_The Gastonia G
______ D*Tot®d to the Protection at Home end the laeoreem ol tk County.
Vol. XIX. {cdTiOT'.!ldp"rI5.*rK;r.( i U oh toil la, N. C„ September 15, 1898.
MAJOR JONES TRAVELS
FIFTY YEARS AQO.
By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia.
LETTER VXIL
li.M. ri.uonB, May 21.
To Mr. Thompson—Dsar Sir : I
waked up this* morula bright uud
early, but felt to monatroue tired that
1 didn't git rite out of bed. Well,
white I was laying thur, lookln round
the room at the flue furniture—at the
splendid mahogany buro.v an 1 ward
robe, the marblo top’d withstand end
the caat-lron fire-place. end a heap of
other curious Qzlns—I teed a green
oord with a toeael on tho ootid ot It,
hangtn down by the bed of my Iwd.
Thinks I, that must be to pull tbe
winder blinds, to let tlie light to, and
as it was toy they dark, t tuck bold ot
it and pulled it oasy two or three
timet, but tho thing scorned to be
bitched lime liar, end the blinde
didn’t nsotrs e bit, I wusu’t rnore’n
done pullin it, before a imebody nocked
nt my dore. and as I didn’t know who
it mougfat be, 1 coveted -ip good, aud.
see 1, ’Com in.”
A nigger feller opened ihu dore and
stood tbar for 'bout a mloll, lookiu nt
me like he wanted eumChltig. 'thoul
lajrln a woid.
"Well, buek,” see I, “what’s iba
matter,” beglnuin to tbiuk Uv had a
monstrous sight of iiopcrence.
”1 oam to see what the gemmen
wante.” so t.e.
"Wall,” aes L, "1 don’t want nolb
ing.”
lie looked sort o’ aulewnys at tun
aud pat out.
After atndyin a tiit tn try to make
out what upon yealh could brong him
to toy room, I put my hand out and
tried the curtain* agin, and the fust
thing I know’d here cum the some
chap back agin.
This time I looted at hi or pretty
sharp, and ses 1—"What upon yealh
do you mean Y"
With that he hagnn bowin and
nerapln and seralclitn his hail, and are
he—"Didn’t you nng sir ?*’
•'Ring what Y” tos 1.
"Your boll," sea he.
I waa bcglnnin to git pretty coaild
rrable riled, and see I—"I don’t narry
110 bell, bat I cun jest tell you what It
is. my buck, if you go to cumin noy of
ytr free nigger uonseuae over me. I’ll
ring yer cussed neck oil quicker’n
ligbtnln.”
And with that i started to git out
of bed, but ihcr was no nigger lhar
when my feet latched tbo door.
It waa too dark to dress, so I tuck
another pull ur two at the blinds; and
while t was pulltn and Jerkin at 'em
hers corns another big nlgirer to know
•hat I wanted. By this time I begun
to spiclou lhar was sutnlhtog rong;
sod shore ennff, cum to llnd out, I’d
been pulllu a brllrope all Ilia time what
kep up a tc.rrlblo riugiti downstair*,
though I ooaMo’t hear tlio letalalgu
of it myself. I’d seed them things
haogia morel In the rooms at the
Charleston Hotel, and at Oadsby’e. but
l never know’d what they waa before.
Well, tblnka I, live and lorn—I’ll
know a bellrnpe wheo 1 tee it again.
After Ondln my way down etaire I
went in the barber’s room and got
shaved, aud > do believe If It hadn't
beep to early In tbo mornio, I should
went spang to steep while Hilly was
laktn my beard off. That feller’s a
real magneUaer; and bu goes through
the btsness to easy, that you csu’l
tell whether he’s usin tlie brash or the
razor; and by the time he’s done, your
face la ao smooth that it Uket a pretty
good memory to remember whether
you ever bad any beard or not. After
hruabio and oomblu a little, I weal
out Into the resdlo-room and looked
over the papers till breakfast.
I wss settln on the sofa reading the
National Intelligencer, when the fust
thing I know’d I thought the whole
roof of Uie bildiu was cnmln down on
lop of my lied—who* : row ! wliow
wow I wont sumlhlog like the very
heavens ami yealh waa oumlD togellier.
I oonldn’t beer myself think, and I
wss mektn for one of the winders as
fast ms I could, wbeu the everlsstin
rumpus stopped. I ax'd »nnobody what
in tlie name of thunder it was. "Oh,
yon needn’t bo lattned." ses las, "It’s
nothin but the breckfast gong,” I
wss jest about as wise then as f waa
before, but I knowd It had somtbiug
to do with break feet, and my supetlto
soon cum back to me agin.
You know I always used tu drink
coffee, and I'm monstrous fond of It;
bat beln as I didn’t feel very well this
mornio, when the waiter ax'd me
which I'd have, l aed "tea."
"Black or green Y" am he.
I looked nt tlio feller, anti am I—
"What Y»
■‘Wilt you lutre blaok or green tear*
mm It*.
I don't know wlmthet ho waa pro
Jwtln with mo or not. so sea t. "I
wont a cap of tes, jest plain lea, with
out no fancy colonn about It,”
That settled (be blsoeos. and In a
mioit he briing me n f rat* big uup of
tea that looked almost os strong sa
coffee; bat It was monstrous good sad
l made out a fust rata breckfast.
