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CUBAN WAR SONGS,
The Islands Yankee Doodle as Sung
by the Troops.

The Islands Yankee Doodle as Sung
by the Troops.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Every nation has it's typical war song
and the Cubans have theirs. 1t Is no new
song, but dates back to the insurrection of
1868, when the struggle for freedom from
Spain started at Bayarlo. The song was
written then by a patriot and is called
"Himno de Bayamo." The music is thrill
ing and the words to the song are full of
vigorous life and impulsive exhortations
The time, or measure, of the music is, of
course. that of march, and the song has
always been sung by the insurgents when
they marched to the front 1t is as famil-
lar in Cuba as Yankee Doodle" or "Dixe
in this country, and when sung by a col
umn or insurgents or even by chorus of
pretty senoritas, the music is thrilling and
the melody and concord sweet and sooth-
ing.
The first two verses of the song in the
Spanish language are as follows:
Al cornbate corred Bayameses
Cuba entera contempla Orgulosa;
No tenais una muerte gloriosa
Que morir por Ia patria es virir.
Cuba libre Espana murio-
Su poder orglillo vencide--
Del clarn eschuchad el sOnido
las armas valientes cOrr,d!
A rough translation of these verses in
English without regard to idiom or to
rhyme may be given as follows:
To the front Bayameses, run.
All Cdba looks you with pride;
Dread not a death that Is glorious,
Since to die for ones country is to live!
CuOa free and Spain dead
Her power and her pride conquered
Hear the blast OF the trumpet
And rush to ARMS, ye braves!
There is another song now being sung a
great deal by the Cubans who reside in
America. 1t is called MI Patria." 1t is
of new vintage and 'smacks of the insurrec
ton that is now going on across the waters
on the disturbed island. The air is taneful
and catchy, anu the words very fitting.
The first verse of the song is as follows:
Cuha, pltria qucrida
Aunlue d. mi iistante Ia tempo estas,
Tu mi Quito. mi doio mi vida;
Que III suelO do Sc mace no olyida
Ior distancas jlmais
Translated al random, this may be put in
English without the rhyme as follows:
Cuba, dear land OF my birth.
Although thou art far away now.
Thou my love, my idol my life;
For the spot where one is born
In absence is never forgot.
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dispatch, and So Is in great favor, being
permitted by the usages Of polite society
TO be used for regrets, acceptances and even
for invitations.
A very different species of operations is
going on at some of the other wickets Every
now and then you will see a workingman
OF smart servant maid or a serious-mind-
ed chlld come up with a pass book and
sum OF money. 1t is for the postal savings
bank department.
Any enc may open an account for him.
sen or Tor any one else and continue max
ing deposits up to $500, on which the gov
errment will pay 2& per cent a year in
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Postman Brings Her Bank Book.

delivery of kilograms. Telegraph, telephone
and letter postal three are managed by
the same set of clerks in the same sub
post office. to which everybody in the quar-
ter is forced to run, much to his own
convenience in the end.
The telegraph blanks for sending are very
much like our own in America, except that
the postal aud telegraph services being
united throughout all France, the proper
sum in postage stamps affixed to a MESSAGE
Is taken as an equivalent for cash. When
you receive a dispatch, however, 1t is never
written, but always printed, after the man.
Ter of the Stock-repdrting slips familiar to
American brokers' offices. These slips torn
Off at convenient lengths and pasted inside
sort of envelope that comes to you sealed
constitute the Petit bleu" or regular tele-
graphic dispatch. Its tariff is fixed by the
number of words employed, as with us A
more liberal If not quite as swift a SER
vice is operated in Paris by means of the
pneumatic tubes.
BY Pneumatic Tube.
These are the most fascinating machines
and attract much attention from foreigners
Behind the post office counter and occupy
ing large space by itself is great iron
frame that has the look and makes the
noise of spasmodically working printing
press. A boy and a girl are generally serv-
ing. it, the boy to do the heavy work and the
girl to have the ornamental task of sitting
at the desk and taking the money for seal
ed and unsealed pneumatic service post
cards. You APPROACH the lady and put down
a, ten-cent piece.
