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side. The captain commended that they were
not Cnbans, because our approach had not
been observed by sentries or pickets.g He
said II they had been Cubans they would
have noticed us long before. He explained
to me that the Spaniards did not place
their pickets at any distance from the
camp, as they were afraid to go too far
away. Finally, Nicola, putting spurs to his
horse, decided to discover positively wheth.
er he was right or wrong The rest fol-
lowed, I being unwilingly included in their
number. We had got to within an I'M
comfortable distance of the first camp fires
when a white-coated figure stepped out into
the road in front of us.
"Quen yiye?" shouted the sentry.
Scuba shouted Capt Nicola at the sam,
time discharging lis revolver at the guard
The sentry on giving the challenge had his
rife to his shoulder, and, on hearing the
word Cuba. fired also. Then we saw a
commotion in the camp. Half-dressed forms
fitted here and there in the light of the
fires, and there were shouts and calls for
the officers. A few scattering shots ratified
through the valley, but Capt Nicola and
his little party. after one discharge OF
| their weapons, galloped leisurely down the
road again out of range. The men laughed
heartily over this little adventure, and it
| seemed to amuse them greatly. 1t was de-
| cided that we would not continue the search
Gen. Maceo's army had passed early on
| the day previous. SO we took up the march
| for Capt. Nicolas headquarters.
A messenger sent out to find the
camp of Gen. Maceo, and to deliver to that
gentleman letters explaining who Mr. Wood
/ ward was, and asking whether the Ameri-
! can should join him to follow President
! Marti and Gen. Gomez
F! zone man I saw who had been shot in
| the knee and the bone had been crushed
! into fine splinters. His rest was greatly
| disturbed by the mosquitoes and weevils
| which swarmed about the swollen and dis
| colored limb. The only medicine he mad
! for it was cold water. l afterwards heard
| that he had amp1tatcd his own leg with
| his machete and that there were strong
! probabilities Of his recovering from this
rude surgical operation. From the manner
in which the wounds had been received.
L could see that they had been inflicted III
positions where great personal bravery had
! led the unfortunate men.
| .. Terrible Wounds.
! 1--WE entered small building, and in
hammock sat a young man about twenty
years of age, as black as ebony and pos
sessing a muscular development and figure
| which unconscously reminded me Of a
bronze statue. The only article of clothing
which he wore was an old pair of linen
trousers. Around his body and arms were
wrapped several yards of white sheeting.
The officer cooly began unwinding some Of
the bandages in order to show me the ex-
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them. He eagerly whispered to me that he
could do it so that not one murmur would
escape their lips. But had no fancy for
such work, and warmly told him so. He Sc
cured his carbine, which one of the gueril-
las had previously appropriated. and it was
not at all difficult for ME to take my sad
die and bride and place them without any
noise upon the back of my horse, which was
some distance away. My guide also Sc
cured horse, one which belonged to the
captain of the band. We silently stole
away from the dangerous vicinity of the
encampment, and, recalling the spot where
had thrown my saddle-bags just previous
to our capture. I soon recovered them.
Mr.. Woodward and his guide travelled all
night, and in the morning they had to take
to the forest to avoid another gang OF
guerillas. Early in the evening they came
TO a little house where they met band OF
fifteen Cuban soldiers, who gave them
hearty welcome and conducted them to the
Headquarters Of Capt Nicola Luga, in the
valley of Guavua. The headquarters OF
Gen. Maceo were said to be located about
twelve miles away, and on the evening OF
the second day after his arrival at the
headquarters Of Capt. Luga Mr.. Woodward,
the captain and six soldiers set out for It,
During their Journey the American writer
heard many tales from the little farmers
along the route of the cruelty of the Span
ish soldiers, who were made excessively
DlCleE ny CHe lteQueHl ueSeItloLs VI W.
bans whom they had drafted to the camp
Of the insurgents. Gen. Maeeo had moved
his camp, and on the bank Of the beautiful
river where his tents had been not sign
| Of them remained. But he had left broad
trail behind him, and this they followed
over steep mountain until far into a
black night, when they were suddenly
halted by the discovery that near by was a
camp Of Spanish soldiers. TO quote Mr..
| Woodward again:
Brush With the Enemy.
sit seemed reasonable to believe that they
had been following the trail of Gen Ma
| ceo's army with the hope of cutting off
st1agglers Capt. Nicola dismounted and
1 beckoned for me to accompany him. We
left oAr horses in charge of the other men
and walked silently up the road. keeping
beneath the shadow of the overhanging
foliage. Around a little bend in the road
4 we could see the light Of thirty camp fires.
4 AS this indicated that large body OF sol
dlcrs was there, Capt. Nicola decided that
lit would be best to go back. Then dis
4 cussion arose MS to whether they were
4 Spanards or Cubans. No challenge had
A been given and not word spoken on either
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IN THE WRONG ROOM AND BED
Singular Happening In New York I
Settled Only by Oaths,

