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Three Spanish Despatched.

In the first week of the campaign against
MACEo, which began last month, WEYLER
established q close censorship upon all news
from his army, 80 that we were able to get
but a few rumors respecting his triumphal
march. He permitted his Havana press
agent, however, to send out n despatch
containing the statement that Gen. MIL
GUIZo had discovered a "rebel hospital ~
in the Rubi hills, had killed it's inmates,
and had burned it to the ground. The deed
was spoken of in q boasuful manner as
manifesting the valor of the man who was
credited with 1t. The census of rebels had
been reduced by the number who were put
to death in the hospital.
No other news that any one could believe
was received from WEYLER during the first
week of his operations in Pinar del Rio. At
the end Of the week the Spanish COM
mander took steamer for Havana. where
he spent the next week in regulating the
Cuban finances.
A fortnight ago WEYLER returned to the
field, and since that time we have had very
little news of his movements. He has
thought fit, however, to give to the world
some news about another rebel hospital in
a brief despatch under date of Dec. 8:
zen. MELauno reports that his command sur.
prised an insurRent hospital in the Vale Hills, prov.
incs OF PinAr del Rio. Six insurgents. whether
wounded or not ID not said. were killed, and the
dwellings aud all she camp paraphernalia were dc.
Btroy 3D."
The foregoing report Of MELGUIZo to
WEYLER was transmitted to Havana and
there delivered to the Spanish censor. under
whose authority 1t was telegraphed to this
country, and doubtless to Spain. Neither
MELGUIZo nor WEYLER seems to have been
ashamed of 1t. AS for the censor at Ha-
vana, 1t is probable that he merely obeyed
orders in giving it publicity. There is
something like a sense of satisfaction In
the opening words of the despatch; Gen.
MELGUIzo reports that his sur
prised an insurgent hospital" MELGUIzo,
1t seems, claims that he killed only six OF
the poor fellows, " wounded or not" who
lay On their cots in the hospital among the
hills; but when he applies for promotion,
by the grace of the Queen Regent, as the
price of his damnable deed, he may be able
to give the names of far more than six of
his victims.
We infer from the date of the Havana
despatch that it was on Sunday last that
this most ~sanguinary of WEYLER's assas-
sins added one more deed OF shame to the
long list of such deeds OF which he has
boosted this year. When he was in the east
ern provinces last spring he was constantly
seeking advancement through the burning
inmates. We think he must have put an
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hict Of December, 1894, the lead OF the reg
ular or Platt Republicans, as they are
sometimes called. has been increased until
now the whole field has been virtually sur
rendered to them by those who publish
themselves at inopportune intervals as " the
foes OF the machine" With the city OF New
York carried at last months election by the
Republican candidate for Governor, with
four straightout Republican Congressman
elected, and with a Republican majority for
President, a majority for the first time in
the history Of the metropolis, the noisy op-
position OF the so-called "antl-machine"
men has been silenoed by the memorable
logic OF political events. Hence they will
notinterpose futile objections to the selection
ofMr. LAUTERBACH as the Republican leader
for the important election Of 1897, when
all the county and all the municipal offices
within the area of the Greater New York
are to be filled. The Republican organiza-
ton in the two cities Of New York and
Brooklyn feels itself strong enough to win
the victory single handed and without such
outside alliances and concessions as divest a
ticket nominated by the Republicans Of its
essentially Republican character.
Not the least remarkable feature of the
present political situation is the fact that
though the Republican faction supposedly
in harmony with the administration Of Col.
WILLIAM LYsoNG STRONG, is in the posses
sion by his appointment OF nearly all the
eligible Offices, those of his appointees who
have not already deserted the Strong stand
ard appear to be 40 weak in influence and
politics in the districts to which they are
accredited, or were accredited when ap-
pointed, that they have been beaten in these
districts by the victorious Lauterbach
men mi are no longer considered as politi-
cal factors.
The Republicans of New York city, skill
fully and brilliantly led, are thoroughly
united, united for the first time, with a
municipal contest impending.
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We shall doubtless be able to obtain more
exact knowledge as to the nature Of the In
formation about Cuba which Consul GENERAL
FITz HUGB LEE communicated to Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND after the Consul-General shall have ap-
peared before the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations. He will be able to speak moro freely
then, and 20 give full expression to such ideas
about the Cuban war as he may lave formed
during his stay at Havana.
