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The National tribune., 1891-06-18
BRIDGE BUILDING.

How One WAS Constructed In Germany bI Guess.
81. Louis GIo6s DsnlOeTat.I
was a Lieutenant Of Engineers under Won
MOlke, said Paul Wolf. Of Washington. Let
mo give you chapter from my personal ex-
perience TO show how thoroughly the German
War Department prepared for emergencies
Oue day q message came 10 me at the barracks
bidding me report in civilian dress at the rail-
road station and receive orders. / went to the
station.
man approached and addressed me as
Meyer. said, Ny name is Wolff" mo"
said he, your name is Meyer. Here Is your
bag of samples. You are selling whisky.
am selling wine. We will 20 TO such and such
a city and call on Mr.. So-aud-so and Mr.. So
and-so, and try to sell them some goods" We
went, and I made an effort 10 sell whisky by
the sample, but didn't sell any, OF course.
Then we proceeded 10 another city and tried
10 sell goods there. After we had visited sew
eral merchants and had returned to the hotel,
my companion said TO me: " We will take q
walk and 20 across the bridge. We will not
return together. On your way back you will
pace the bridge, and going and coming you
will keep your eyes open 10 observe all the
points you can about the bridge"
Then for the first time / began to have .
suspicion Of what was really wanted.
strolled down to the bridge and leaned over
the edge. looking at some workmen who were
making holes in the sbutments l observed
the plan Of construction from various points,
and then went on across the stream. After q
while / started back, and on my way / paced
the bridge arch by arch.
In the Engineer Corps we are trained to pace
distances with great exactness. / can walk q
block now and tell the length Of il within six
inches. / returned to my hotel without haV-
ing made a note but with my head full of the
plan of construction. Ny companion Joined
me.
Now said he, "you will return to the
place from which wsstarted, and you will make
as complete description Of that bridge as you
can and turn it in" / carried out the order
and heard no more Of the expedition. A con
siderable time after that war came and the
German army marched to the frontier.
As the advance drew near that bridge had
reported upon was blown up and fell in a mas
of ruins. The army halted. A train Of freight
ears came forward. and from those cars wa
taken the prepared material with which q new
bridge was put together in few hours, and
the army marched over the river and into the
enemy's country.
Every timber and every piece Of metal wal
ready for immediate use. A new bridge had
been constructed throughout for that psrticu
lar crossing, based upon my report.
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Important Trads Nanoe DeoI.Ion.

Judge Thayer, Of the United States Circuit Court
at 81. Louis has recently hauded down an opinion,
and granted perpetual Injunction against the de-
PENDANTS in the Of The Hostetger Company
against the Bruggeman ReineFt DistiIIing Co.,
alias Gold Spring DistilinR Co" prohibiting the
advertising. manufacturing. selling Of any arti-
Gle Of stomach bltters, either ia bulk by the gal
Ion, or otherwise. or in any way making use OF
the name OF HOstetter." except tu connection
with the sale Of the genuine bitter3. which are
always sold in bottles securely sealed; and also
prohibiting the sale Of any bitters 10 bulk though
the name " fIOstetter" be not used. but tine sug-
gestion made 70 the purchaser that he put them
Iva the empty HOstettsr bottles aud purchasers
would not discover the difference. His decision
supports The HOatetteT Company in the exclusive
Of the name H1stetter" in connection with
either the manufacture or sale Of stomach btters
in any manner form whatsoever. and firmly es-
tab.i.hes its ownership in the name HosteGtsr "
as a TRADE NAME"
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
THE BATTLE MONTH.
HEROIC a. FrTILR
Continued from lat page.