Singular Happening In New York Is
Settled Only by Oaths.
John Donco, a Hungarian, 25 years
old, says the New York Sun, lives
with his wife Bertha on the second
floor of the tenement at 537 East One
Hundred and Eighteenth street. James
Big, a Hungarian carpenter, lives
across the hail. Big went home at 1
O'Clock yesterday morning drunk
Mrs. Donco was in bed with the door
unlocked, because her husband was
out. Big drifted into the wrong room,
and went to bed without awakening
Mrs. Donco
Two hours later Donco returned.
Then there was scene. Mr.. Big and
Mrs. DoncO, who were both asleep
when Mr.. Donco returned, protested
their entire ignorance Of each others
presence in the room until awakened
by the indignant husband.
Finally, in response to his wife.s
pleading, Donco asked:
''Will you swear it?''
eyes" said the wife.
And you?'' asked Donco. turning to
Big.
Certainly WILL Big said.
The three, with 16-year-old girl to
act as interpreter went to Harlem
court yesterday, and Big and Mrs.
Donco, laying their hands on the court
Bible swore that the husbands unto.
ward discovery was entirely the result
OF accident, and that they were limo:
cent Of any wrongdoing,
The husband said he was convinced
and 81 the he three wcat home the best .o1
friends. , z5E 81
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tent of the wound. The young negro
watched his operations in an unconcerned
way and asked for a cigarette. Both his
arms had been penetrated by bayonet
thrusts. Through the left shoulder and in
the left breast Spanish bullets had made
frightful wounds. In the right breast were
two jagged bayonet-hoes, and in the right
shoulder was long, ragged cut which had
been made by a machete in the hands Of
Spanish officer.
''He lad received his wounds at the
battle of Dos Cominos. A party Of Cubans,
about fifty in number. had made an attack
upon the village one night. A force of 150
Spanish soldiers was Quartered there at
the time. The Cubans marched up the main
street and the Spanish soldiers fired upon
them. Seeing the small number of Cubans
present, the Spaniards made a sortie from
the fort and met the rebels in the street
The SpaniardS formed into hollow square.
but the Cubans. not having 4 military train
ing or knowledge Of tactics, took up posi-
lions behind neighboring trees and convent.
ent houses. = .# ,,.- 49, z.r...
After several volleys had been fred the
Cubans who dfsliked wasting ammunition
decided to make an attempt to diSlodge the
enemy from their position. The order to
charge was passed from one to another
and finally. with loud cry of LA Ma
chete:' they rushed at the astonished and
frightened Spaniards, who however re-
tanned their position and their hollow square
intact. This young man did not possess
any arms r.
!! when the Cubans charged the hollow
square of the Spaniards my hero. who is
called Pablo, was one of the first to reach
the line of bayonets. With outstretched
arms he grasped the rifles Immediately in
the vicinity, and. gathering them to his
breast in the same way as did Il hero of
Switzerland under similar circumstances,
his body was pierced by the sharp steel
This action of his actually routed the Span
iards. They seemed afraid that the Cubans
were disarming them. With appraised ma
! chetes and loud shouts, bloodcurdlng in
| their ferocity, the Cubans chased the Span
! iards back into their fort. Many of them
| were left on the ground wounded. Pablo.
the hero, was lying on his back in the mid.
! die of the road examining the guns in his
1 possession and selecting the best one for
! his personal use. The blood was streaming
| from his body, but he seemed to pay no at
/ tention to this. He secured five guns by
1 his action when be broke the hollow SQUARE
! The number of undiscovered crimes i'll
| England vastly exceed those of France, not.
| yyif RI IA ndinp the much lAroar nOnulat lion
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VANITY OF vANITIEs.