"Ore carte-depeche, closed, If you please"
Or, putting down three. two-cent pieces
ask for an 'open one" (Which is a mere
postal card in appearance); or, putting down
twelve cents, you ask for an "open one with
response" or, still more extensively, you
give a twenty-cent silver piece for "a closed
one, with response" The response cards
have the answer to your communicat ton
prepaid, and are addressed to yourself in
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She Had Brothers.
From an Exchange.

an EXCIlange.
YES" said the principal OF the young
ladies' seminary to the proud parent, you
ought to be very happy. my dear sir to be
the father Of SO large a family, oil the
members of which appear to be so devoted
to one another"
Large family! Devoted! What on earth
do you mean, ma amT
why, yes, indeed" SAID the principal,
beaming through her glasses. mo less
than eleven of Gusse's brothers have been
here this winter to take her out sleigh rid
Ing, and she tells me she expects the tall
one with blue eyes again tomorrow"
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Might BE Worse.

From Brooklyn Life.
Mother-"My dear, your father cannot
stand this. Your husband, the count, has
lost half million at poker within six
months"
Daughter-"But, mamma, that is not SO
bad. l understand that the Earl of Tuf-
flick and. the Marquis du Debris have each
lost twice much as that"
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHING
ton, ID. G., April IL, 1s9G-Sealed proposals will
he received at this department until TWO
O'CLOCK PM, THURSDAY, NAY SEVENTH,
1895 for furnishing the following classes of sup
plies, etc, during the fiscal year ending June 80.
1897, to wit. o. For Fuel and Ice, ~ for Fur
niture, Photographic ard other Misc eaneous Sup
plies, t3) for Stationery for the Department of
the Interior, its several bureaus and offices, and
the Civil Service Commission. At the time
and place proposals will be received for such
Meats, Provisions. Groceries, Dry Goods. Shoes,
Drugs, Paints, Hardware, Fuel lee, Lumber,
etc, as may be required by the Government Hos
pitll for the Insane, Washington. d. c., dur
ing the fiscal year above indicated: also for such
Fuel Lumber Hardware. Drugs. Chemicals Lab
ofatOry Apparatus. Engraving and other Supplies
as may be required by the U. S. Geological Survey
and the Howard University, respectively during
the same pe-icd. At the same time and place
Towels for the department, its bureaus and the
June 80, 1897. as well for the purchase during
that period of the Waste Paper of the Depart
mcnt OF the Interior. Bids must be made on
government blanks. All bids Except those for
purchase of waste paper) accepted and contracts
awarded subject to an appropriation by Congress
to Meet the expense. Forms Of proposals, sched-
ules OF items, specifications and Instructions will
he furnished to bidders application to the Chief
Clerk of the department; requests for blanks
should specifically designate the class classes
Of supplies upon which it is proposed to bid All
the proposals will he opened at the time and place
above stated, and bidders invited to be pres
ent Mt such opening. 1iOKE SMITH, Secretary.
ap11, 13, Is. 20 %, &c, my2,6
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A Question of the Times,

From the Chicago Post.
Il bought q pair of handsome embroid-
cred suspenders today, john" she said, as
she smoothed out her boomers.
For me or for you?" he asked
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your own handwriting. The closed cards
resemble open cards of double size, folded
in the middle, to be summed shut after your
message is written Naturally, as many
can crowd into the space. Waiting your
turn to write the message at one of the
three or four desks, with one of the three or
four bad pens, you have an opportunity to
breathe in any disease that may be season.
able in Paris at the moment. Then you give
it to the young lady at the desk.
When will it go, if you please?"
I'm five minutes
AS a matter of fact in about this time or
little longer the boy who has been serving
printing press ceases to respond to its cleo
trio bell jingling, and proceeds to leisurely
gather up such 'fartes-depeches" as the
young lady has dropped into the box Then
with infinite patience, he yawns, stretches
himself, and places the whole batch inside A
light tin cylinderk Showing down a lever
of the pneumatic MA chine, he drops the
cylinder into hole, carefully closes the
door, and pulls the lever up again.
'Puf-f-f-f-f-f-fT'
A giant sigh Is heaved by the machine
that looks like printing press, and all is
over. Compressed air in an air-tight tube
that runs underground all the way across
Paris to the central station watts the cylin-
der full of messages to its first destination
At the central office they are sorted for their
different divisions of Paris and sent f1ying
again to the subpost office of their final des.
tination. Here the service from post Office
to house is performed by ordinary tele-
graphic messenger boys.