We suppose he will DO questioned, in a very
thorough manner. by members Of the commit
tee. the Chairman of which stands in especial
need Of correct information. For n time Sena-
tor SHERMAN was counted among the friends Of
Cuba, but his friendship became less marked
after he had held a conference with Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND in May last. We are not aware that he
has ever made public what Mr.. CLEVELAND said
to him at that time; and we doubt whether Mr..
CLEVELAND then possessed any information
about Cuba beyond that In possession of many
other people. Gen. LEE, however, was a careful
observer of affairs in Cuba. and hold commune
cation with the commanders Of both the Span
ish and the revolutionary armies.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs, as
well as the Senate on Foreign ReIa-
tions. ought to be ablo to get a lot Of useful
knowledge from Gen. LEE.
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SUNBEAMS.

To get into the Kansas Legislature II cost San.
uel Ernst Of Atchison only $685..
-Tracheotomy was performed on a calf in john
son county. Kentucky. which had swallowed enc
end OF n pair OF pot hooks.
Passing beside a stall q iiveryman of Hopkins
vile. KY. lost a part OF one ear which o horso
reached out ana seized with its teeth.
Detected in o clothing store at Frankfort, Ky.,
q burglar wound a coat about his head, and, Jump
ing through a plate glass window, escaped.
A three. pound potato and six little potatoes a.
tached TO It, grown at Council Bluffs. IA, have
been dubbed the Murphy family by the owner.
while attem olntg to chop some wood in his
back yard. the secretary OF a Toronto loan associa.
ton allowed his axe to get foul of 9 clothes line.
and his head was split in stead of the wood.
Force of habit strong In life is illustrated in tho
~trappiugs of a dray mule in New Orleans, which
used to haul q bob-taii car and refuses now to draw
the wagon an inch, unless the old car bell bangles
from its collar.
Nebraska thieves are learning politeness, n thu
evidence may be accepted of one who. after spend.
ing the night In a Thayer county scho ,lhouse. len
a note thanking the authorities for the three sCul
tlefuls of coal he had used.
-Mischievons schoolboys of Mitchell. Ind. DIS
triouted crackers, on which they had dropped . BIZ
OF Croton oil, among tteir fellows. and now three oe
their victims are SO Ill that It is thought tho siok-
ness may terminate fatally.
Somebody put poison into the enclosure where
Frank Wells of Sheldon. Vt, kept pet skunks, and
when the owner was skinning those that died hs
became poisoned through an abrasion of tho skin
of his hant. Gangrene resulted, and illness followed
different ideas OF the importance of men occu-
plying the place of janitor prevail in the West from
those obtaining In New York A Toledo school jan
tor. said TO be a relative of Major Mckinley. is ~
ported as having announced himself now Is Gus
todian of the building, not janitor.
In the woods OF Shelby county, Ind, q dea n
wild dogs was discovered. and Morgan Hendrtck.
son set about digging them out. He had to *is-
down seven feet. or the seven dogs I'VE got away
from him. and now he doesn't kno " what to Do
with the other two.
Prom t:s kswkins county, Tenn, marble quar-
ries an old cosorod man who regularly hauls the
output to whitesburE. drew the other day q bloch
weighing 25, 200 pounds. He used twelve mule
teams. The block contained l4o feet. and his pay,
which Is by the foot. amounted TO $40.
Monday, instead of Saturday. is the weekly
secular holiday observed by the Collegiate Insti-
tute at Jackson, KY. and beginning with this year
the governors ordered that Thanksgiving Day DO
kept by the institution on the Saturday following
the regular feast day. SO TINT studies might not b
inter rupted In midVeek.
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Tho statement Of Mr.. oHLsEN, Secretary
Of the West Indies COMMITTEES in London.
that the planters Of the British West In
dies "felt that they would be better
treated IL absorbed by the United
States" il interesting a. q sign of the
times. Mr.. NEVILLE LuBBocK's conclu-
sion was the ssmo. that the capitalists
Of the islands wanted TO remain English.
"but not at the cost of financial ruin :" and
that II their sugar interests should be de-
stroyed by English policy, annexation to
the United States would be welcomed, az
their restoration to prosperity would then
only be . question of q few years.
Thus the Antilles, like Newfoundland, are
keeping in mind the possibilities Of being
brought into our Union. and are weighing
its advantages, with nc fear of the result.
Many years ago EDWARD EVERETT looked
forward to the day when the ISLANDS Of
tho see" adjoining q shores should
be received into our political system.
