to lien* e large campaign
paper, fully IlleatraUd, and containing
u complete review of negro rule In
North Caroline end of the maladminis
tration of the pebtto affaire uuder pres
ent regime. It wilt bn tbe strongest
r*P« ever Issued lo the advocacy of
Whito Man’s government.
There will be 00,000 copies Issued,
all owing an average of 000 to each
county; sad they will be seat direct
ly to the county ohalrmsu for distri
bution.
The chairman of each county la re
quested to begin at ones and procars
the names of 000 voters to whom they
will send these papers: and lie is fur
ther to pi-spare in advtucs the stamp
wrappers and have every tiling lu
readiness to send the nepers out. The
oest will be small to each county and
the money should be raised at ouoe to
Ry this postage. It It suggested that
itnocreta lu ovary township shall
; send at ooce a list of cam's to the
county chairman. Capt. ft. A. Ashe
will awlst In preparing ifala paper.
F. H. Snuroxi,
Chairman.
I Whan XalVM,
This version of the Twenty-third
l’ssltn by Mr*. John K. Moll appeared
lu VnnhfAtl JBrtm:
•Tba Lord I* »y Shepherd; I shall
not want."
t ihall not want real “IT# aakath
mo to Ho down In green pastaree."
I shall not want driolr. "He leaded)
me beaMa still waters, 's
I si mil not want forgiveness. "Bo
ratiorwtli my aouL”
l shall not want gaMUaoo. "Ho
leadeth mo In tba pallia of rightooue
nom for bla name's sake.”
I shall not waot companionship.
•Too. though I walk through the val
ley of lire shadow of death. I will fear
no aril, for thon art with me.**
I aboil not want eomfort. "Thy rad
nod thy staff they eomfort mo."
I shall not want food. "Tbou pro
parent a labia before me In tho premnes
ot nini cfiMotoc.”
1 shall not waot Jo/. "Tbou anoln
teat my heo>l wtth oil."
"t shall not want anything. “Mi
tun rannotb over."
I siustl not want anything la this Ilfs
"IJuraty goodness and mercy atiall fol
low me nil tho days of my Ufa."
I shall not waot auythlag la elor
nlty. "And will dwell in the Imam o<
tlm lord forever."
»iw nm
Stand yuar sddrem to II. E. llurkle.
* Co., Chicago. and get a free aunph
box of Dr. Klttt'a Maw Life PlUa. A
total win eouvlnoa you sftheto merits
Three pill* are easy in aoUoa and an
»
fto
in
-,— .. ax
g its rati toed to bo parramiy ires Ran
rvurv dvtstartows sobstaaM and Co to
p-irely vegeUblo. They do not wmkm
by thnir not loo, bo* be giving Com to
rtomath and bawoU greatly tavtgnreto
arraSssKsr
|SSSsS
lu.tl.Wu* t55SK<
of tba aarvlna. JT3,
■aka Mia* Clara W. rHjff. of uJS
■aw. hW bdia. It»mM,t cJEm%«
SmSSSSEES
entortaload tho "paaSadtartateMt
sasMsf^&5K?a»|;l
that town, a deafer la ■nifeal liiatiu
“MU at 113 Chimb strook Aha fe
Uio cloan frtead aad Intimate oMOm
Doff, wbo haa vjmted bar atkatboaM
^AaaapcdUffeao.tbcarrival of tba
**XSl
received at tba kotMa oftba raakSmSk
jar««r.waiw
mrot of Ifr. UofA ertovn hi. daughter
and bar fair visitor wore waiting.
Tbrt earns to purchase a gultai to Mp
whlta away tbe time .boot Uudr qnar
*■*• hot the bright epos of tba Aaori
Sira'S ssssr*;
gsissaagssssgi.'
ttodkaewfedgs of tba'EagTMhrtgnwi
proven tod bin from aapTag to words.
“Ir*?.tb* "** Jfrrjfih aartaadi.
and lie roanmUe aide appealed aa
atrooglp to tbo American girt* that It ■'
waa aoawarad la Wad Dp If fee Ham
awtlag baraalf at the ytoso at tba oao*
elaitea of tbo yoong ottoer's asnrnia
and staging a lore ballad that did net
depend upon tba words tar tto i
to no aadarotook
Tbo impromptu coooart waai
Uw aaxt aftaraoaa. aad lor .
fry* *&• Spaabmfe brought
brother-oOoera to llataa to Ida i_
ood tbo IHtle store bsaaaa tho favorite
raaortof the prlaooan. Admiral Cfer
rtra himself vMUag It aavaral Uaaoa
to llateo to tbo Bak
For oao sbartaaootb tbooourtabip
lasted, aad with the approach or pesos,
aad tba dally poadbfUtv of tho prison
ers being released aad allowed to re
turn to tbe 11 homes, came the declara
tion on tbe part at tbo two o Beers and
tba serrotidw oo Ua nut of tba Amtr
feaa girts. A double wadding U on
!*?£"£• »•» Aouepolla, and two Unsb*
isb brides will return to Spain with the
surviving otbeera df Spain's destroyed
squadron.
— ---C*
mmwiko Tuwnr Hltrtra
Thu Im« Iwif mm* WwTun *w«a
Um Mam
\Va»oinutow, D. C., August SS.—
> Tbo fact tlmt Um exlsUlag htmw
U*i sod Um issue of 3 par tank bonds
will pile ap an Immense aarptaa to Urn
Ternary la beginning to be keenly
rooogaUed at Um department Secre
tary Gap baa not determined apoa
any recommendations regard tag the
reduction of the revenue or Um retire
ment of outstanding bonds, bat will
probably refer Vo Um sefaMet to Ms
fortiicotnlo* aodpal report to Congress,
upon which bo bat already began
work. The amount received for Um
bonds aim far has base almost exactly
•ISO,000.000, leaving M0,000,000 to
come* The oath balaoce gained ti,
000,000 to day oyer Saturday, nod now
stands at ««,*»,J1L If all the in
maiming money for the bonds were
paid to-morrow, Um halaoca would ex
ceed 63*0,000,000. It seams likely very
mw to go ab>ve *300,000,000, and to
remala there ootll tbave la a change la
the raven** lewa or a mdeetioa of the
oatataadtog debt.
Will Wete *Ma Vtaae.
Wtmrot Journal.
Mr* Frank Haywood ofVaaoe town
skip hasn't voted to 30 years, bat be
say* be Is bowed to go out this yearned
vote for ike DeeioBTatlo nomine—.