Postal Savings Bank.
Where a telegraphic message would be an
hour in getting across the city, the pneu-
matte service takes from an hour and a half
to two hours. In every other respect 1t is
much more satisfactory than the telegraphic
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In France the Government Fosters
CDI
This Habit.
SMALL sums N5@sTHE POSTAL BANKS
System Of Providing Pension for
Old Age.
T POST OFFICE STATIONS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

N HARlS YOU DO
not drop your letter
in the corner lamp
box, but take it to
the subpost Office in
stead. A few blocks
walk in any direction
will take you to one
of these useful and
manufactured insti-
tutions, of which
there are hundreds
scattered about in
the great city; and a
few hours Spent in
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PROPOSALS FOR GENERAL SUPPLIES.-OFFICE
Of the Commissioners of the District of Column
tia, Washington, d. c., April H., 1S96.-Sealed
proposals will be received at this office until
Two O'CLOCK PM, ON THURSDAY, MAY
branches of the District government with general
supplies for the fiscal year TO end June 80, 1897,
ing School Bosks Furniture, Hardware. Tin
Ware, Plumbers Supplies Groceries, Boots and
Der, Fresh Meats, Castings Fuel, Dry Goods,
Ice Telephone. Supplies, Saddlery and Forage
Blank forms of proposals, together with all in
the property clerks office, Room i, third floor
front, District building, AGA Louisiana avenue
northwest The right is reserved to reject any
and all parts of bids. JOHN w ROSS
GEORGE TRUESDELL. CHARLES T. POWELL
Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia.
ap11, 13, Is, 20, ., u
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Making Money Savers.

II Is extraordinary how these minute ac-
commodations succeed in making every
one In France money saver For ex-
ample the post office savings bank depart
ment alter receiving your poor little de-
pcslts, Will take charge of your bank book
Tor you free Of expense. No one need know
that you are saving. 1t likewise holds it.
sell ready to buy up stock and bonds for
those VINO have saved sufficient money, in
order that they may begin another 500
savings bank account Written advice is
given free as to the choice of investments:
and particular attention is paid when cities
communeS or the general government is
about to negotiate new loan to give each
one OF these little investors an opportunity
TO take part in the popular loan" Often
est II IS not a question even of so bonds
but ~ bonds and s. bonds Then. to make
1t complete, the service includes a loan de-
partment, where the holders of bonds in
small quantity may safely hypothecate
them without material loss, and paying
only low rate of interest
Inc savings account of any individual
may rot exceed 500. Regularly constitut ed
assoclations. like agricultural clubs mutual
beneht societies, fire companies army Of
hcers' clubs and trades unions. NAV de-
post up to I,G1, and this without pre-
venting individual members from having
their own $500 accounts.
When the thoughtful French man. woman
or boy has saved up to this sum of 800 he
receives letter of advice, stating that he
has reached the maximum, praying him to
continue his sweet habits of financial care
1ulness, and suggesting various methods
OF investing his lump sum preparatory TO
the opening of a new account Shall the
clerk, the workingman, the servant maid
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MUNYON'S REMEDIES
POSITIVELY CURE ALL DISEASES.
Hundreds of People in Washington Are
Being Cured Of Various Diseases by the
Use of These Remedies, After Pay
ing Large Doctor Bills and Get
ting No Relief--Sold by
All Druggists, Mostly ,
for 25c. Vial
DOCTORS At YOUR SERVICE FREE!
DOCTORS At YOUR SERVICE FREE!

