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lished his headquarters and base Of opera
tions at the city of Santa Clara. That he
was very much worried appeared to me
evident from the fact that he began prepa-
rations for the defense Of the place, not
withstandng that he had between 10000
and 1900 troops there under bis immediate
command =,
The rainy season was not then over, and
thousands of the soldiers were down with
yellow fever, smallpox and other diseases.
The iEfirmary corps. patients and nurses.
included, perhaps, one-third. of the entire
force. Still there were. say. 1900 men fit
for active duty. is
1 could not quite understand the situa-
ton. There seemed to be no intention on
anybody's part of making offensive move
ments against the rebels. Different COM
manders would take columns of from 800
to $500 men and make eide marches into
the SURF ounding country, but-there was no
general advance against the enemy. The
latter made nightly sortiesa from the near
by woods and thickets. but for some un-
accountable reason two large forces never
seemed to clash. "
The Interview With Campos.
Then interviewed Campos. He explained
that the rainy season in Cuba was some
thing to be dreaded by foreigners. and espe-
cially by troops that were compelled to be
at all active. Therefore, he must wait a
couple Of weeks before beginning vigorous
campaign. 1t would only be the matter of
a month or two, or three at most, after the
dry season had commenced when he would
have driven the rebels back to Santiago
province, If. indeed, ne had not by that time
killed or captured the greater number.
believed what Gen. Campos said. He
appeared to me like frank and kind-heart-
ed man, as well as one whose reputation
as soldier was too great to allow of rash
promises. He was not boastful in his speech
or manner of acting; talked as a true gen.
eral might be expected to talk, and gave to
those about him the impression that he was
first Christian man and then Spanish
soldier.
He certainly was very tender Of heart.
Oftentimes when referring to the soldiers
sick and dying about him his eyes would
fill with tears, and he would walk away.
Again, he would speak of Cuba, telling of
her beauties, her resources and her Won
derful possibilities, and he would bemoan
the war and all it's consequent horrors and
sufferipgs. He said he loved the island and
it's people, and that there would be no
greater pleasure for him on earth than to
witness peace reigning once more.
The campaign in the immediate vicinity of
Santa Clara was Of briei duration The
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Riparls
t abuQes.

Mr.. John wenk Of Karoma.
oklahoma. relates that while building
school house in his district one of the
men complained Of having Headache,
he was not careful In regulating
his diet, and that Il feIlow workman
thereupon asked. why don't you
take R.pins Taaulcsf'' When the noon
hour came Mr.. karur,a induced the
man who ad-iscd the use Of Hipans
TabHles TO eat dinner with him, and,
while eating, asked him to give his
experience with Ripans Tabules, which
ne seemed pleased to do, and said:
RefOre / came to Oklahoma l used to
live In Chicago. l worked at the
bricklayer trade and was troubled
with dyspepsia a great deal.
My head uched terribly
at times. and durst not eat any raw
vegetables Of any kind. tried
all kinds Of medicines with no effect.
to quit work. One day an old friend Of
mine visited me and asked me what
kind Of medicine I was taking.
named IL whole list of medicines that
had been prescribed fol HE, all having
little or no effect. John, try
Ripans Tabules, said he. You can
get them at the corner drug store
sent my little boy TO the store, and
told him to get ME box. He soon
came back with them and l commenced
to use them. Before l had used half
of the box beeah to get better,
and when I had used it all ! was well
and went to work again. Since
!hen have always Kept them in the
house. And If you will come to my
house Che said, turning TO the
man who had complained Of headache)
l will give you medicine that you will
Of November. 1895. One Gives
Relief.
Evening star., 1896-04-06

He may well ask. as he has done within q
few days. for reinforcement OF 10000
nen: for he certainly will need that num-
Der to take the places of those who die for
Spain. but not by rebel hands.
Campos did not even make an attempt at
operations while the rai.ly season lasted.
He knew that to do SO would mean the un-
necessary slaughter Of additional thou
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Election of Omcers.

At meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Columbia Fire Insurance Company of the
District of Columbia, held today. the fol-
lowing trustees were elected to serve for
the ensuing year: James A. Bates, Chas.
J. Bell. A. T. Britton, II. Rozier Dulany,
Robert l. Fleming. j. Eakin Gadsby Thos.
NJ. Gale, Chas. c. Glover, r.. .. Holtzman.
James M.Johnston, John s. Larcombe, r. b,
MCGUIRE, NJ. M. Parker. b. p. Snyder ara
w. r. Wilcox.
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rebels. somehow or another. did not ac-
commodate themselves tothe Spanish plans,
and before the governments had realized
that they had vacated The Country about
Santa Clara Maceo was at the other, north
ern. side of the island, invading the province
of Matanzas.
Gen. Campos at once returned to Havana
and ordered that a change of the base of
operations be made from Santa Clara to
Colon, the latter place in Matanzas prov
ince but few miles over the border.
Saw "a Little Fighting.
did not return to Havana at that time,
but Joined the column Of Col. Segura, operat-
ing in the eastern portion of Santa Clara.
I was quite anxious to see little fighting
at long range-and my desire was rather
fully and unexpectedly gratifed
Col. Segura was ordered to proceed from
little place called Iguara with trans
pert train of 200 mules laden with arms,
ammunitions and provisions for advance
detachments of the army. The start was
made at $3.50 in tk1 morning. Eight hum
Evening star., 1896-04-06

sands Of his men. and he knew full we'll
that there could possibly be no compensat-
ing gain. He was aware of the fact that
the rebels. 30 per cent of whom are born
in Cuba, W uld not fall victims 10 the fever
even though they marched, slept and mess
ed In the rain from summers beginning to
summers end
Evening star., 1896-04-06

Cheaper price than ANY art
store for same grade picture frame
work. Simply send postal.
S. ]. Venable, 3o4 Mass. Ave. N. E.
ap2-Sd
Evening star., 1896-04-06

W. T. Hornaday of Buffalo has been
elected director Of the Geological Park ta
ha established in New York
Evening star., 1896-04-06

Ripans Tabules sold by druggists, by mail
II The price $50 cents a bo1) is sent The Ripans
Chemieai Company. No. 10 Spruce St.. New York.
Sample VIAL 10 cents
Evening star., 1896-04-06
Japanese 6
Chinese Straw
nattimg gS.

Were ready for the spring Mat
ting trade now. The department
is filled with all the new creations
OF the season.
Some Mattings we have here in
limited quantities have tempted us
to cut their prices and make a spe-
cial bargain sale on them this
week. Here's how they're priced:
500 yards Fancy China Mating.
Regular 12IEe. grade tor..... /3C.
$50 yards Good China Mating.
Regular .5c. grade for. r.......... lOC.
$50 yards Extra Heavy China
Mating. Regular 25c. grade
ior ----- ----.- ------.-.-.. ~
4cO yards Japanese Cotton
quality far.......s... for. ~ I5c-
$40 yards Best Quality Cotton
Warp Mating. Regularly 40c. o.c
400 yards Japanese Inserted Art
Mating. Regularly 50c. yard
for ..........-....-...... 25c.
$40 yards Royal D;,;uask Mat
for ..--.................. 25c.
Evening star., 1896-04-06

. All this week We'll have on exhibition
here the finest, most beautiful showing
Of Oriental Carpets and Rugs seen In
this part of the country. The goods
will be sold at wholesale prices.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
Feeding Bees for Profit.