In days of old, it came to pass
That Vanity was born q lass,
And lovers wooed her all in vain.
She cared not for their grief or pain.
And still she walks the earth to-day,
Disguised in woman's lovely clay.
And still men grieve it came to pass
That Vanity was born alas.
- Buffalo Courier.
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The number Of undiscovered crimes i'll
England vastly exceed those of France, not.
withstanding the much larger population.
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had been removed by tme and through
which could be seen his thick and curly
hair" ....' ~ *" q.
Believing that no spaniard would dare
venture inside Of the Cuban lines, Mr.
Woodward and his guide journeyed care
lessly through swamp and morass, over
rocks and sward and through brooks and
rivers. while the sun beat mercilessly upon
them. Suddenly the CLEAN of an arm
struck their eyes, and then band Of Span
ish guerillas was seen. Then came this
stirring adventure: .E= s + 4.
Captured and Sentenced to Death.
''rhey had sighted lis at the same time,
and had put spurs to their horses. we
could hear their galoping hoofs even as /
pulled on my bride rein to force my morse
into the thick jungle. The humming OF n
bullet through the air saluted my ears.
did not forget that would be severely
compromised in case they found me with
my arms and contraband dispatches. mad
not vet taken my revolver from my saddle
bags, and all contraband articles were IN
these.
"Lifting myself from the saddle, ex-
tracted the saddle-bags from beneath me
and threw them into a thick clump OF
grass. had hardly finished this when the
guerillas advanced furiously around the
curve in the path, and, presenting their
rifles, demanded our immediate surrender
This we lost no time in doing, as the
slightest hesitation would have precipltated
shower of bullets upon us. My guide
endeavored to explain to the angry and eX.
cited guerillas that we were peacefm travel
ers. He had tossed his carbine and am
munition sack into the bushes the same
| time that l threw my saddle-bags away.
| The angry Spaniards subjected us to q
thorough and complete search. Ny letters t
/ and passport and so forth, being written
! In English, were ndeclpherable to them,
ana 80 they considered them suspicious.
zone oe the guerillas providing about
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-19
What ,SdaU We DO?

The number Of delinquent polls in
the Sta.c shows perhaps more clearly
than anything else coIld, the condi-
tion of the poorer classes of the people
of the State. The number Of lclin-
quent polls this yea: seems to be
much larger than has been known
in several years. And this is the
state of affairs in the acc Of the fact
that the laws in rcs2.d t9Zite> A.'n-
payment of poll tax arc n@E2 .5ttIii,-
gent this year than ever before. If
the law is rigidE enforced aa it stands
on the statute books, many poor
fellow who cannot raistethe necessary
amount will have 10 spend short
time in Jail.
Just to give some ilea of how many
delinquent poll taxpayers theS%p1;are,
it mag be mentioned that in&fhc
county of Marlboro alone. the report
is sent up to the Comptroller Gen
eral that there are exactly LOCO de-
linquents. The trial justices there the
other day made rcquiSition fE 100
poll tax warrant blanks. Yesterday
they made rcquiftion for 500 nose.
Instead of citing Just $1,000
to the State th,tc polls, if pajG low
will met some $5.oNH. In Sumter
the condition is even worse. in that
county there are between ,o0H and
! rbI ,lniin,n,nt ,.,,'' ..N,r..,l,s w.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-19
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CON
- NENTION..
Che p Frlp To Washington
z BY way OF The Southern !.
Rail Road.