After breckfast I took a walk out to
loo the olty, and shore snuff It Is a
olty I Gracious knows, I thought
C harleston sad bat Haiti more lays ’em
all In tbo shade. It ain’t only a long
at '*m *» I" ttichmnnd.
and Wash log i on wus big *nu(T. pint of
slss. I«>t It's a monstrous sight the
handsomest. The streets Is wide snuff
and then ther ain’t no two of them
slits, snd evry oorner you taro givsa
yon a sew slew, sa different from the
"that aa If you waa In another oily.
Monomenta and steeples, and mlaarats
sod tow si a, nod domes and oolamns,
and ptanas and porticos, and pi llara of
all ordara, a'sas, sod heights. Is coo
stonily Cliangtn before yon; and Uie
ground *Uaa snd (alls la butiful hills
and holler*, aa if it triad to do Ha slur*
towards glreo yartet/ and buly >o the
slaw. Unit I more street It tiw priest
pal street, end you may depend It’s go
a heap of Qua a loros on It.
After lakin a good stretch on Haiti
tnarn street, lookin at the ploture
abopi and show winders, r struck out
Into Calvert street, wliar tho monu
ment stands tbst was rais’d to the
brave fellers nlmt licked tho British
nt the battle of Kortb 1’iot in the last
war. It's a good deal bigger llisn the
Naval Monument at WeabiugUm. and.
to my notion. It's a grate deal hand
somer. Its proportions la good, aud
the design Is very buliful.
After taklu u good look at the mou
inant, I walked along duwu by sum
Guo large brick bouses with marble
porticos to 'em. and wioderglaat-s to
clean you mought see yer face In 'em,
lookin Laok no* and then nt the wo
man on top of the monument, wlten
llm fust tbiug f known] 1 got a must
all-Ured akeer, that made m* Jump
clear of] tUe sidewalk Into the street,
bsfurn l know’d what I wse about.
“Get out !“ sea I, at a cussed grate
big dercc-looklii dog upou oos of the
portlcus, that looked like be was ywiuo
to take rite hold of me. ‘ yjein him.
Tiger!” ses a chap what was gwme
bv. laughin. and 1 raised my stick
quicker'n lightning, hot the dog usver
moved a pug. Cum to find out. It was
uothln but a statue of a <lng. made out
of stonn or Iron, put up thar to watch
tho door and keep nff hontu lira km, 1
sposo. I got over ray akaro and went I
along, hot I ooaldn't help Ihlnktn It
was a monstrous bad taste to liaro
atcb a flerce-looktng tbiug stand in rltn
before a b-dy’s dure thataway. If lie
was lylu ujwn asleep he'd look last h»
natuial. and wouldn’t be apt to fright
en anybody out of ther senses fore
they kuuw’d wti.it It was.
UJ a tiilUJ wvi nu u^icu (lUIW Wlbll
a butiful litUo temple sUndin buck In
the yard, under the trees, and over the
gate wav a sign wbut sed •’’City
ctpriogs.” Well, aa felt pretty drr by
tliii lime, I though I'd go In aud git
*uu> water. When I got to the bouse
what waa slsiidln over tbe spring on
butiful touod pillars, and wav gwiue
down the white atone steps, I aeed u
whole heap of galla duwu tltar pbiyln’
and dabhllu lu the water, aud uprlnklln
aud aplaahta one itnulher, aud laoghto
and carrying on like th* mischief. 1
beard a grntn deni about Haiti more
butv, and I thought JM Jo*t lake a
peep at ’om while they dido': ace mo,
and wben they wasn’t SuspecUo any
body was lookln at ’em. Well, tliar
they was, five or six of ’em, all 'bout
sixteen aud seventeen, with llier bull
ful faces flushed up, and tber dark eyes
spatkllu with incitement, while lbs
gloasy ringlets. In which the erysUl
water glittered like diamonds, fell in
confusion over llier white necks sud
shoulders. They was butiful young
cretars aud as X leaned over tho wall,
lookln down on ’om aa they Was wrest
lln aud Jomping and skipping about av
graceful as young fawos, l almost
thought they was real water nymphs,
and X was frald to breatbo hard for
feur they mnnght hear me aud dart in
to Uie fountains. Uimcby one of 'em
that was scufllin for life to keep two
more of ’em from glyin ber a duokio,
happened to look up. Tire oext mhiil
lb«r was a general sqaeelio and grab
blu of sun-bouneta, end away they w»m
up tother flight of steps. 1 didn't want
’em to think I'd Ireen waluhlu ’em, ij
I went rite down to tbe spring, like l
bad Jest cum for a drink of watsr.
Ther was Uircs rouutains all In a row,
and on each side of the fountain* was
two iron ladles hauging chained to the
wall. I took up the one on tbe right,
and was lioldln It under tho spout on
that side, when I beard tbo gall* gig
glin and laugblo upon tbo steps whsr,
they was rangin tber dresses. I
couldn't help but look round, when I
taw one of the prettiest pair of sparklin
eyes lookb. over the wall at me, that (
have aeen sense I left lioms. ■•Tbo
middle fountain's tbe beat, air,” aes
mho vi hw iwwvwv yuiwi 111 vno world.
