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New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

ing ing TO-DAY from 80 to p.
The Athene Club will meet AT $50 O'Clock 'his
,,arnoon In the Fourth Presbyterian Churcn
a.. 60 .,a and Ninety-first-st. Papers will be
oa on "christophe Won Gluck and the opera
%, oes,ng the Foremost Scholar OF the eighteenth
Century" "The Reflex Influence OF l.essi''s y. % vi
tho Writers Of His Day and on "erma" ''''''"
ture" Musical selections from German n,ras .o"
ers ers,o ..rhe Laocoon' A general discussion VIII
follow
,,o rear,,e for Political Education. No q West
I,or,v-fourfh-st will be addressed ths 'no. ''','s
at II. o'clock by J. A. Taylor. president oi .n'
Nineteenth Century cup supj}e j}gen ~ he Munici-
The True Reia''o" oi '''e '''
paliiy
Tho Chi Kappa Club will hold reception anu
,nr,a,nmont this afternoon at the home OF Mrs'
lanes Edward Newcomb No us Wes, 81 Ky Wnrk
=. The PrSees%fi PTsca,ion ars Society. ,H, w
,..ossor " s Perry will deliver a lecture al
,,ooL this evening in the large nan al .o'p.
,-..,,,,e The subject Of the lecture IS III. ~"
inH ,,.,o ~ Greece and Their Beautful WORKS
of Art. Stereop'
lecture
~ Trinity Congregational Church "asi'."s 'u"-
!" a ore-hundred red-and-seventy-sixth-st.' inc
c.~,s,,nos bazaar which opened on lhu'Sua', -
IN m ,., an attractive holiday display I'VE
do,I show Is an entertaining feature OF u. Ia" ,
o,,,arcn from two 10 four years oid nehs "a
10 represent baby dolls ""A "'"
doIlies and rubbc- dolls
Tho far in aid OF Cuban solciers anu pau
which opened Yesterday and Is going on 'o-"'s u,
,ruxodo Hall is being given under the a1sps, h,, ~ M u
,hn Dau1hters of Cuba. The variety oi '"'is''"
articles IL attractive
r,. Silver Cross Circle OF Kings Daughters wiz
,y. high tea from TO p. m to-day a. ."e '''"e
90 Mrs n w Gordon. No la West Eish''e'n-s''
,r,r. ,,ll he music and readings. ana the proceeo
IN, o ~ tho Tenement House Building una ms ~,
WIN VIA orows ther slowly. because tne Si.,e nj "
iuu M so much money In Its present tenement WIN
professor James F. Kemp OF Columbia Inivers'y.
~, lecture this evening at the Museum Oh NH'u'h'
Tr,n,nrv NJ on THE Rocky Mounthihs'
,,, prear,ev League. composed of graduates OF
49,. proorIev school, will give fair this afternoon
wa a", averinr n, the school for the benea' OF 'ne
prsarley League Night Industrial School wncn en- -
an,drc,ed in connection with the WORK OF 'he mn
-. A,d Society The costumes OF the taI saes ;s1
oIen viii represent American women OF Al, u'e ,h.
wo"e I ecncSifione from the Indian soua" w " '"e
ana nSe dame" OF the present day.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
GOING on TO-DAY.

The Ladies' Helping Hand Association will open
a tea and Christmas sale this afternoon at 3
O clock at the Bucking am. Fifth-ave and Fiji
,,eth-st 4 programme OF delightful music Will be
given this evening. beginning az $50 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

nrooklvn IS genuinely interested in the matter
~ a free public library and there is also desire
for tho law library Of the judicial department 10
b, made free.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

The Presbyterian Hospital will celebrate Its
,wenty-eighth anniversary this afternoon, az !"
o'clock in the dispensary building Madison-ave'
and Seventieth-st During the last year over
,uar,vtbree thousand people have been treated IN
,he bosnitaI Visitors will he shown over the buiiu-
ing today from 30 to 6 y. m
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

The Dolls Bazaar at the old First Presbyterian
Church will close to-day. The sales have been
especially gratifying
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
moun, of good (, accompIlshes cannO: easily b


Five hundred and ninety-two children have been
cared for in the home during the last year: ana
s,s are still there OF this number there are forty
eight babies The fair will close tonight and every
Indication points 10 very gratifying financial re-
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

In an address delivered by Mrs. Josephine Shd"
Lowell before IN" Social Reform 'iuo S"' vi"
cussed the question Of vagrancy. and advocated
,,,,ric,,al lodrinr- houses where careful inquiry
would be ap; TO prevent idle vagrancy' rather
than increase Il, Children vagrants snouh De
senf 10 roformatories and institutional tarrns ac
cording 10 Mrs Lowell.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