But this 10 q matter in which time
may be left to work out its own results.
We do not need to argue with, or urge, our
neighbors, either at the south or the north,
to throw In their fortunes with ours. In
due time they will see how far short q
colonial destiny falls Of the career which
they would have as American States, and
their interests. their ~sympathies, and their
hopes will determine their course.
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10 THE EDITOR OF IRE SBN-Sir There is not
so much "humbuR" about "SheridAn's Ride"
as Gen. Schuyler Hamilton thinks. / met and
talked with Con. Sheridan after he had inspect
ed our lines just after his gallop from Winches-
ter. Allowing u little poetical license. tho facts
as stated by buchanan Read are substantially
correct.
Tho true history Of this battle has never been
written. probably never will be. Suffice 1t to
say here that IL Is certain that but for Sheri-
dams personal presence no attack would have
been made by us, and victory would not have
been wrested from u very bad defeat.
Gen. Hamilton errs again. for those In tho
Southern army, best qualified to Judge. err In
saying the Johnny Rebs had got drunk on the
good commlssary whiskey found In our camps"
&c. An officer of deservedly high reputation
present at the first interview between Gems.
Early and Gordon, after the latter's surprise
and defeat Of our troops, quotes this dialogue:
Gen. Early-l congratulate you on your great
victory. Now we will go into camp.
Gen. Gordon lin surprise)-Into campP Why.
shan't we pursue2
Gen. EarIy-No. we have done q great thing
and we'll not run any risks.
So their army rested. In o bad position. and
defeat afterward followed. 1t was all due TO
Gen. Sheridan. who showed the same tenaoity
and grip which afterward were conspicuous in
his pursuit of Lee after the Five Forks victory.
or course no one questions Gen. Hallsck's an
probation of Gems. Grant and Sherman and his
maRnaminity toward them during all the war.
UNION CLUB, Dec. 2. w.
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end to NJ man as q thousand wounded
rebels In the hospitals. Il IL not from the
patriots hat wo have heard Of these per-
formances. The cowardly malefactor him
self has been the reporter Of them to wEY-
LER, who authorized their publication. The
Queen Regent Of Spain, too, has recently
honored this savage. upon WEYLER's rec
ommendation.
The shocking incidents OF Spain's war
upon the Cuban people would fill a book.
These incidents are Of everyday occurrence
in Cuba.
In n despatch from Havana printed
here on the last day Of last month
there were the following words about
WEYLER's policy in the so-called "cam-
paign" in which he is now engaged
Gen EYLER has ordered all commanders
to clear the country Of non-combatants, and
the troops are actively engaged in the ex-
termination OF the paci1cos." The despatch
that contained this statement made men
tion of one Of WEyLER's Colonels who
boosted OF the killing of more than three
hundred OF these unfortunate paciflcos, men
and women.
We do not believe that the Generals or the
soldiers of any European country other than
Spain would dishonor their country's name
in a time OF war by perpetrating deeds like
those of which reports are given to the
world by WEYLER. The killing Of an
enemy's wounded men in hospital the exter-
mination Of the peaceful inhabitants of a re-
gion in which an enemy's army is encamped;
these are not deeds of which any civilized,
or any honorable, or any gallant army
could ever boast; there are but few Of the
tribes of black pagan savages yet left in
Africa that would be guilty Of them.
Spain ought not to be permitted to main
tain a slaughter house this side the sen.
We should not permit her longer to carry
on butchery in Cuba.
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Foreign Notes or Re., Interest.

Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte's great philoioES-
cal library has been sold to a London bookseller. -
the efforts TO raise money enough to buy It for the
Guildhail Library were unsuccessful.
Helsngfors University In Sweden has this yeas
a.lo1 students. of whom e0l are women; 70 Of
these are under the mathematical, III under the
philosophical. and 81 under the medical facuitiss.
Francisque sarcey. the Paris dramatic critic, has
won his suit against lie Psfn Journal for summari.
y dlsmtssing him. obtaining $50 damages. The dis.
TDissai was due TO his using very colloquiAl Ian
guage In explaining the meaning OF "Kip XII hour
ricot." which has lately sprung up in Paris.
schoentag. the head OF the ciaque at the Vienna
opera house. where Hans Richter is conductor, re-
Gently prohted by a benefit performance on tho no.
caslon of his completing TWEEN y.nve years OF ser.
vice. BE is the inventor of the bravo a catena. .
chain of braves starting In one corner and taken
up in different parts OF the house.