I didn’t wait to think, but ]est cant*
aba abed ao, I Jerked tbeladla what waa
already rutmlu over, toward* tbe mid
dle spout, when kertloeli went the wa
ter all over my reel, and Ilia ladlo want
rattle-lekliuk a«ala tbe wall whar It
waa chained. 61nb another squall aa
they did give I never beard before, and
away they all scampered, Uugble Ut to
die *t me. The feet waa, the chain
wasn't long snuff to reach to the mid
dle fountain ao how, even If the waier
waa any better, which I Ought to
kuow’d was all gemtnou. I fella lit
tle *ort o’ Hat, but thinks I, galls. If
you only kuow’d the butte* X teed wbeti
1 waa lookiu down oyer your hade,
when yon waa rompln, you’d think we
waa pretty near even, after all.
From the City Hprlnga 1 went to the
Washing. >o Monument, what stand*
at (he bed of Charles street. ThU la
another dutiful structure, which com
melon rates the fame of Hie g rtvUe.it
m*n on the face of the yrwtb, re (lee U
honor on tbe patriotism and liberality
of Baltimoreans. At the dore tber was
n old gintlemau, who ax’d me U I
wanted In go up on the monument, f
told him I’d like to very well, If Uier
wae no danger. He led th«r wasn’t
the least lu the world; ao. after piyln*
him n seven-penes and writln my uume
In a big book. Its gin toe a btnp and 1
started up the steps, what Jest keprun
nln round and round ilkaaecrew-augvr.
Up, up I went, and kep a gwlne til I
thought my legs would drsp oft me.
Evrv now and then I stopped ami tuck
a blow, and then pushed on sgin, til
blmeby I got to tho top, whar liter is a
dnro to go out on the outside.
From that place I could sen all over
tlxi olty, and for miles touad the coun
try; end. to toll you the truth, 1
couldn’t hnrdly blleve my owa eyes
whan I saw so many houses. Tha
Craned seemed to be covered with
risk* fur miles, aud avery here and
tbir some toll steeple or lofty dome
abut, up froio tha dark dm of houeee
below. Street* w*j ruuain in a very
direction, and carriage! and linriea and
people waa nil movln about In ’em, like
ao rainy anti on a aul hllL Away off
U> lire eoultkeMt I eoulil ice lire dooii
of Ibe Exchange Hofei, and a litUe
further was the blue nrmi of the Pa*
tipaco, oovarnd with white ullt. gwine
in and out of tha harbor, while the
uikid m*Va cf tS» Venelj at the
wbarvoe and hi tli • Utein looked like a
cornfield joit afCnr r alder-pullin tirno.
I could een “the Usr-ipmirled banner”
on Uie walU of old Fort ilacklieury,
■till wav in "over the land of Ibe free
and the homo of the brave,” m proudly
ai K did on that glorioui night, when
ncbM'i rod iUr«. ami buuu bouiii In air.
uav» proof throw** t*u nl#*c uin oor d*jr «tb«
•till tbaf.
Ana i couldn't u««p from ilnglu *'0
loug may it w.»vel” Ac.
By Ui« lime I got down from tbe
moonmeiit It was two o'clock, and V
begun to ha vs a pretty good appotllh
aglu. I ma<i« nut to git back to the Ax
cliauge by enqiilrln thn way ’boot bweu
ty time*; aod pretty soou aftcr/l got
i bar that OTcrlaalm gong rung agin, and
wn all went in to dinner. I uqker seed
■ioh a hoodlum table in all now life be
fore. It was long enuff for a,fourth of
July barbecue, and all drewad out like
Il wcddln supper. Kvry llitrig looked
In ordcT, like a army formed iu lioa of
tattle. Tho platlooo* of Ivory-bandied
knirea and silver forks aud cut-glass
goblets and wiuegluases waasll ranged
in two long columns on each aide, with .
a uaiikiu staudln at each place Jlko s'
ille-cloaer, crimped up sa baudsum and
lonkiu os wbito and fieeb as n water;
ltlly. In tbe middle was tlm baggage
tram, which was made up of a long row 1
of bright covcra. with elegant silver i
Castor* and tureens. Urge glass vase*
full of sailary and lota of other dishes.
I frit jest I Ik o I was gwine Into battlr;
and whether Mr. Doreey. like Lord
Nelaou, expected every man to do bis
duty or not, I wastermloed t >do mine.
Well, the table was anon surrounded,
and then the attack commeooed. It
wae a terrible carnage. The knives
aud forks rattled like small arms, the
corks popped like artillery, and the
sbampane flew like blood at evry dis
charge. (jeueral Jennings msuoovarad
lilt troopi fnrt rate— oarryln off the
killed aud woundod at fad as possible,
aud supplyin tber plaoea with re-en
forcemeuIs of fresh dishes. llo hid n
regular Wellington army, made up of
Knglish, Trend). Arasrlcau. Seruian.
Italian and all kinds of dirties, but, like
Napoleon at Waterloo, I to was doomed
to coins out second best, and In e short
time Ills splendid army w.is cut to
pieces, routed, disf-eraed and derail
Ishod, horse, foot and dragoon, or
rattier roust, trailed ami stewed.