Tho All Saints Guild Fair. which was held two
weeks ago realized s. j6i 2i The fair was managed
-, Nr. : "a Milik.u and John L. Grcnnell.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

Tho Brooklyn Ethical Association VIII near
lec,ur. tomorrow evening by the Rev r 'uperN
James Of England The meeting VIII take P'".'
in IN. Pouch Mansion 40. 3G cinton-ave-' BROOK
, ,d III. discussion will be led by pr jim
Hn' ~, VI, sunsrintendert Of 81 Bartholomew
f.biresn Guild Of New-York city
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

Mrs Virginia g. Ttcomb will be the principa4
sneaker at the December meeting 81 ne W oman >
Republican Tnior League club. in IN" Johnston
Rull1lng BROOKLYN Tuesday evening oi mex.
week Mrs Titcomb viii speak on III" 'o''"''-
Economv OF England During our Colonial ana CON
,t.,..l p.rod J." Discussion of tn. subject 10y the
ro.,nhors OF the league will follow Mrs Aired =
Parker will furnish music Miss Viola W lnchcsi'r e.,
,.iii sing after which America Will he sung py
ali urrscnt At the January meeting interest VIII
cont re about the clr 'ton Of officers.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

Mrs Peter Kinsey. OF No. $50 Bushwick-ave..
Rrooklyn gave charity euchre party on Tuesday
evening at which a sufficient sum was realized 10
paw the rent OF poor family In distress.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-05

II appears that a number OF Brcoklyn's leading
ministers DO not agree with Dr.. Abbott in his views
on the Bible The Rev Charles Cuthbert Hall. DR..
Sto-rs Dr. Behrends. DR.. Fox Or. Meredith and
pr Gregg all agree In not agreeing with Or. Abb
bott and his methods o. instuting deeper rever-
ence for the Scriptures The Rev. DR.. Mcconnell,
BROOKLYN clergyman who Is In accord with Or. Alb
bolts theories and beefA
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An Oregon Freak.