The biggest annual event to the
Baptsts of the South is the South
crn Baptist Convention. Once every
wear the big bugs of the denomina-
ton meet together and exchange
IDEAS and formulate plans. and preach
and pray and take up collect.o .ons, for
the iurthcrancc Of the Ga5pcl of
Jesus Christ. And a grGa' many
of the lesser ones 90 too, those whose
work will hc regarded more here
'a,t"r than their opinions ares now.
Although the delegates, most of
them at least. have to travel hundreds
and hundreds Of miles, the conven-
ton is unusually immense. In it
will be found representative men from
every State and every section softhe
south bringing with them the pecus
liar ideas of their section on politics,
labor. and society rs well as religions
and dcnominatio' "a work. Surely
it would pay anvo G of any denomi-
nation to attend such y convention.
Lord Chesterfield ia one of his let
tcrS to his son SAYS LAY aside the
best of books whenever YOU can go
in the best of company. lie might
have added that it is Somctimes well
~ lay aside work even. to 20, into
good company. One thing tllat has
kept many from this great occasion be-
fore is the cost The south is so
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-
.Judcc Townsend bos won .nr l;,,.
self ouitra = reputation fer crrr.,y
and industry. Wherever l.. r,,.S
the rcorlr and thr norrr, do >n. fail
e. observe these cNccllcn; oua,;,jr,
He has iusr finished 4 iprni or
court IN Marion Comfy. The .y,-,,,
,>tr after rcctinr the eases dIsp,:..,
Of mn 20 the lntl, proceed, rs 1lIo,,
...udrc Townsend anl solicitor John.
son are diSnatchinr the business 90
the cour, in double ouicl; order hav.
me disposcd of nearly all the ra,,,S
entered on the criminal docket. The
iudrr is undoubtCd!t one of the Mar
dcSt workers ON the bench. T., !,
an cypcrt in the way of cicuyi,e lie
dockclS of the court. He works
Jurors. lawyers and officers from
early morn till latcat n:ght. and ihcn
pyo!icrcd his services 10 hold anight
&cSoion.-not adjourning til in,,.Tup.
ted bv the harmonious iinglr Of the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-19
JOINT E\CAMPMENT
OF The Johnson and Pea
Ridge Rifles.

handed us the following communica-
tion which We take pleasure in pub
fishing:
Some time back ut meeting of
the johnson l;fles committee of five
was appointed to confer with the Pea
Ridge Rifles and ask that committee
from that Company be appointed
to discuss the advi stability of having
a jomtencampment of the Companies
during the Summer at some point
between Union and kclton.
The Pea Ridge Rifles promptly
responded and on Friday the 12th
last, The committee, consisting of
Messps Otis. LittleiK * elley, Harris
and Hancock of the Pea Ridge Rifles,
|'and Messfs Hunter, MCGOWAN,
Mullinax and Hancock of the johnson
Rifles met in the office of Wm. Nc
Gowan. After considerable discus
sion 81 il was resolved that the companies
gointo camp on Tuesday the'3Oth.
July and break camp on Saturday
80 s, i VI NJ on ~ - i
:" % t'' .i s, "s ,,;.ah,, I .o s'o,', VIZ 70 ,o s,o.
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W D;.I.1' -" p.as -, VI wy = =" ~.
..,s;,s ,,,a,'iI - " en::ha, m .i,, ., ,,i 49,
encampment would be over before the
first Monday in August when some
of the Officers of the .Iohn son Rifles
,,.onIl ,>n,'. -. ~ Wy ~ =! ra,,m.
IS an
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,icn;,. Whom Ill H.. I.I,. njnnl. nr
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-05
Thos. B. Reed. Speaker.