Vou know I’Te Ht the togius In
Tlmida. and nan stand my hood a*
well os tho next man to it bush Qglit,
but I never was In J oat slch tui engage
ment, and I mtde rather a bud job of It
In Hits laigtiuiln.’ I lisJa’t more’ll
swullerod icy soup, when here earns a
ulcger pokeln'a piece of paper at me,
which hu ard was a till. Thinks I.
they’re In a monstrous hurry ’bout the
monoj. so I told him I had o'till cue to
look it over tlien. The fellen looked
and grinned like hit didn’t mWi no
o(Inner, aud ax'd me what \’d oe
helped to. Well, I know’d they lUdu’t
have no bacon and cillarJi. so Ptol)
him to bring me a piece of roast b\f.
□y Ilia lima I got fairly gwine on nfi
t»«r, Mr. D iraay com In and took s’
scat at tin* tend of the table, not far
from run, and nx'd me how I wax
pleased with Baltimore. 1 told him vory
well, and was passlu' a word or two
with him, when tbe fast thing 1 know'd
my plaio was gone, and when I turned
round to look for It, the nigger poked
the bill at me agin, t begun to tbiuk
that was oarryln’ the joke a loxlle too
fur, and ses I :
•'Lawk Imre, buck; I told »ou one# 1
hadn’t uo time to tend to that now,
aod 1’J like to know what In the
devil’s name you tuck my piste away
for ?"
“Wliat'U yon be helped lo ?” ms
be, like he dldu’t understand me.
••I ax’d f.w sum beef,” mi I,
but——” and bnfiire I could get it out
be was off and In a mibll be brnng me
another plate of roaM beef. .
Well, by tho tiain I got It salted in
my llkin,’ and while I was taken a
drink of wator, away It went agin, I
just made up my miod I wouldn’t
stand uo such nauseuce any longer,
I so I waited till be brang me a clean
plain agin and ax’d me what I wanted.
•’dam mow bwif,” ses I.
I kop my eye* about me this time,
aud shore enuff the moment I inruedto
uod lo sum gentleman what Mr. Dor
%»y introduced me to, ooo of the nig
gers made a grab at my plate But I
was to quick for bino tbaa time.
"duo I” tea I.
"i>e« pardon," (n he; “f thought
you wanted another plate.”
"I'yehad enuff plates for three or
four non already,” sea I, • and now 11
want anm dinner.
••Very well, alt,” aea he; "what’ll
you hate?”
••What’a your name f" ana r.
•Mlauanm, air," aea he.
Thiuks 1. you wasn’t named for yor
good looks that’s eorlain; but I
nerer Inton.
••Wall, llnnanm." set I, ”| wanty.ia
to jeet keep a ejre on my put*, and not
let anybody grab It off till I'm donu
with It, and tlien I’ll tall you what I
want next.”
Jest then Ur. Dursey called him to
him nail *ed auinthlug In his ear, aud
herahecum with Mr Dorsey’s onm
pitmenta and a bntiln of ahitmtmon. and |
ailail one of ray glasses. as I then tuck
his stand so lie could watch my plulr
grloolo, all the time like he'd found a
mare’s urat or amuthlng.
Tbs plan worked fuat r«D. and after
Uiat I got a fair showin’ at the ha. f.
Then 1 ax'd llsnanm wliat else ther
waa, and ho Prong tbe bill agla
and toM me l*d find It tbar. Hhore
enuff, It was a MU af thtoge to eat.
Instead of a bill of expenses. Wall.
1 looked It over, Imt I ennUln't tell the
rarlde pouMa a M lodlenne. or the
pigeons eu oornpeU, OT the angualls a
| la Tartars from anything etas till I
taste’em, and then I didst hardly I
i know tbe eh tokens trees tbs esta they I
wan onnkM *o curlooi. TUer w»n
plenty that l dl<l know, though, to
mako out a funt rate dinner, end lout
beforo they brung la tlin cotUrdn mid
lellire mid plea ay appetite ni gone.
I erne lent gwlnn to leave Uio table
wlieu Mr Dormy ax’d me II I liked
Charlotte Roane ( told him I hadn’t
the pleature ol her aoqonlntiDcn.
'•Well. Major,” ee« be. "top brtter try
a Utile"; and with that he eent man
plate with nutnthlnj on U made out nr
poaodcake and Ice creeui ’tbuut bein’
frost, wblnh was a little the bent thing
I ever eat in my life.
Two nr three more eich dinners an
this would lay urn np, ea t couldn't fit
away from the exchange la a month.
Xo more from your-Irend till deth.
" Jon Joann.
( ro.lte'ContliiunJ DeaXWMk.)
i' ■ —L- a-ng» s
/ naavr old conn. \
II* lit. •• lUl.ra V*
ClwArt, ,rp,«i. *
Kow V urk World.
G«i>. Maximo Hoaxi, Uio great;
clrieltaiii leader ot tire Cuban revolu
tion, has l«eu giving torn* aaoom-I
mouly good advios to Ida countrymen.
In a letter which the Cuban Tropar
gaiida u circulating lie pleads (or law,
order, education and peace.
First of all he urges lilt eountryiuea
to put aside thidr prejudices aud “elect
as the directors ol your destloles men
or exceptional, tried virtue, without
asking what they have dune while Cu
ba iu her struggle for Independence
li is bsen stained with blood. lo other
words, be counsels his eountryaaeu to
forget old issurs, to lay ssldo preju
dice, to allow for difference of oplotuo,
and In ctiooiiog governors to consider
only their lltuesi.