A curious physical freak has been dis
covered on the tongue of the infant
child of Mrs. Carl l.. Wagner, the wife
Of n railroad man of Albina, Ore.
About a week ago. when the child was
but week old. the mother called the
attention of the family physician to
the fact that she experienced pecu-
liar feeling when the child was nurS-
ing
She had not investigated for herself,
but thought the babes tongue was eX-
ceedingly rough for one so young. The
doctor opened the childs mouth and
was astOnished to find its tongue COW
cred with sillzen hair of short growth.
This was somewhat extraordinary, and
he could hardly believe that what he
saw was 4 fact. The attention of some
of the most prominent physicians there
has been invited to this freak of ma
ture. They say it is an unparalleled
case. 1t is so extraordinary that Il
report of it will be furnished all the
leading medical journals in the coun-
try and Europe. y local museum man
has already made Wagner, who is q
poor man. an offer for the use of the
child as soon as it can be safely taken
from its mother.
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statement that a definite policy has been
agreed upon there. Spain proposed TO
pose as the champion of European ma
tons holding possessions in America
against the arrogance of the Yankees.
The European nations were 10 be sound
ed IN order 10 secure concert Of action.
and then Spain was to tell President
Cleveland to 20 ahead if he dared in the
face of formidable alliance which would
prevent active Intervention By force if
necessary.
This plan has been blocked completely
by the action of Great Britain. and Presi-
dent Clcveands hands have been
strengthened immeasurably by Lord Sal
isbury's government Great Britain de-
plored the nhuman Spanish warfare on
the island and English CONNER cial H.
tereStS could not look on unmoyed while
the price Of sugar was moving upward =
the result Of the des;ruct!c.. of Cuban
cancfeldS. Therefore came the Informal
intima,icn that Great Britain would
gladly stand aside and see the United
States take the initiative in Cuba. No
promises were made that could bind Great
Britain in any way. and the Queens GOV
eminent was not put on record in any
way. bur Secretary Olney has been given
TO understand that if the President de-
cides 10 recognize the patriots IS belig-
erents Great Britain will not be far be-
hind III doing the same thing.
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ed the onset. their Colonel sitting his
horse, silently watching the advancing
foe.
The Mexican column. recovered from
the shock of OBrien's guns, moved
steadily forward in perfect order. their
lanceS glittering i'm the sun. and the
heavy column OF infantry swinging
sturdily up Il gentle rise. The juggling
of spurs and the firm voices of officers
preserving perfect alignment. With the
dull. muffled sound of many feet. could
be distinctly heard. Soon there came
a dropping fire. and when the column
came within range the guns of Bissell's
men were heard, not in volley fol-
lowed by silence while reloading the
old-fashiOned muSkets but at first fir
ing by file" which began on the right
and rolled steadily down the line. and
then every man loaded and fired as
fast as he could. The Oncoming col
Unn WAS shaken for Il moment but
still moved sternly forward. The Hi
nois men stood lin the OPEN" unpro-
tected. Men dropped in the ranks, but
the cool command TO .'close to the
right was rs coolly obeyed, and not n
man left his place except to lie down
and die. Far down the slope. nearly
Il mile away. could be seen Hardin's
First Illinois and McKees Eentucki-
ans running 1T top speed to join the
fray. and Il little to their left the guns
of BragSs battery leapcd and bounded
Savagely forward. as officers and men
Piled voice and lash and put their shout
derS 10 the wheels and raced onward
with the hurrying guns. Desperate
and mad hurry it was, indeed. and yet
II seemed that. do their utmost. they
must be too late. and Bissells devoted
men. alone under the tempest. must be
swept from the field.
YET. still they fought on, their Colonel
calmly watching the foe. and the line
officers firmly closing up the ranks as.
file after file. the undaunted men went
down. Suddenly mounted staff of
ficer-Major Bliss, n son-in-law of Gen
eral bloody with squirting.
fiery red with haste" dashed through
the storm of bullets, and addressed
Colonel Bissell:
Colonel. can you take ground to the
rear without danger of another panic?"
Bissell looked calmly into his blazing
eyes and answered.:
''.ts surely, sir, rs your regimental
drill"
Then do so. But do it at your peril. =
Bissell rode closer to the right of his
regiment and commanded: Cease fir
ing" The command passed swiftly
down the line. and the firing ceased.
Then. followed my his aid, who carried
his plumed hat I'm his hand. his fingers
clu ching 1t rigidly, the impressive Cos
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oneI galloped to the center and rear OF
his line. and his familiar voice rang in
his mems ears: bout face and the
line turned in its track. Forward.
Quick time, Steady-men-stea
march," and the line swung steadily to-
ward what had been the rear. following
the ColOners uplifted sword and the
aid with his crushed hat and his heart
III his mouth, while men dropped in the
ranks as they moved away. and some
were caught and helped on by their I'M
wounded comrades.
The aid measured with excited eyes
the distance from the foe and that to
where Hardin's and McKee's painting
men and Bragg's mad gunners pressed
forward, and presently said, half I'M
der his breath:
That will do.'
Instantly Bissell wheeled his horse,
waved his sword, and swiftly rang out
the commands: Halt! Right dress.
About face. On the right, commence
firing"' and once more Bissell's guns
cheer of the enemy even as it began.
THE battles won, by Cod shouted
the excited Bliss. as he clapped his bat
tered hat on his head. and, dashing his
spurs into his horse, rode swiftly away
10 report.
And, even as he spoke, Hardin's and
McKee's men opened fire. and Bragg's
madened gunners poured in. with in
credible swiftncss. Il tempest of grape