assaults made by the Second, Sixth and
Eighteenth Corps on the Cold HarbOr lines,
three miles from the field just described,
little need be said. To all intents and pur-
poses it was q repetition Of SpOttsylvania;
an unavailing slaughter Of brave and de-
voted soldiers who went uncomplaining to
certain death full knowing the hopelessness
of their sacrifice. Even Gen. Grant himself
speaks Of it as the only effort Of the cam
paign which he would not repeat under the
same circumstances. So far rs the Second,
Sixth and Eighteenth Corps were concerned,
nightfsll June 3 brought an end to the sad
dest battle they had ever fought. They had
lost over 5000 men without a single point
gained to show for il, and had not inflicted
on their enemy q loss of as many hundreds
While these corps were assaulting the
impregnable earthwOrks in their front, the
Fifth and part of the Ninth attacked the
enemy on the Shady Grove road and the
pike, and though he had intrenched con-
siderRbly during the night, some Of his posi-
tiOns had been carried and several of bis
guns captured, when general orders 10 cease
along the whole line arrested our progress,
and " The Battle Month was ended.
From daylight May 5 till dark June 3 the
Army Of the Potomac had fought a 30 days
battle. To what extent it contributed to
the final result, or whether any other plan Of
campaign would have been equally effective
at less cost, are questions that must remain
unsolyed. We know, at least, the cost, and
it was terrific. In q previous table have
given the losses up to June l, at 4O,O51 men
put hOrs dH combat in battle. Bethesda
Church and Cold Harbor added 1874 killed,
9O77 wounded and 1876 captured or miss
ing; 12,737 in ALL
The grand total for the 30 days was 50,
753.
The loss of the enemy can never be accu-
rately known, but il is estimated by the
most competent authorities at about 30 900.
There never was another campaign like
the Bloody May Of 1864, and there never
will be another like it. 1t stands forever
unique in history.
(Ths End
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imaginable, from children and men to great
loads of grass in big balls, stone in bags, and
silver in the ore. They are driven about by
their Indian masters, and they have no harness
whatever. If you ride them. you guide them
with a stick instead Of bride, and they are
not at all vicious. They are the hacks, the
drays, the wagons, and the carts Of this mount
ain country. They form the er-carriers
and the milk carriers. The milk OF Mexico is
very poor. II is white aud tasteless. II is
peddled about in tin cans which are tied On the
backs Of these burTos and each burrO carries
two milk-cans on each side OF him. The milk
man sits in the middle with his feet on each
side of the donkey's neck, and only gets of
when he has a customer. The wateT-doukeys
are another queer feature Of Zacatecas. These
carry the water for the city, and water here is
sold at about three cents gallon. There is
none 90 speak Of in the city and the nearest
spring is a mile or so away ~ the mountain.
The water-pedler has several Of these dOnkeys,
aud he loads four great clay jars on each of
them, and fills them at the spring, and then
drives his load back 10 town. Each donkey
can carry about ~ cents worth of water. and
the business pays. The washing water of the
town is sold cheaper. Ii is measured out in
cast-of coal oil cans, and goOd-sized bucket
ful costs one cent.
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Still there il az much crime in Mexico proper
tionatsly, suppose, as in the United StateA.
The lower classes contain many expert thieves.
and you are warned 10 keep your trunks locked
at the hotels. They will steal anything, and
yesterday heard Of a railroad conductor who
lost all his clothes while he was at dinner at
the hotel where he was staying. A peon came in
to see him, and finding him out bundled up his
wardrobe under his blanket and carried il out
You have to guard your watch very closely in
any big Mexican crowd. aud am told that in
some parts it is unsafe for families to leave
their windows open on the ground floors, and
that the thieves are so expert that they will
steal the clothes off the beds with hook fast
ened TO a long rod and sell them to the pawn
shops, which you find in every other block.
ITO be eonfingedJ
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and bucket, all day long. Policemen are pres
ent 10 keep them 10 order, and to make them
take their turn, and some men wait for hours
TO get their buckets filled. The basin Of the
fountain is, judge, about % feet in diameter.
II is about two feet deep, and continuous
stream pours out Of its spout in the center.
From the center to the sides of the fountain
the bottom slopes down gradually. and while
have been in Zacatecss the greater part OF
this bottom has been as dry as a bone. The
water runs down TO the sides in little streams
and the 100 feet which make up the rim of the
fountain is covered with mon and women bend.
ing over and catching up the water in gOurds
as it comes down, getting about a tablespoon
The National tribune., 1891-06-18