Again It* auya:
Have <i osre to nooks uss lu peace ol
your rights that you have gained by
urtur, Po not submit to tnsm who
give you leas than your rights, because
that would be servility. Oa the otbsr
baud, do not exact more, localise you
would then be on the high road to
auarchy. An exact observance ol law
Is the one gut ran tee (or all.
lie look* to Cuban nationality as
the one thing moat tn bo desired, and
lie would luv* ft accepted alike by
those who hare fought (or aud Huso
who bate fought agaiost Uie cits,
now that the unite Is won. He sayt:
A pardon ought to be granted to
every oue who asks for It. now that
the wnrk has been o-impletcd.
This la a lest out of our b ink. It la
a lesson learned from that American
reoonniUation that net Jos Wheeler—
rx-CoufwJnralo—to win bittloi for us
lu Cuba.
And hern again U a reflection from
our experience;
It ought novor to be forgotten that
while the sword Is most beneficial for
governing and directing In time of war
it is not very successful in tire office
of p-iace, where tbs word “law” Is the
oue which onght to be oouaUuitiy re
peiterl to the people. The military oc
tave la too harah lo interpret gently
thn spirit of that law.
These are wise and fit words for Un
ha’s most eelf-saerlflefug lmro to spade,
and he adds to their worth by taking
hlmvlf out of the account “Mean
while," he siys. “If I do not die as a
result of tbe war I will retire i|uletly
Into a prlyatn p irt of niy ciilulry.”
Dare apsilrs a modern Oiuclunatm.
N. OsmuS Uway. /
N.a AarichHu^uJUuUrttti.
X Speaker uttliS'wHau-sV-'-meatinii of
tho NnlUjjiU Bjekeepara’ Association
pleaded eloqueutl; for the retention of
the basswood and maple when elaariog
up land for pasture. The; sflforJ shade
for the stock aud the soil, and Ibe
grass beneath them will not dr; up as
It will If the; are taken awe; nod ibe
Geld exposed to the direct rays ot the
sua.
He also auerted that urn* closer
should be grown as n rotation in the
farm crops, as well as for Iho benefit of
the boekeepers, aod Ij sections where
alfalfa would not thrive, which lie de
clared to stand in the front rank as a
boney-makiag crop, the stake clover
might he grown. His experience was
that it did not make as much lia; per
acre as the red clover, but it was of
Goer quality, stands drought aod pas
turing list ter, hold* it* own against
end will produo* good crops a roar or
two longer than red clover, while It
produces ns much seed per tore, which
tells at hlglier price por bushel. Bee*
eertalnl; work on red elover at tinea
but seldom succeed In getting enough
to Oil eorplns boars from it. Farmer*
who are also beekeeper* ms; Qud It to
their Interest to heed these sugges
tions.
nrmsan •" a Mpree.
Lincoln Journal,
A white woman was jailed Halurday
charted with being drunk and dteordrr
ly. sue waa iimatl, dark akin amt and
uild lie agrd, aakl abe waa from Flori
da ,*nd olatmod to be a ‘'Spanish icy."
Hln cuae-tl out tbe mayor aod‘'iaMad'’
Ute cop and Mfcnrtff Beal "acaodloui. ”
Him waa roltaacd frnm jail Konday up
on promUlng to Iravo town.
w. ijeani.j -
A CKrw trlaV.
It oertalnly look* like It, |,nt ttiara
U really no trick about It, Anybody
can try it who baa Lama Hack and
Weak Kidnoya. Malaria or nrreoaa
troiitdra. Wa mean be can cum lilm
ar-lf right away by taking Electric Bit
lere. Ttila medicine tone* „p tlie
whole ayateai. acta aa a etimulant to
I.lecr and Kldm-ya. la a blood purl Her
nud norva tooio- ft ourea Oormlpa
patloa. Headaelie, Fainting Spell*
Hkwplteautm and Melancholy, it |,
purely regulable,u Slid lagalle*. and
reatoraa tit* tyafawn to 111 natural *1*.
or- Try BUtotrlo BlUrr* and ba eon
vlnoed that thay art a miracle worker
Bv.wy bolt)* guaranteed. Only ooc
a bottle at J. R Carry Jk Co’* Drnw I
More
jBiSBS
Efck’ttS3p
I RED CROSS III CUBA.
a sriranue ciianiik in taking
pi.ai-r i* uirunu.
»lrtjr xirnto Mill Clean- raeer Am
lllroallan Um lUlkj TOWN b
UoeoMlB* Kara nsMNMi-klMMIa.
)|K| r*N UUI Umngrx.
rsanta Ik Ward In rk lu1ch*Wu lUoorJ.
Saxtiabo, August 18_Whtnever
malt comes In from “thi fcUaU#,” oar
quarters are turned into * regular post
ndlae, with huge upjn bags of letters
sod pile* of newspapers and Dockages.
As many of the uamas uru uoknowo to
ua. It la sometimes extremely dlftleult
to Dud tlia owner of tbs precious words
from liomt; bat la every case Uis
strongest effort la made, although U la
uot legitimate Bed Cross business, be*
eauae we. ounelvoe know how good It
la to get oewa from the world which
seems ao dieUat.
The “Morse” has brought im is Imii
tiful cargo of lee—and never wue any
thing more weeded In fever stricken
Cuba. Rut there Is notau icehouse Is
8*otlago, and nowhere to discliarge It.