that broke up the enemys column and
shattered the grand charge of the day.
These are some of the little things"
the detailS-Which general history
cannot pause to record, but which
wildly illustrate qualities of the Amer
lean soldier. and taken together, make
up and are Indispensable to the great
things-the resultS-which history does
record
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Monroe doctrine extended the influences
Of this country Mr.. Mills declared thar
the Monroe doctrine was law of protec-
tion and that a such God WAS the author
Of it. 1t WAS the same right Of self-prO-
lection which an Individual exercises in
abaiing nuisance or destroying pow
der house near his premises
jefferson had used plain words in
threatening To- join England and sweep
the French fleets from the seas if France
persisted in holding Inc mouth Of the Mis-
SiSSppi river. The same spirit had
brought fortA President Cleveland's Ven
ezuela message. Cuba stood as the key
To the gulf. and our unyarying policy. said
Mr.. Mills. has been To resist any trans
fer of Cuba To another monarchy. The
United States has stood by as a jailer
and prevented Cuba from going to France
or England. And. if We insisted on keep
ing Cuba in the possession Of Spain, was
it not the moral obligation of the United
States to see that Spain gave Cuba fair
government. to see that the he'll CT all
hellish despotism was lifted from the Gu
ban people?
The day viii come" said Mr. Mills.
when the American conscience will be
aroused to its guilt i'll permitting the OPP
preston of Cuba. and when that con
seriousness comes the American people
will fill this chamber with Senators who
will stop that oppression
The Senator read of atrocities attrib-
uted TO Gen. Weyler and added: This
is the work of that atrocious ScOundrel.
He could not be in Cuba to-day if the
| nj, ed States would draw her sword.
How the cheeks of our American women
must be suifused. how our children must
blush To know that this government
stands idly by while Spain. with the keys
of her dungeons dangling at her side. per-
mits such an atrocious villain to raise his
hand against defenselcss women"
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as was lieutenant. was posted i'm
media,ely commanding the pass. sup
ported by six companies of the First
Illinois Infantry. commanded by Col
onel John J. Hardin. who was killed
near the close of the battle, and whose
oldest son. General Martin ID. Hardin.
subsequently graduated from West
Point, was desperately wounded ut the
second battle OF Bull Run, where he
lost an arm.
Two incidents of this extraordinary
battle illustrate in 4 fOrceful way some
of the peculiar qualities of the Ameri-
can soldier, and as general history
makes no mention of them. being mere
ly details. hidden in the general event,
it may prove of some interest to recall
them for the readers of this generation.
The first attack of the second day.
by n Mexican column of some four
thousand men. was delivered directly
at the Pass of Augastura, and was
beaten off almost, perhaps quite, alto
gether by the terribly destructive fire
of Washington's guns. 1t was barely
over, when n second column of five
thousand or more. headed by Il brilliant
body of lancerS. moved out 10 attack
the American line nearer its center
Almost at the same moment Il body of
American troops. only Il few hundred
in number moved out toward the front
and advanced beyond supporting dis
lance, as if challenging the whole
Mexican army. 1t was composed of
Colonel BowlcS' Second Indiana In
fantry, or a large part of it, with Il sec
tiOn-twO guns-Of Il light battery. I'M
der the command of Lieutenant
OBrien-regarded as one of the most
brilliant and promising of the younger
officers then in the army-and manned
mainly by men selected from volunteer
regiments of infantry.
Orders had been sent to Colonel
Bowles to take up Il designated position
and aid in repelling what seemed the
grand attack of the day. But the posi-
ton to be taken was not clearly Speci-
fed. or for some other reason he mis-
understood it. and advanced his men
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still hot and smoking gun. ma shouted:
Hold tight. now. for I'm going off
from here like hell.'
And leaping. like fiend incarnate,
on the back of one of the horses. with
a defiant shout to the foe, in hurting
rain of bullets, he did ''go off like
said he would. Twenty minutes later,
from Il new position with the nearest
friends, his gun was again hurting
grape into the still advancing column
And Flynn lived to tell the story long
afterward at his home in Illinois.
The other gun, which O'Brien was
forced to abandon, was one which had
been captured from Santa Anna eleven
years before by General Sam" Hous-
ton on the bloody field of San Jacinto,
where Texas independence was won.
Had Santa Anna won at Buena Vista,
how he would have Wanted the re-
capture, But he did not win, and after
the battle was over the gun was found
by some of our soldiers, spiked and
thrown into ravine. A few years later
O'Bren died in Tampa. Fla, sincerely
mohrncd by the whole army. OF such
material have our American armies,
North and South, been made up.
The other incident referred to, affect
ing more men. but illustrating similar
soldiery qualities, followed on the heels
of this.
The misfortune that overlook the In
diana men was full of the presage OF
defeat. Another such disaster, and the
destruction of the little army, Outnum-
bered more than five to one from the
first. could hardly be averted. The
next force to feel the attack was the
Second Illinois Infantry commanded
by Colonel William III. BiSSell, subse-
Quently Governor of Illinois. and also
Il member of Congress from that State,
who, while holding this latter position,
gave pause" to fiery Southerner who
sought duel. However, that's an
other story" The fight of the 1ndi-
anans had left this full Illinois rcgi-
ment almost as far beyond effective
support as the routed men had been,
yet they calmly stood in line and await
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BRITAIN TO AID CUBA.
To Follow America in Recognizing
the Patriots.