WHEN Hon Thomas 3. Reed, O.
No. Monday took his seat as Speaker o.
the House Of Representatives, in the
midst of the enthusiastic plaudits of bis
colleagues On the floor of the House and
of the crowds which filled the galleries
to their full capacity, he might have
boon excused for feeling proud of the
hOnorS which the republicans have de-
lighted in heaping upon him. No
greater honor could possibly be given
any man than for the majority to un-
animously nominate him for Speaker,
not The perfunctory Unanimous
nomination which usually follows when
ono candidate receives a majority OF
votes in o caucus, over his competitor
or competitors, but really unanimous
nomination In which there was no COM
petitor, and in which no other candi-
date was either thought of or named.
In the very nature of things such an
honor can, come to but few mon, but
that it was fully deserved in this case
is we'll known by every republican in
the United States. There are other
able republicans in the HOuse-scOres
of them-but it was virtually settled
by the republican voters more than a
year ago chat this honor should be paid
to Mr.. Reed. One of the most import
ant immediate results ofSpeaker Reeds
bong h0nOred in so extraordinary
manner is that he assumes his high of
'ice untrammeled by deals or promises
probably the only man to do so since
Congress was established.
1t is not yet certain when Speaker
Reed will announce the committees of
the House, but it is expected that he
will do SO before the close of the week.
1t is an encouraging sign that there is
no scrambling for CONF ittee places.
There seems to be general disposition
among the republican members to leave
it entirely to Mr.. Reed to say where
they shall serve, knowing that SO far as
The old members are concerned he is
an excellent judge Of the places i'll
which they can do the best work TO-
wards making this business Congress,
and that the few personal disappoint-
ments, which must necessarily follow
she placing of members, will be largely
overwhelmed by the general good that |
will thereby 90 accomplished.
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Notice to Water Consumers.

The aFteSlan SNStem, as we'll as, bhe
lake vwater systepa, is n0W in the pos
session OF the cisl, aid all consumers
of artpsian waten, will hereafter be, gov
ermpd by the rules ;tnd rates estab-
li$hed by ordinance of the'ctv council
All bills fog the ensuing i've nl0nshs
mrust be paiCa Def IRE the 10th ofDecem-
bier, at the Nor hWestern Loan & Trust
Company's eff e. Fho Waller depart
mont will deliver bills to The cOn~um-
er but she failure to receive a bill by
any consumer will not By an excuse Tor
non payment Of the water ent.
Consumers are especially warned
against The wasting OF wafer, and per-
sons found letting their hvdrants ran
to waste will have the water shut off
and forfeit any money paid in advance
for water.
If consumers furnish other people
with water, or supply water for sprink-
ling, washing wagons, or to masons OF
plasterers, the consumer so offending
will be required to pay the full pr &c
for water so used, or have the water
shut off and forfeit any money advanced
for water. JOHN b. KUPFER,
Chairman Water Commissioners.
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Teachers Institute.

4 two days institute for the benefit
of the teachers of Kenosha county will
be held at the High School building, at
Xenosha on December 9th and 9TH,
1895.
Teachers are asked to prepare for the
work as indicated in the outline and be
OH hand promptly at 9 o'clock on the
first day.
Under Music" on the program we
will have concert singing and each
teacher will be furnished with a song
book,
An earnest request is made that
school boards allow teachers to close
kheir schools on December 9th to at.
tend the institute. A certificate of at
tendance will be gwen each teacher
who attends faithfully during the two
DAYS and [ recommend that schoo
boards allow teachers full time wht
present such certificates on drawing
their salaries.
Friends of education are cordial.
lnvited to attend. J. B. MALONEY,
Superintendent.
w. FL. CHEEvEE, Conductors
S. Z. GILLIAN,
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BISHOP MEssMER of Green Bay has

BISHOP MESSMER Of Green Bay has
issued letter to the Catholic church,
forbidding uances on the Sabbath and
holy days. The following wholesome
truth is part of the letter and we say
amen to every word Of It
The Sunday dances are indeed scan
dal alike 10 pious Catholics and Protest
anus. Let it not he said that III the old
country Sunday dancing is not uncnn-
mon among Catholics and is tolerated
bv the church. That something is
popular in Europe aud tolerated There,
proves in no manner whatever that 1t
is good thing or NOT an evil, and that
it ought also be tolerated am 'ng us
There is no reason why people who
have come from firei~n countries
should bring all their customs to oul
shores without difference. good or evil.
Again The condition of Catholics In
E~rope is not the same as ours here
ideas and views of private and public
morality here ana over there are in
many things widely different.