Mtm Barton offered the whale cargo to
Generals Hhafter and Wood, for the uae
of the army; but they were equally
po wort see to provido a place. Tbsu
*na gave It to Um various transports
lilted witb sick and wounded convales
cents going home; and ainoe that
Messed day all have been plentifully
supplied. The long voyage is terrible
Ht tbn best for feeble and dying men,
but an abnndsnoe of Ice robe it of
half its rateery. Thanks to Mlsu Bar
ton, tire Mantiago hospital* now nave
loo galore, to tbo untold lvUet of the
feverish end delirious
(AMliUU nsBlIOM TUB
tlTTll
The Associated Pi-mi baa told you in
a brief 0 It patch how Un lied Cron re
lief Kiip Stall of Texas a.ttnd
oantlag'i harbor ahead of everything
else after the battle, even General Shat
lor, Sampson and Schley folio wing In
tbo rear, hut you can bare no idea of
tbo dramatic features of Ibe scene at
related by Unite who participated In H.
There wero tbe two armlet, the oo:i
querors and 11m conquered;the Wrecked
ships, tbo starving people. Tbo alienee
of Un grave hung over all, tbe borror
of what lied gone before, Untie, mur
der. terror and tragedy; and now w,ie
cnmlnii the Bret gleam nf hopo to a dy
tng penplo. Said Mias Barton |wl>o, by
tho way, tenet a member of church,)
••can symnUndy slog the dnxology y>*
••Praise God from whom .til blessings
flow” rung out in quavering ulinrut
from the little Imnd in tl>e |>row of tbe
Texas, taken up and repeated here nod
tliurs ou the battleships aod tbe a burr,
while strong men wept and tbe
wonnded waved their feeble bauds.
Then ".Vineries" made the welkin
ring —
“My ominlry 'Hi oi »ho*
Awimt loan nf 1,'Wni
Or Mo* I sms.-*
And thus amlil ptlrlatla and reli
gious enthusiasm was Santiago (list
entered after tho buttle. It was Uto
on a Sunday afternoon—and In those
latitudes, you know, there is no twi
light, but dark not* falls after the set
ting of the eon. There were thousand*
of people In a stirring condition, many
literally dying, who had nit eaten for
Ways: and there was a alilpl.ia.1 or
provision* to h:i distributed. Great
Jiniquities were experienced in gsttlog
> Usings started. Ships cannot eppr-iucU
! the wbarvui within bills rails or more;
there were no lighter*, laborers, no
tmms to haul goods, ni warehouses In
which to store them. Mr. Blwvll, one
nf Mist Barton'a secretaries, who Was
ones a lumber;merchant in dantisgo aod
tlterefore knew the grsunJ better than
any other American, earns ashore Im
mediately. secured a storehouse arid
drummed upstovedoree among all wbo
war* thin In *t*iu1
A lllUii food and lint ooffv* put m*
tlreogib into tb<»~. All night they
wurked, and Uy A n'olnok next mornffig
Ibn first distribution of fond began.
The soon* beggared description.
Among so many thousands of famished
people It was Bret Impossible to main
tain anything like order; tbs guns of
the whole army onuld not have done It
Tbs str mg trampled the weak like
ravenous beasts. Aristocratic lad ini
strove with the scorn of bsntUgo for
the wherewith to sneeor their dying
children, lines and bales worn seised
and their contents taken possession of
—got always by those who needed tlwm
most, and as fsr as out could see In
nvery direction, more hungry mnlti
tndes were filling the mads, irampiog
wearily back to Santiago—some railing
nud dying by the wayside, almost with
in sight of tho fvtod that might bare
asyed them.
onoxn accrjKKiM chaos.
In an Incredibly short lime chaos
was reduced to order. Nobody knows
how many thousands were fed during
choee drai few days. Including otir osm
hungry army, the farolsliM ‘ipaaisb
force*. Dm destitute olliaeita of Santis
gn and starring people from alt tba
surrounding region. At pretest 3J.0U0
people are reosiriag rrgslar, dally re
tloos, exclusive of Die hospital*, and
what la using done for the soldiers.
Amertcuo, Sprulsh and Caban. Thanks
to the bounty of the United States, the
aqpvly la ample—toos of previsions of
alt aorta crowding the warehouses fries
fi"or to celling, and mors coustanUv
coining. Things h«r» now been thor
oughly syaiesialls-d. Tire dly is d»
ytded Into districts, such In citsrgo of
a competent person who Muses a thor
ough can res in be made, aod eaob
I idivldoal csss looked Into. Kvsry
upplhunt fur charity Is nbUgod tohasvs
Ills or bsr came and address. Die story
of waat Is tbsu verified lie peranaal In
sprotlofi. Die number of tlm family
taken, and Uia account written on a
bit of paper, which tba applicant moat
bring every day In ordsjr to receive bis
rations. Titus fraud Is prevented and
families of ten or a dona or tws or
throe receive guanUtiMaccordingly. It
It said tb it la tome cases enterprising
-pobrne,” as the poor are called In Dm
Tsrnaeatar, set us boarding ho seas
and street slalteyor Urn Mis of Red
■ ■ I MWMm
Cnat food, but If this was mr 4ms
(Which I doubt) U l« no longer possible
under U» rlgoroui system.