Office, 713 14th street northwest, open 0 TO
daily; Monday and Thursday evenings, to s;
Sundays 10 to Il, where these specialists can he
consulted all diseases free Of charge. ap21 sS
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States Patent Office, Washington, d. c. April
IS, 1s96-ssaled proposals will be received at
Two O'CLOCK Pm. OF THURSDAY, MAY
Of the weekly issues of patents and of trade
mark certificates for producing copies of draw
fngs on reduced scale for the library edition Of
patents. for producing copies OF exhausted pat
ents, for producing copies of Dirt wings of pending
apple ators, of foreign patents and publica ticns
reproducing by silver print photographs, photo
graphs OF designs. and for producing the illus
trated pages of the Official Gazette by the photo
photographic or similar process, for the fiscal year
beginning July l, 1896, and ending June 3d. 1891
All of said work will be contracted for and per-
formed under the direction of the Commissioner
of Patents, under such Limitations and conditions
as the Joint Committee Printing may from
time to time prescribe. Specifications and specl
mems and form of proposal will be furnished
upon application. All bids accepted and contracts
awarded will be subject to the appropriations
therefor made by Congress for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1897. Bonds with approved sure
ties for the faithful performance and execution Of
Commissioner reserves the right to reject any and
all bids received and to accept bids for the pro-
duo ton of the illustrated pages of the Official
Gazette separate from all other work, Or any bid
may be accepted entire. All proposals must be
submitted in duplicate addressed to the Commits
sioner of Patents, sealed, and indorsed the
envelope, Proposals for Photolithographic Work,
Patent Ofite." The proposals will be opened at
the time and place above stated and bidders are
invited to be present at such opening. JOHN S.
SEYMOUR, Commissioner. ap20-6t
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terest. A child may have an account in
Eis own name, without the intervention of
MS parents. Indeed, school teachers are
authorized to form branch savings banks
Tor pupils pennies. Wives may open ac-
counts without the intervention of their
husbands; though neither wives nor minors
may withdraw their deposits if husbands
or parents make express opposition thereto
The postal savings bank is established ex-
clusively in the interest of small savings
ana the government does not seek to make
a penny profit out of its depositors In
cider that none shall be discouraged de-
posts as low as twenty cents at a time
are deceived. Not only this, If the budding
capitalist cannot scrape together even
twenty cents, he is permitted TO buy post
age stamps, and passing these in his bank
book, thus credit himself with whatever
modest sum Of three cents, five cents. eight
cents That he may have ct the moment
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PROPOSALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS ITENiS.-OF-
fee Of the Superintendent Of the State, War and
Navy .Ailding.-Sealed proposals. in duplicate.
Endorsed Proposals for Miscellaneous Items
will be received AT this office until TWO PM.
TIT TUESDAY. MAY SEVENTH, 1896, for fur
Fishing this Office. during the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1S97 with soap, brushes. spon@os,
paints. oils. towels, crash, nails. screws, etc,
etc. Schedules. forms of proposals and all neces-
Slry Information can be- obtained upon applicai-
tion to G.. W. BAIRD. Chief Engineer. L. s. N,
Superintendent. anil IS % - my2S6
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON. n
c., April 10, 1S96-Sealed proposals Will be re.
Seiyed at the Office Of the chief clerk, Department
MAY SEVENTH, 1896, for supplying the Depart,,
ment Of Justice with the following articles and
Stationery, Fuel, Ice, Miscellaneous Supplies and
Washing Towels. Blank forms and other informa-
ton VIII be furnished by the chief clerk On appli-
defects and to reject any or all bids or parts of
bids. ap1l Is. L % q % mvoSe
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PS2POSAlS- o.. $. DEPARTMENT OF AGRT
culture, OfnCe OF the Secretary Washington ID
Z; April 9, 1S96-Sealed proposals. in dIinIicate
subject to the usual conditions, will be received
ny ~ me Secretnry of Agriculture until TWO p N
ing the 7. s. Department Of Agriculture AMI IFS
several branches during the fiscal wear en,;nS
SS.If 90, 1881. the following supplies: Stationery
duplicating Supplies. Printers Material and Sesi
rockets; Laboratory Supplies. Lumber and PAL
lnS Boxes, Fuel Painters Material PlumberS,
Material, Ice Forage; Car Seals Card Tarl and
Hog Rings BrOoms. Brushes, etc: FIoNer patS
Cleaning Carpets and Washing Towels Teierranb,
and Hardware Supplies, Flags, Instrument SIN.
Plies, Maps, Map Frames, and Purchase of waStpa
Paper Full information, with Schedules and
blanks. can be obtained dpO6 application to the
Department the Weather Bureau -PerStns
applying should specify the class of articles unon
which they desire to submit bids. Bids must he
sealed and addressed to the Secretary of AgricuI-
LING MORT on. Secretary
apll, 13, Is, %, x, q, my2.6
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I Y,
&c.-Ottire of the Public Printer. Washington. ID.
c. April II, 1S96-Sealcd proposals Will he
Ceivcd at this office untfl TWO O'II0CS PM
MAY SEVENTH. 1896. for furnishing stationery,
fuel. ice. hardware, plumbing and electric sup
plies. lumber, &c. for the of the Govern
mcnt Printing Office during the fiscal year ending
june 30. 1897. Sealed proposals Will also he
received ut the same time for furnishing material
for the of the Government Printing Office
during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1897.