Many beekeepers must change
heir location, go to the flowers, or
change their methods of management.
The beekeeping public says at present,
and perhaps always will say, that sugar
honey must not be produced, but there
is no objection to bees living on cent
sugar instead of 15-cent honey. It has
been estimated, and we think fairly,
that colony of bees consume go or 20
pounds of honey during the year. If
a good portion of this can be cheap
sugar instead OF high-priced honey, it
may make all the difference between a
fair profit and a serious loss. A change
to better location is preferable, if
change can be made, as there is more
profit in plenty OF honey from natural
sources than in exchanging sugar for
honey in a poor locality.-Southern
CuItiyatCr
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
sERviAN BEE FARMS.
They Are to BE Conducted on Strictly
Scientific Principles.

They Are to BE Conducted ON Strictly.
Scientific Principles.
A new industrial departure of great
interest has been taken in Servia, where
society for bee and fruit culture"
has been esta blished. says the St. Louis
lobe-Democrat. This society seeks to
introduce system of beekeeping on
scientific principles, and of developing
the industry on a profitable basis
throughout that country, where, until
lately, the peasants have been in the
habit of keeping their bees in conicai
straw skeps daubed with mud or plas-
ter, and destroying the bees to obtain
the honey. It is probable that the So
ciety will provide the peasants with
cheap straw skeps with supers, as well
as bar-framed hives and other desirable
agricultural appliances. The farm of
the society contains about 200 hives,
placed in regular rows over the ground,
six feet six inches from each other,
facing north. These hives are all ON
the bar-frame principle, and of the pat
tern generally known as Dzierzon hives,
and they contain about so pounds of
honey in the comb when full. They
uAC AduC Vi "OOu, Will uTdW S1ucS, dIlu
cost about 1925 each. The bees appear
to be a species of the common bee (Apis
mellifica), but are rather small in size,
and unusually tractable. The Italian
bee (Apis ligustica) does not succeed
well in Servia, becoming quickly
merged into the indigenous stock
The bee farm is provided with two
centrifugal honey-extractors of very
simple design, but perfectlypractical
After extraction, the honey is put into
glass bottles, with neat screw tops, inn
ported from Austria, containing re-
spectively half pound, one pound and
two pounds. The price Of the honey
is about II cents pound, exclusive of
the bottle, for which an extra charge
is made. The wax is sold to the wax
dealers for making into church can
dies, and realizes about 80 cents a
pound. The Importance Of encourag-
ing bee culture is evidently fully real
lied by the members of this society and
others interested, and the introduction
Of law is in contemplation obliging
all priests, schoolmasters and certain
others holding employment under the
government TO turn their attention to
the keeping of bees
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
MANY AND VARIOUS PATENTS.

There are 2,4s7 different varieties of
fire escapes and ladders to be used if
emergencies.
Soda water and other cooling bever-
ages are manufactured according 10
278 patented methods.
The steam engines Of this country
need not lack for valves, 2, 465 of these
having been patented.
The patent office has issued BOTS pat
ents for inventions, contrivances and
discoveries in telegraphy.
The fisherman has at his command
1867 patented devices for attracting
or capturing the finny tribe.
According to the reports of the patent
office there are 1880 different varieties
of patented chairs.
The number OF patent medicines is
not SO great as might be supposed.
there being only 1882 in the reports.
Harness-making has received the
earnest attention of the inventor, there
being 7,40O patents in this line.
The erection of fire-proof buildings
is encouraged by 455 patents. taken out
for materials or methods.
Over q. 600 inventions for the manipu-
aation of metals have been patented in
our government Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
Indigestion In Poultrx.

Indigestion is one of the commonest
troubles of fowls and one of the most
easily prevented. Grit takes the place
of teeth with fowls. 1t requires to
be sharp in order to grind up the food
and prepare it for digestion. Yet how
often is the supply deficient? Crushed
oyster shells or sharp gravel should be
accessible to the hens. Acidity of the
stomach is the result of Indigestion. It
may be corrected by mixing very fine
pulverized charcoal with the food or by
keeping supply of broken charcoal in
the neighborhood of the fowls. One of
the best methods of giving it is to char
a couple of corncobs once a week in the
oven and then let the fowls have them
to peck at. The feeding of charcoal is
excellent at all stages of the hens exis-
tence, but it is particularly desirable
when the fattening process is going on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
The Control of swarminr.