It In wld, too. perbspa with a grain
of truth, that Um poor of tbosn coun
tries will not work aa long a* they aan
gat food without. American amr
clients who brought down provision«
to sail, complain that tbe lied Croat
has entirely spoiled the market far
them; as why shoatd U» people boy,
wImo they can get plenty of food tor
sskiugl They My, also, that tbey can
not gad laborers, or stsradora* or ser
vant*, becsus* those who would do
lUet klud of work for email pay If
aeoeeeity compelled them, now mt Idly
os Um sexeats waiting for tbe neat dis
tribution of rations, care-free as Um
Um lllUas of tbs Held which “toll not,
neither do they apta.*' Doubt)*m this
is true la some oasts, hot It It hr no
mean* fttaeral. The several houses
maintained here by American rnoeey
for the distribution of food and medi
cines; Um abodes of the narats sad
other workers, are literally besieged by
people begging for work, aa teamatas,
cooks, lavenders*, ssamtrasses, or la
soy other capacity; and Major Barber,
the geotlemsu who ha* undertaken to
cltao sad aweeieu Oils dirty old town,
tails me that he has no diffleelty hi re
cruiting his scoTsogaca sad atraat
• weeping brigades, tbouali several
thousand men an required. la this
connection I may mention that a sur
prising change ksa already taken pises
In the appearan o* of HocUago, thanks
to Mainr jUrbrr nod hi* msthode TIm
fvatsrlog plies of garbage has* been re
moved. Um gutter* acraped sod the
odors seitilbly diminished. Tbe dlsln
feclauta bare not yet arrived; bat they
»re somewhere oo tbe bounding billows,
hastening Cubs ward as feet a* sails
and steam can carry tbeoo.sud there is
hop* that by tbetr as* yellow fever sad
other disease* that bar* hitherto
scourged this island may sons be
CCBAXS WHO Alta HOT Ult.
That all Cubans are not embodied
laziness. I know from personal obaerva
vetioa. 1 have many Uom moo aa
working about the Bad Cross ware
houses. whenHnc tracks nod staggering
under hoary load*. wlu> appeared
aoarely able to stand from weakness,
owing to past starvation.
To ana a nuu faint at kls work from
sxkaustion or from oo-oomlng tcysr la
a matter of daily occurrence, and (be
lUd Croat physician* are always pre
pared Tor rich emergencies. They UU
us that many oil liana of artatoeiatle
class remain shut up lo their dismantled
Loose*. bangry almost unto danth, but
too proud to make tlieir necessities
known <« t-t corn* wltk tba rabbis for
ration*. Tins l!oc* of caste are more
sharply drawn bore than even in our
own country, not oul? between black
nod white, but between descendants of
the grandma ami tat) polo). Tills is In
deed oofortunaio, on all aides of tba
qusotloa. Wo understand and appre
ciate their proper pride, but whoa the
elder sister republic hat sent them aid
out of hsr abundance, lo be personally
bestowed by latle* and goatiomim ad
der tba direction of I be Premdsut of
tho Hotted Staten, one would tblnk
that most seuslliyo feelings need not
stand lo Ike way of accepting the
proffered kindness.
I** me tell you ona case, wbicli la
but a sample of hundreds. The gentle
mao whoa we rented one of the homes
-a doe-looking elderly Cuban, of
«->nrtly moaners and evident education
—fainted one day lo tba midst of a
>u lines* conversation. He was sent to
his I to me iu » carriage, and then It was
discovered that b* hut sates nothin*
for two day* a id bis family was abe>
lntely with nut food.
They own <>u» of tire gust bouses in
Santiago, but they cannot eat skat.
Owtag to the war. tksir moony 1* all
gone. Thorn la no work In Santiago ml
thla time for snob people to do; and
too proud to uoenpt obarity, they sim
ply sat down In tbelr decs red splendor
and waited. Mieawbsr wise, for
*'something to tarn op" or for death,
the kindly beater of all worn. This
wife—a typical sen ora of Hpaofsb-Am
erloa and her slender young daughter
were both In their beds, too wank to
risn wlieo help came It to needles* to
odd that a generous supply of provis
ion* was at once sent to tba family,
and that they are not too proud to an*
what tlwy could not ask for Is «vt
deooed by the feet that tba old gentle
mao Is seen again uu tba streets, ns
digoiOod and courtly a* ever.
vbw w ura am grnoi ana lnierest
ln« of the Red Croat loetltutiona Hi
Santiago la tba dispensary end “Ooo
aultarto" for the poor. A big house
haa bees taken for the purpoen, and •
cor pa of ’'medlooe,'’ moatlr Caban, un
der Doctor Solloaoo, of Havana, ace
there maintained by ration a mat from
the Red Oreee atom. Tbo physAUnd
giro their time and aertloasgratiUtoit*
Fy, but mum of eoerea be fad. They
bare e euppty of medioaae, Halted la
rnttety, bet eot A qatotivy, furaiebel
by the Red Croaa, and largo stem of
oondenaad milk, tbe mad eiee aaoea
Beaded A tbe majority of oases Day
after day Uielr eoeaeltiag room A
crowded by tbe sick, tbe belt, Ute hun
gry, mad an arerage of 1500 persona in
erory twenty-tour hours leeolre medl
olno oc milk, or both, an eneb earn
roqnlfwa, Tbe army, too, two drawn
upon tbe Bad Cross far many thtoga
neaded A UieU camp hospital*, with
out which there woatd here beau A5n
tely more suffering and death, and
henrm knows liters be* b*ee ssougb
already, l-onklnc *rer VIA* Barlou’s
long lima of u«Am eupplAd la am
wo* to tin army T aea seek lieu* as
<500 pounds of own-meat; a ton pounds
riee; 1T0J pounds of beau*; 55 oaas* of
randeossd milk; 85 ***** stalled ml*;
3900 pound* lee; 58 earn hoof; 450
ponndl Sugar;B0U poundf crush** out*,
and aeon ad inftaltam, to any noth lag
Of surgical goods aneb an bandagos.
ether, oblortem, eta.
m tbe Sosa w Men
Aejaturinsp’rr SsswIM,
TmiiVwsMa pnaritatM.,
AMMIMwrSw) UrsO.