The right TO reject any and all bids and to waive
defects is reserved. Detailed schedules OF the
stationery. fuel, ice and material required. ac-
ccmpanied by blank proposals. and giving the
regulations with which bidders must comply
ay be obtained by addressing this Office. TIL
+. BENEDICT, Public Printer. apl1 Is % my2
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. WASHINGTON.
APIIi IL: lS96-S.alCd proposals will he received
unti TWO PM. MAY SEVENTH, 1896 to fur
.ie,,, TO inc Smith;oIian Institution U. s. Ma
iiohal Museum. Bureau of International Ex-
changes. National Geological Park and Bureau of
IIiH1Eoo2y during the fiscal year ending Juno 30,
IS"s' supplies. ETC., of the following classes:
1EtEicalS, Wooden BOHes and Unit Drawers
F2od Tor Animals. Fuel and lee, Paints, Oils, etc.
iItuNare' Lumber, Stationery. Textiles, Mis-
tcrial: Aw2rds will be made only to established
manufacturers OF or dealers in the articles The
ilSht IS reserved to waive defects and TO reject
any or all bids or parts of bids. Blank forms
WIN Specihc;itionS fer proposals. and further in
formation desired 10y intending bidders will he
furnished on application the Office of the as
aT11.lS,25 '''-
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PROPOSALS. FOR COAL, PROvENDER AND ICE
for the United States Naval Observatory.-Navy
department. Bureau Of Equipment, Washington
d C.. April II. 1Sy6.-Scaed proposals, in dupli-
cate. addressed to the Chief of the Bureau of
Equipment. Navy Department, Washington. d.
g, viii be received at this bureau until TWO
O'CLOCK Pm. On THURSDAY. MAY SEW
ENIH, 1886, and publicly opened Immediately
thereafter, for the supply Of the following arti-
cles: Coal; proTender and ice, to be delivered at
the mted states Naval Observation, Georgetown
Heights Washington ID. c., in accordance with
the specifications, which. with blank form of
proposals and instructions to bidders will be
supplied upon application to this bureau The
bureau reserves the right to waive informaIities
and viii reject any or all bids not considered
advantageous to the government. RESPONSIBLE
security Will be required for the faithful per
formance OF the contracts f. E CHADWICK,
Chlct OF bureau ap11 is, 2J&my2
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PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY AND MISCEL-
laueuus Supplies.-War Department Supply Divls-
iCn, Washington D.. G., April IL, 1S96.-Sealed
proposals. III duplicate, subject to usual condl-
tIOns, will be received here until TWO O'CLOCK
L. NJ. THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH 1896, at
which tine they will he opened for furnishing
Stationery and Miscellaneous Supplies consisting
of brOJms. brushes, soaps, towels, etc.l for the
War Department and its bureaus and Offices dur
Ing fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. Blank forms
of proposals showing items and estimated quanti-
ties Of stationery and miscellaneous supplies re-
CURED will he furnished on application. Pro-
pGSaiS must be on blank forms furnished by the
department and securely inccsed in sealed en-
yciopeS Endorsed outside of envelope Pro
pOSals for Stationery and Proposals for Mis-
ceIlaueOuS supplies respectively, and addressed
to Il. ]. WiIITTON, Chief of Supply Division.
anil >. my
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL. ICE AND WASHING
Towels.-Unted States Commission Of Fish and
Fisheries. Washington D. c., April II. 1906
Sealed proposals will be received by the under
signed at this Commission until THURSDAY. the
SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 1896. at TWO
O'CLOCK PM. at which time and place they
will be opened in the presence of attending bid
derS for furnishing such Coal and Ice as may be
ordered during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1891. Bids also invited for Washing Towels
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids,
to waive technical defects and TO accept any
part of any bid and reject the other part. Blanks
for proposals. with specifications OF the require,
ments to be met in respect to each article. and
also the estimated quantities probably to be re-
quircd of each, will he furnished on application
TO thu disburSing agent ]. ]. BRlCE, Commits
SiOEer apll. o,my2,b