To control swarming, remove one oil
the prime factors. Brood is the only
factor we can remove and not defeat
our object-honey. The removal of
brood, instead of decreasing the honey
yield, rather increases it. We may re-
move the brood by direct confiscation,
or we can do it more gradually by the
removal of the. queen. The first method
would be better where the flow is very
short and profuse, the second better
where the flows lasts 40 to 60 or more
days. The cause of swarp.ing is in
stinct; its control, broodlessness. Other
methods at times seem effective, but the
pnly method of controlling swarming
that is ut all times a success, is brood.
lessness.- Cultiyator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
NOTES FOR BEEkEEPERs.

Bees, small fruit and poultry make a
good coordination.
Golden rod gives 4 rich, thick honey
Of golden color.
The queen bee is the only perfectly
developed female in the hive.
The queen lives several years and is
useful as laying queen for three
years.
\ young queen is more liable to pro-
duce working progeny and an old one
drones.
In the spring if frame of dirty comb
is put in the hive the bees will clean it
up and make it fit for use.
Worker bees are undcveioped female
bees, and are Matched from the same
kind of eggs that the queens are.
The great advantage in using comb
foundations is that with it the comb
can be ready for use in few days,
saving in this way considerable time.
ANY colony of bees can be readily
changed 20 pure Italians by simply re-
moving the old queen and introducing
new one in her stead.
When a colony has been queenless for
eOAAaS sAnles oT tncIc dIS NO yOuAS 0Ce1
o. the proper age for nursing the young
larvae. frame Of Matching bees should
be put in with the queen.
A good, strong colony Of bees, To-
Gated where there is plenty of honey
producing flowers win. with good man-
agement, produce 100 pounds of comb
honey and still allow another strong
colony TO be made from i1.-St. Louis
Eepuhlic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09

S, may be of cheap material, as the
slight slant inward will prevent the
water from running in. The floor, for
economy's sake, may be of rails or
poles.
The practice OF cutting up and shred
ding the fodder is rapidly gaining
ground. A shed built built on the fore
going plan would answer admirably
for storing such feed. Stats would have
to be nailed across the lower openings,
of course. The elevator would carry the
cut FODDER in at the door, A. Il is hard
" necessary to say that when barn
room and protection for stock are to be
taken into account, in addition to econ
omy of handling, it is cheaper to SO
construct the building as to give up the
entire floor space to stock, using only
the upper part for feed.-G. w. Waters,
in st. Louis Journal of Agriculture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09

gether. The inner posts, A A, should
lean outward, SO as to make the hori-
zontal width along the dotted line, F,
two feet more than the floor width at
II. The posts A and E are placed di-
rectly opposite each other, and braced
together as indicated at Y. The rafters
may be of the usual structure, which
would require cross ties, or joists, q +;
or else a truss frame may be made as
indicated at Z B and c. A roof on sllAh
a truss frame will not spread, and the
hay carrier may be swung at D.
Fig. represents the shed weather
boarded down to within six feet of the
floor. The door, A, may be hinged SO
as to swing down, or may be made
double and open into the barn. In
either case the space for admitting
the hay should be at least six feet
square, and, in fact, eight feet is bet
ter. The rail for the hay carrier would
in ordinary roof, the carrier would be
at top of rafters. If long enough posts
& and f, Fig. ~ may not be had, use
the longest available 2X6 pieces, and
spike strongly the lower ends to short
posts placed well in the ground.
A drive crosswise through this shed
would be more convenient in many
ways. If the hay is to be baled, the
bales could be conveniently stored. If
intending to bale, put the hay into the
shed in sections, ten to twelve feet long,
the entire width of the shed, as it will
be much more convenient that way for
getting out. Indeed, it will be the bet
ter way even if the hay is to be hauled
out, in which case arrange the floor so
as to back the wagon under at K, Fig.
2. A shed of this style can be built 20
feet wide and IS feet high, at cost of
only So to $50 for each ton of contents,
and it will last 20 years. The siding,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
AGRICULTURAL HINTS,
DURABLE HAY SHED.
An Investment Which No Progressive Nan