Gold and silver are found in the hills all over
Mexico from the Gulf OF Mexico TO the Pacific
Ocean. This region where ! am now writing
is one Of the Tichest. The hills here are full
Of rich veins, aud some OF the silver IA very
deep in the ground. / went down In a shaft
to-day 1000 feet below the surface Of the
earth, and could look up and see a patch OF
sky as small as a dinner plate. We went
down in an elevator, and trembled when |
thought that the engine might slip aud the
wire rope break and drop US 10 the bottom.
| Such accidents are not uncommon, and several
men were killed the other day here by the
slipping Of rope. These wire ropes are woven
out Of steel strands. They are about six inches
wide half an inch thick, and quarter of a
mile Of such material is by no means a light
weight. The rope wEs being adjusted 30 the
wheel when il began 10 uncoil, aud the work
men, as theyssw il slowly slipping out Of their
hands thought not of the danger. Its speed.
however, quickcned as il went on, aud IL finally
| fell 20 the bottom Of the shaft where - men
we're lying. uucoliag itself like a great snake
and cutting into pieces such Of them as could
not get out Of the way. Loss Of life is. / am
/ told, very common in the Mexican mines. The
work IL largely, in fact almost altogether, done
| by Indians, and tbess Aztecs work away, tak.
| Ing risks that no sane American would think
OF taking. The greater part of the ore
/ 10 carried out Of the mines on the backs
Of the miners, and the older mines have nc
i other ladders than n0tched sticks. Take tree
The National tribune., 1891-06-18

The prisoners in Mexican town have 10
earn their bread and butter Or rather they
have TO earn their corn cakes, red peppers and
brown beans. for this constitutes their diet.
This city Of Zacatecas contains about $1,000
people. It is paved with eobble stones, and IL
IS cleaner than any town of its size in the
United States. 1t is swept clean every morn
ing. and these convicts are the sweepsrs. They
do the work with little whisks Of bFoom-straH
about a foot long, and they have TO bend over
double as they sweep. They got tho dirt up
as well as does Dutch housewife or a Jspa-
nese maiden, and the soldier police are over
them 20 see that they do it. / met a gang Of
about 20 Of these sweeping cOnvicts the morn
ing came into Zacatecas, and they made line
across the street, and cleaned it perfectly as
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
A Good Deal to be Thankful For.

OF the late Bishop Ames the following sneo-
dOte is told: While presiding over a certain
conference in the West member began a TRADE
against universities and education, thanking
GOd that he had never been corrupted By con-
tact with college. After proceeding thus for
a few minutes, the Bishop interrupted with the
question:
Do understand that the brother thanks
God for his ignOranee2"
well, yes" was the answer; you can put
it that way if you want TO-"
"Well, all l have to say" said the Bishop,
in bis sweetest musical tone. call / have co say
is that the brother has a good deal to thank
God for"
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
ITO De c0Hiiuuedl
About 40 Mila.

EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune: What IL the
distance from Petersburg 20 AppomattoK by The
route trayersed by the Army Of the Potomac
IN pursuit Of Lees army f-E. II. s., HyRnnis
Port, Mass.
I'VE should say that the average march was
about 40 miles This H. only an average, how
ever, IN large portions OF the army marched
longer distances on account OF the detours rb Al
bad 20 be made, while those who were bringing
Dp the rear moved by more direct aud cOnse.
guently shorter roads.-EDIToR NATIONAL
gRIBuRKl
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
Private Soldiers Pspsr.

A little paper. called The Sentinel and which
ia about the size Of sheet of note-paper. is
published at Fort Huachnea, Ariz., by Private
Henry viii. 9th U. s. But. little as il is, 10 is
and gives one quite glimpse Of Army life on
the frontier.
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was accused Of making at Washington City.
IL is impossible 10 estimate the mining re-
sources Of Mexico. Since the SpaniaTds came
here about four thousand millions OF dollars
worth Of gold and silver have been taken out
Of the mines. and immense quantities were
found by the Spaniards in the country when
they came. Cortez shipped 100000 worth of
silver and gold 10 the King Of Spain, aud one
Of the presents which MOntezuma made him
was q plate Of gold as big rs a wagon-wheel.
Still, miners tell me that on the grand average
a dollars worth Of work has 10 be spent for
every dollars worth OF precious metals that
are gotten in the world. Some men make biz
strikes aud got rich, but thousands work all
their lives for nothing. So that at the last the
average Of fair days wages for q fair days
work is all that the world gets from the earth
in gold and silver
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struck up the mountain and we followed him
some two miles, when he suddenly stopped and
placing his ear near the ground listened for q
moment. Then turning TO the right, be swiftly
started OF, motiOning us 10 follow.
We went on for a mile, when there came
distinctly TO our ears q sound as though a
multitude Of men were stamping on the ground
somewhere near. Then we heard sounds OF
clashing Of horns, and we knew that We were
close 10 one OF those forest amphitheaters,
where stays meet in presence of their herds
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
STREET IN Ell PAsO.