Aid for Cuba has come from an uncX-
pected source John Bull will pat Uncle
Sam on the shoulder in any proposition
to intervene To stop the butchery Oh the
island An informal intimation to this
effect has been received at the State De
partment and the status of the Cuban
question has changed 1T once owing To
this sudden development.
While Spain has been preparing for an
appeal TO European nations against the
United States Great Britain has quietly
taken the other tack. and decided 10 join
with the United States in helping the Gu
ban patriots. Naturally. such communi-
cation was not conveyed in an official
letter but Secretary Glney was given 10
understand by Sir Julian paunccfotc that
Great Britain would not only not object
TO any action the United States might
take in regard To Cuba. but would even
welcome any reasonable interference
which would tend to stop the butchery
now going on in the island.
That such an intimaiion was given
semi-oicially was learned positively. and
the effect of the information when it be-
comes generally known will be To render
almost certain speedy action by this
country. Dispatches from Spain within
the last few days are authority for the
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MY HlAYMA1ES.

The wind comes whispering to me of the
country green and cool
OF redwing blackbirds chattering beside
a reedy pool;
It brings me soothing fancies OF the home
stead on the hill.
And hear the thrush's evening SOM and
the robins morning trill:
So 1 fall to thinking tenderly of those l
used to know
Where the sasSafraS and snakeroot and
81 eckerberries grow.
What has become of Ezra Marsh who
lived on Bakers hill?
And what's become Of Noble Pratt whose
father kept the mill:
And what's become of Lizzie Crum and
Anastasia Smell.
And of Roxic Root. who tended school in
Boston for q spell?
They we're the boys and they the girls who
shared my youthful play
They do not answer to my call. Ny play
mates-where are they:
What has become OF Levi and his little
brother Joe
Who lived next door to where we lived
some forty years ago.
I'd ike to see the Newton boys and Quincy
Adams Brown.
And Hepsy Hall and Ella Cowles who
spelled the whole school down.
And Oracle Smith, the Cutler boys, Lean
der Snow and all
Who, | am sure, would answer could they
only hear my call.
I'd like to see Bill Warner and the Conkey
boys again,
And talk about the times we used to wish
that we were men,
And one-I shall not name her-could l
see her gentle face
And hear her girlish treble in this distant.
lonely place.
The flowers and hopes of nstime-they
persisted long ago.
And the garden where they blossomed is
white with winter snow
q cottage meath the naples, have you
seen those girls and boys
That but little whole ago made, oh! such
pleasant noise?
o trees. and hills. and brooks. and lanes,
and meadows. do you know
Where l shall find my little friends of
forty years ago?
You see I'm old and weary, and I've trav-
eled long and far;
] am looking for my playmates-I wonder
where they are,
Eugene Field. in Chicago Record.
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Tclcgrnnhic Brcvitics.

Col. Thomas l.. ochltrce is seriously
i'll at his home in New York. His valet
says he is unable To- see anyone and his
physician has ordered absolute quiet.
Capt W. III. bradbury. deputy warden
of the Missouri peni;entiary for thirt, six
years. is dead. aged -. lie had a re-
markabc record for personal courage.
John Jones who is wanted by Gov. Alt
geld for kicking Mrs Susan Mendenhall
To death while he was town marshal of
Anna. ILL.,. has been arrested in 81. Louis.
The harm of Sceley Y. Mason. five miles
from Monmouth. Ill.,. burned. Louis but
ton. Il farm hand in the employ of Thos.
Hays who rented the place. was sleeping
in the barn and lost his lie.
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RATTIESNAKE WINE.
1t Is Favorite Medicine in the Wes,
Indies.

benjamin Gooch, in his Medical and
Surgical Observations, published in
III, gives summary of different an
cient therapeutic methods, based on
the use of animal poisOnS. One of his
Observa tons relates to case of severe
pains, SpaSms, etc, of long duration.
GOoch says, after speaking of the pa
tents sufferings: Not to appear in
human to so wretched n being, after
telling him | could do nothing. | sent
him n bottle of rattlesnake wine, to
take glass of frequently. This was
est cordial. Three nights after the
patient walked in. Sir said lie, you
cannot be so much amazed as | am, nor
half so much pleased; | am come TO
thank you, and, if not criminal, to
worship you Gooch'S account of
how he learned the virtues of rattle
snake wine is as follows "A very
wealthy old gentleman in the West
Indies had long been afflicted with
leprOsy to n high degree, which was
deemed incurable by his physicians.
Apparently in Il dying state, he made
his will. leaving Il large legacy to a
female servant. who had lived with
him many years. This circumstance
being known to the servant, she and
her paramount studied and contrived
how to make away with him in such
n manner as to raise the least suspicioi
They put the heads of rattlesnakes into
the wine he drank. thinking it would
prove an infallible poison; on the con-
trary, he grew better, and the Grimm
ais, imagining the poison was not
strong enough, added more snake We
nom, whereby the gentleman was re-
stored to perfect health. Conscience
finally put this servant upon her knees
before her master, cOnfessing her
crime. Forgiveness was granted, and
the old gentleman gave her n sum of
money. ordering her to depart and
never see him more"