A heather burying ground. with giant skeletons,
was recently dug up At Mltterndorf. in the Austrian
alzkammerg Many OF the bodies were six foos
seven inches tall they were all buried with the
feet TO the east. each enclosed In . circle OF stones,
with a stone under the head. Large earrings and
finger rings were found on them. and one skeleton
held n knife in Its hand. No signs OF Christian
burial were dis severed.
Greece mourns the loss OF her nrst militant AnAs.
chist. Mr. Matsatis. a shoemaker OF Patras, who
has established a standard his followers will nnd
IL hard to live up to. Art T stabbing 10 the haAr1
with a knife NJ. Frangopoulos. a rich banker OF the
place, and wounding vita a revolver another bank.
er. as n demonstration OF the wickednesso OF wealth.
he partook of a dyua.hite cartridge, which seems
to have formed part OF his outnt, In the cell whore
he was confined.
Ascension Island. In the South Atlantic, ia hav-
Ing troublous times. Its Government Ia that of q
British manor war. bu: officers wives are allowed
to live on 1t. There are ten OF thon.; they have
quarrellcd about precedence. and now refuse to
speak to each other. The Captain OF the last war
vessel that stopped there with supplies. Including
dreSSeS, tried TO make them adop; tue ruio OF son.
iorl'y OF axe, but 1t didn't work,
Africa Is again taking an important place in sales
OF postage stamps, a British Central Africa brown
stamp selling for $50 at a recent London sale, while
an vi Rivers hVe shilling or r~o pence STAMP sold
Ior Slo ana a ten shilling or nve pence brought
s''' Az the same sale a New South Wales three
penny stamp with the l~aurcatoI water mark .
Drought sSosi a British Guiana eight cent?, nrss
issue green. 800; a Canada twelve pence, black.
elSoi q Nevis autographed ~Slxpeuco, GOT; a New.
.ouHuiAhd one shilling. orange. 900: a spanish i've
.eai stamp OF iso7. sos. Aad q Great Britain "a
sAniins' gray Gross. SIeA.
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The Hon. Bob TAYLOR, the musical states
man who is to be the next Governor OF Ten
nessee and Is Willing away the time by lectur-
ing on the " Paradise OF Fools" has been moved
by the felicity Of his tiddling and the mellow
age OF his anecdotes to contemplate himself
and 10 take pride in his merits; and he has ex-
pressed that pride in these simple but affect
ing sentences:
~ will be inaugurated Governor of Tennessee. I
think ! will make a good Governor because l have
been Governor twice."
The Hon. Bon TAYLoR cannot be prevented
from admirinR and conRratulating himself. but
a decent regard for the public school system of
his State ought to prevent him from ~tangling
himself In the future tense until he has learned
to distinguish between will " and shall" In
fact, Ron ought to take private lessons In Eng
lish rammar or try to be admitted into some
grammar school. His inaugural address bids
fair to be full of "wills' sent to tho wrong adj
dress. He should lay down the fiddle and the
bow and begin to thumb some respectable
treatise on grammar. 1t is bad enough for Ten
nessee to have corrupt elections; 1t is cruelty to
intiict corrupt English upon her.
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what Lady Arontrose Wrote 20 Lady A.
Mandate. Not what the latter RepiIed.l

Mandate. Not What the Latter Repiied.l
There is bad spelling and there is bad spelling.
Artomus Ward and Josh Billings did some Of it
professionally, aud many school children and
some grown mon and women do some OF 1t even
unto this day. But neither of these distinguished
persons and no school child or Hrown-up man
or woman. even in his or her widest dream Of
revenge against Webster ct al, ever came
within n milo OF the spelling OF n noble Scottish
lady OF 200 years ago. This lady could give
spades, diamonds. and trumps TO any dictionary
maker or compiler Of spelling books, and then
could heat him out without looking Mt the cards.
She was a long.suiter and q short.suiter In one,
and could bent I.askcr and Pillsbury. In other
words, she was q wnnher; ~
ter OF the Duke OF R6thes. and wife OF the third
Marquis of Montrose, and later of Sir John
Ing been a peoress. she retained her peerago
title; thus it came about the. Sir John Bruce
lived with the Countess OF Montrose with all
propristy. But this was what abe wrote:
"KiNaRosE, July 4, 1893.