they went. I saw other prisoners carrying
great stones on their backs for the Tagging OF
tho sidewalks. and in fixing the roads they
carry the dirt in bags upon their heads.
Mexican justice does not mean loafng about
under cover or in a cell. and you find no tramps
in the Mexican prisons who are there from
choice for the Winter.
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
MEXIC0'S MINES.
The Silver Regions and the Wonderful
Output Of the Country.

One Thousand Two Hundred Feet Under
the Earth-How the Silver is Gotten Out
by Sick Mules-Indian Miners aud their
Wages-The Deserts of Mexico and the
Trip Over Them-A Look at the Zacatecas
Water r-works-Mexican Police aud Mex
ican Prisoners.
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rude door fakes the place Of both doors and
windows, and they have neither stoves nor
furniture 10 speak Of The men wear the SOM
brero aud the revolver. The women wear only
a gown aud a waist. and most Of them are un-
kempt. untidy, 5areheaded and as dirty as the
children who sprawl half naked around them.
i took photograph Of one Of these cabins as
The cars carried as into III Paso, and il is a fair
type Of the poorest houses Of Mexico. as well as
Of the southern parts Of New Mexico and Ari-
ZOna.
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Leaving FL Paso on the great railroad going
south 30 the City Of Mexico you have 20 travel
more than 1900 miles before you reach IL, and
IL first carries you through the great State Of
chihuahua. The part Of this State that you go
through is as barren as is the desert Of Colo
RADIO, aud you have about the same scenery.
The country is high aud rolling. aud you see
great blue mountains in the distance on each
81 dc Of the train. These mountains are filed
with silver and Americans, meXcans aud
Europeans are working them. ID is said that
they have not been more than half prospected
aud new leads are found every month. Still
these hills have been giving the world silver
for years, and strange TO say some Of the best
mines OF to-day arc the ones which have been
worked centuries ago and abandoned. There
are hundreds Of Americans who keep a sharp
watch out for these old mines and many of
our Western miners are rodeyelnpiBg some OF
them. The Mexican has heretofore worked
with the old processes Of mining only. and
when he dug dcwn 10 water he had 10 stop, as
he had no machinery TO keep the mine clear.
Americans are taking these waier-llled
shafts, putting in improved pumps aud
by them again working the mines. Mexico
has excellent mining laws, aud among these
Is one that man must work mine four
months OF every year, and that he must keep
four men steadily employed during this time.
II he fails 10 DO this he loses his title 20 the
sAlbt ano anyone elsc may take up the claim
and work II. j met a Denver man who has
/ just opened ono Of these abandoned claims, and
who is shipping lots Of ore TO Denver. IL costs
/ him about SO ton 10 get the ore from his
! mines TO the railroad and 10 Denver, and he IS
making fair profit out Of il. lie tells me
/ that the Mexican laws protect American min
ing interests, and that il is impossible 20
swindle or 20 be sWindled under them. The
i mines which Boss Shepherd is working are old
mines They have produced millions in the
! past, and hear that they are turning out great
/ quantities now. Gov. Shepherd is putting his
profits into the mines. however, aud he expects
! 10 make a bigger fortune out OF them than he
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
To Atlantic City Vi. Royal Blue Lie.

The Royal Blue Line trains leaving Wash
ington at 1000 a. IN. week. days and 1885 4 m.
every day, arrive at Atlantic City 1928 p. m.
aud 5:2t p. m. respectively. Excursion tickets
on sale st all Il. & o. ticket Offices.
The National tribune., 1891-06-18

One OF the straDgest sights Of Mexico is the
scramble for water at the Zacatecas fountain
This is the only water that can be had for
nothing in the city itself, and the great Plaza
in which it is located Is crowded with men
and women, with every conceivable sort Of Jar
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
Expert Opinion.
[SoB,srriHe JournaIl

"What is the matter with me, doctorl" the
patient asked III a despairing tone.
Matter with you, MANI" was the doctors
eheery reply. Matter with you, do you says
Why man, you're sick"
The National tribune., 1891-06-18