An Investment Which No Progressive Man
WIN Ever Regret.
The yearly losses OF western farmers
In hay and fodder, through exposure
TO the weather, aggregate an enormous
amount. Extensive inquiry conrinces
me that nearly or quite one-fourth of
the feeding value of all the hay and
fodder cut and put in stacks, ricks and
shocks is thus sacrificed. It is nothing
uncommon to see whole meadow of
little misshapen stacks and ricks so
damaged and weather-beaten as not to
be worth over half what it would have
been if properly secured in the barn,
and kept in frst-class condition.
The best and strongest cheap hay
shed have seen is that shown in the
accompanying cuts. Figure is an end
view of the framing. Posts A A, of the
heigh required, say 16 to 20 feet long,
are set in the ground to form the franz
ing of the shed, while other similar
posts, E E, are set four feet out from
the former-that is, at the bottom,
though at the top they are brought to-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
THE NEW WOMAN A FAILURE.

She II Not q Success at Popping the Bird
Over.
OF course, there are some women who
can snap their cartridge into the breeea-
loader with the precision of a man and
bring down a driven grouse or a rocket
ing pheasant without turning hair, or
even expecting to be complin,ented On
their skill. But these Dianas of to-day
are, fortunately, rare. Fortunately, it
must be said, because if all the shooting
women who are at present burning pow
der were possessed of skill such as this
there would be no hope that the craze
would eventually die out, aslSo many
of woman's whims have done before,
and that she would at last return to her
more natural domain, of the household,
the nursery and the garden. As it hap
pens. however, the thrush of amazons
20 the moors and coverts is not the re-
suit of the survival of the fittest- It is
far more due to the truly feminine rea-
son, because l choose" They come,
not because they prefer to do so; and
they exercise themselves with guns, not
in order to exhibit any particular skill,
but merely to convince the tyrant man
that he cannot any longer monopolize
this branch of sport to their exclusion.
In most cases where these sportswomen
have made their appearance the men
have had rather a warm time. In the
first place, though she deliberately puts
off the costume and the habits of her
sex. the shooting woman is very tena-
cious of all the privileges it confers.
ladies first is still her motto, even
when she is posing as a man; and as the
emancipation is as yet entirely one
sized, the rule still holds good among
men, even though the lady has lost all
the outward semblance of one. This
means. of course, that she is put first,
and given the hottest" corner, with the
unsatisfactory result that the very best
of the sport often falls to one who is
wholly incapable of taking advantage Of
it. The missing of bird after bird is
sorry sight at any time, and it is poor
consolation for the host to reflect that,
even If the bag be deficient. the lady had
the cream of the shooting. London
World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09
PlowIne Under Cow Pe..

Experiments ma6e at the Alabama
station show that the fall is the proper
time to pillow under cow peas. An
analysis Of the vines was made in the
fall and again IN the spring and the
evidence was conclusive that the vines
in the fall contained Ga times as much
nitrogen as they did in the spring. The
escape of nitrogen il, therefore, seen 70
be very great It If q question If this
be not SO with other crops that are
grown for their manuria1 qualities and
that are turned under most commonly
In tn. spring.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-09

will not continually brood them. even
&c cold, and the chicks become chilled
The engraving shows a device for keep
ing the brood warm. 1t is coop with
glass top set on top of a pen filled with
heating horse manure. It is, in fact,
a coop on top of a hot bed. The bot
tom of the coop is of thin boards, SO
that sufficient warmth will go up into
the coop to make it very comfortable.
The hen and the chicks are placed in
side and sanda chaff given to scratcl,
i'll. A score of early chicks can thus be
raised that will set to laying early in
the fall.-Orange Judd Farmer.