MADAM; l render VOW n thowsant thsnkes
r ret Sg%F Ply IL w wRiSn the ,s bear bsaPe SGoG and Spp il geuS
lad shipe heve Gather enay NOR good playes or
novels which vow heve read, and will ne plesead
in restorenge, ana teke 1t q great faver, for they
ar we're deyertinr in the conntery. Yonr lord
had come alonGc, for 1T void heve bin bott .
void heve bin we're Welcome to, dear madam.
&C. MoNTRosE.
the right. honorable the Counties q
Edinburgh"
II THE SUN readers who can't translate this
knew Tail Try ~ s ss%IR3Tsr aSd e ths fof wiif S pr. ansy t sssT
Montroso's letter again. IL is possible that they
may learn what her !Sdy'hhip wanted to say a e
wrote 1t Is perhaps as well we do not know.
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There appear to be two classes of Amer
lean missionaries In Turkey, and In order
to talk intelligently about our missionaries
there, it is quito important to discriminate
between the two sorts. There is the mis-
sionary missionary, the self-sacrihoing
apostle of CHRIST, who lives at the post to
which he has been assigned, and labors for
religion and humanity in the spirit OF the
Master whose cause he represents and serves.
Then, there is the politician missionary.
who is generally found in comfortable quar-
ters at or near the Golden Horn, and con-
Germs himself with matters of organization
and administration, frequently meddling
with secular affairs beyond his province,
sometimes with disturbing results. Proba-
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JOHN r. FELLOWS, who died yesterday.
was q true and a manly soul. His abilities were
remarkable. his courage was Arm and sure. and
his faithfulness to the duty that he saw before
him know no waverinR. His public life was
mainly passed in this city and his death ia a
public loss. To his memory peace and honorl
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The attempts of certain sudden persons in
a number of Southern and Western States to
induce the Legislatures of those States to pass
laws prohibiting football games, cannot DO re-
garded as the sporadic results of n common
belief in the depravity of pigskin. Every calcu-
lation Of probability is against the theory that
these manifestation OF crankiness have each
an Independent origin. There is no way of
proving it. but everything about this attack
upon football points to the existence Of q Mind
Trust. and that Mind Trust cannot be other
than the Hon. PETTIBoNE BLooMER TIMBER
LAKE, the Alabama philosopher. who has
made himself immortal by his majestic
though unsuccessful effort to have the
Alabama women forbidden by law to wear shirt
waists. Only the man who saw the wickedness
OF shirt waists could see the wick ed ness OF foot
ball. Depend upon 1t, the Hon. PETTIBoNE
BIooMER TIMBERLAKE was the fountain and
origin of the movement to prohibit football
games. Great thoughts come from great men:
and the Hon. PErTIBoNE BLooMER TIMBERLAKE
has gradually accumulated within his capacious
reservoirs much of the best thought OF Alabama.
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YANKEE FISHING scHEMEs.
A Canadian Captain Pays Tribute to Tans
kec ~InRcnuity.

kee InRenuity.
OTTAWA, Dec. Capt. spain, r. NJ, cora
mandant OF the fishery protection service. says
that during the past summer the Americans
have adopted some novel devices for catching
mackerel Oft the Canadian coast. Capt. Sol
Jacobs OF Gloucester. Mass. devised q scheme
whereby great dip nets were used on poloB
rugged out from the vessel. Bait was first
thrown into tho water over the nets to attract
the fish Then, rs the mackerel rushed after
this food the nets under them were lifted and
they were scooped MP by the hundred.
Capt. Jonathan Chase. who had a steam aeinee
off the Canadian coast, devised n method by
which clusters OF incandescent lamps were
tracted by the brllliancy, gathered around the
lights the seine net was drawn around them.
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EAEoresd Peace.
Fyom the clsusland Plain.n.

From the CIsVSiaAd Plain Dealer.
''Edsah, why didn't you take on your mar and
thrash that fellow who called you q puppy ii ,
my deAh boy. couldn't remove my eosr.
why notl'
RWaj M
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Jingling
And tingling
Aud mingllng
Thousands and thousands OF people
Away up In the air where the steeplo.
with its deep toned bells
All the time tells
Usto como,
can hear the hum.
Easily / have seen them coming
Right along tho track,
And many times when l didn't want to
inaso . 'urnea back
wn" ,n,a :. AZ, ,s So many persons
VINO ike me I'll" w'sh 10 ride,
That when the impetus began.
Pushed me eisa, over to one side,
=, $3.50 a,oin