The most wonderful beast Of burden in exist
ence is the Mexican donkey, OF burrO. see
hundreds Of these little animals here carrying
great loads Of silver ore in bags slung OH each
side Of their backs, and they carry everything
The National tribune., 1891-06-18

clothes. These were the
prisoners who had come
under guard to carry
water for the jail and
the penitentiary. They
were each loaded with
great buckets fastened
to a stick which rested
across their shoulders,
and they worked away
like men who knew
there was no chance
TO escape. The soldiers
here are the police, and
when q prisoner is shot
there are as q rule no
questions asked. Mexi-
can justice is q very
quick justice, and the
Hef Politico, or Judge,
can order a man shot
for a very slight ofense.
He does order it. too,
and / find that the re-
suit is that though all
the people carry pistols
there is little shooting
and exceedinOlv nnoh on
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON a. THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1891

ful at time. Each one has Jar or bucket
beside him. and he puts these spoonfuls into
this until at last il is full, and some one else
takes his place. noted that the men were
kept on one side Of the fountain and the
women on the other. and among the men there
were a lot Of sulIen-lOokiuR fellows in prison
The National tribune., 1891-06-18
BRACE or TEAL,

Satisfied " .th my bag OF game, and having
completed thc round OF the lake returned I'M
time d. hSp finish of the camping-place ans
plr,E ,ne ducks for supper Our guide was
somewhat uneasy as the time Of sunset came
bgt we we're unmOlested, aud when darkness
Eettlcc down we put few logs on the fire. and,
ToloG ia our blankets, were soon sound asleep.
Daylight reused us, aud the Indian wss
really gG.fo lively, coming out Of his taciturn
sell to remark, White man Great Spirit heap
good Evidently no devils had troubled Elm.
After cup OF bot coffee aud biscuit we
swung oar t1cs over our shoulders aud rigging
the cinue landed Oh the shore. For wbjle
We did no, know where 20 place our canoe, but
finally anchored IL with q stone, bringing the
other end oi the line ashore. Our guide now
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and exceedingly good order
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-01

she marries man whom she despises,
and she begins to betray him before the
honeymoon is over. One OF her lovers,
a drunken Bohemian, named Lovborg,
also seduces Mrs. Elosted. When
Hedda discovers this, she ruins Lovborg
by burning his manuscripts, and then
hands him pistol, and advises him to
kill himself gracefully. For herself she
reserves another pistol, and commits
suicide when she finds herself in the
power OF another lover whom she
loathes. This vicious gable is pre-
ferred by the Ibsenidiots to Shake
speare and Sheridan and Hedda is de-
scribed by them as the grandest crea-
ton of the drama.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-01
Three Stories.

II remember being in London, in the
great smoking room of the Tavistock
hotel. Here and there was an English
man, and for two hours not smoker to
say word. BY and by gentleman
came In who laughed. knew at once
that he was an American, and we shook
hands. He was from Dakota, and,
talking about this country and that, he
said he would rather be lamp post in
Yankton, Dak., than lord over there.
II am liable to shake the chestnut
tree this evening, and tell some stories
that are going through the country. A
confederate, after the surrender of
Vicksburg, after the cause began to
look as il it was lost, heard that his
house had burned down. He had served
all this time as a private soldier, and
had paid, in bills, as high as 5000 for a
plug of tobacco, but this news from
home was too much, and he said I am
willing to go barefoot for my country.
willing to be wounded, willing even to
die for my country, but if l ever get
through with this war I'll never love
another country
1.-TWO rebels were in the grass, lying
close, lodging Yankee bullets, when
one said Say, Jake, don't you think
South Carolina was leetle hasty?' He
had evolved that after three years of
service"
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-01
Stockings.

Black stockings are almost universally
worn, sometimes polka dotted, some
times with white checker-board pat
tern reaching half way up the leg; OF
the foot Stimulates 9 boot and is finished
with vandykes running into a color,
such as pale blue, pink or lemon.
Clocked stockings are pretty with Ok
ford ties, and slippers of bronze or black
kid. However, most mothers prefer
high shoes, as the ankles of growing
children are weak and likely to turn
when low shoe is constantly worm
[Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-01
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