MMittGMEj
‘ ,W' H
.wsufar.aws ssc
B«t our Uoobla* mb to DtnlMtkt
ssjsl'sss sn’ssa
^•ssas iSsaEiAJ5
and go Lot#* ? Ho<m eey tL mm
an Buhaeltby, aad**M B-^i!
Point has bnu ooadtmoad by Dr.Soon,
who eay* it wtliaaoa baa May af
borrora. Oblckiantn was coiuUmM
and now it isaatd Hjquvlh* u no bet
tar. Tamp* had to ba tbaadanad. aud
tba death-mta at Part® Bioala in
U amfeNoasaiek
to road tho chapter* (if minrj U tba
daily papa**. Soma lay ail tba Man*
oa AJcar and aaan - -
unterUag doctor*,
home mokoaaa that
mortality and _
the rcautt of alimata
don Uaneitlou _ , _
Taupe and Gab* and Fb
Whatever it any ba, tba pn
drtai ia awfaL Tba soldier g
brought hook with thorn Ua
malarial dteeaen is
ttonund*. ftijBfiv
good moan, good
nursing sad th* M
pareuU or eietara or;
to tar* any of these. ___
about It at eor bower, for my wifb and
I nutted oat of aar boys to Florida tor
thna long, aaglauamoutba and baavty
saved bin." It took him two Tear* to
recover ancr we gganim INK'"' u«
wu itroni ud htottby. aad went to
Florid* I* Jim to work aa a railroad,
•ever took bold at him aod warned all
blifimh away. Of ooutee.lw would
have died but for oar ooDalaot care aod
t aider nursing. What tkao, oao ha
sapectsd of tbaao bqya taken from
atom aod o(8oaa and abady hi)tow to
I ha atokly beat of a tropical no?
Major Macon, oor aaaator. rlaltid
Wash to (too aod bagged Mr. MeK later
not to sead UN boy* to Tampa or Cube
until tin fall of the MaTSS Urn ad
minletratloa waa kia burry and paid •
haad to bira. Us tea ttalumaa. U
wo bare got any, and foraaaw ink
what has happened. Three or four
thousand killed la battle, or died from
tliter wounds, sod 1,500 already dead
from favors. If Dr. Bom aod other
snrgoooa are to be believed tbe number
will I* doubled or trlbOled before tbe
roar close*. Somebody boo blundered,
and tbs malediction of tboaaanda of
I snared parents era upon tbs btoa
derate. JCvaoa Florida torn mar ana
to carefully avoided tar Floridians aad
tbs army tsute at Tampa an a poor
protection. .
Duriug tits four yean of nor civil war
t bared lad of d least* In tba fader*] araay
200,000 icon oat of as aggregate of
2.700,000, belug about 7 percent., aod
ynt within foot months out of lorn
than 100,000 soot to Florida aod Cuba
and Potto JUeo. 1000 have already died,
end they an now averaging oyor 100 a
day—can’t get doctor* rnnsgtl. nor
r.arses t(tough, they tay.
Our navy baa prayed a wonderful
attcoem, for It araa already odoored,
hut the matugsmeet of oar army baa
bv*u a arris* of Uuadera, and but tor
Ute experleooo of Gsaral Wbstesr and
a few ottara, would bay* haw a oats
crabta failure. As It to tba poor sol
di or b>y» an aufTertug aod dying liko
teroop. and thsra awnu to ho no rsmady.
Verily, It la aa waa said by tba daks of
Wtlliogtuo: ‘-Nothing except a bat
tle teal Is half an meteneboly aa a bat
tle won.
Ana now (be tnrsatigeUon Is going
on. nod It to onarafatng. Tba ropwbtt
ean pnpora era more olamortng for It
tbau the democrat ie, asd they do act
spare the president. Ula Meador la in
oot Ignoring the pressure of poUtloal
nfflni —tfcrn. Tbi nutbliaui otMi
•asto* d I Tided an to Algor,* Gtneaa, but
waiter ao a eat and a dog bnolnaani ail
around. Tba general verdict la that
partisan pollUoa and aoHUoal favorit
ism u at tbe bottom of all this kaaa
fol neglect of tba poor private* to tba
rank*. Of course Urs sooth oomaa la
fo* a largs abar* af abuse la having
sack a aiekly ollmaia sad such mtesr
nbl* camping grounds.
Moma of as nave ant forgottau haw
oor buys fbrod daring tba oivg war—
im luaarim, gad I —
jatlbv dHW;j L‘
only 5 par rant., aa
S?ap4rtTl,,,,,*t
tbora waa na j fo
from Maw Yorker ■
Tampa or Cuba ta j
I body but aa Mbot
that, aod nobody but
dler aaUaoaralf