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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

No. 3 of Wayne where Christian work
is.is been carried on under the direction
of James Raymond for the past six years
a very interesting and quite largely at
tended meeting WAS held on Sunday eve
ming last Thomas l.. Stanton. a former
and widely known resident of North
Monmouth was present and added much
to the interest of the meeting by relating
some Of his experiences as Christian
worker. Mr.. Stanton VIII also take
charge of the meeting next Sunday, June
-. at the same place. beginning at 80 p.
NJ. when Il large attendance is antici-
pated. These meetings have been produc-
Raymond Is looking forward with re-
newed hope for the future.
WINSLOW.
Elmer Wyman came very near being
killed last Saturday. He was in a crew
pealing bark when a falling tree struck
him and crushed him to the ground
His hip was dislocated. No internal
njury-Barnum Hodges who is in his
S4uh year. hale and hearty. was at cleo
ton, Monday. He was never missed an
election since he became of age. He -
staunch Republican.-Alfred Morris
cite has his slightly new house on Sand
Hill nearly completed.
SOUTH vASSALBoRo.
MfS. II. Z. SlCt OF ffdlioWcii. NSit-A
her brother. ]. p. Twitchell. last week
Miss Grace Stone returned. Friday
evening, after teaching seven weeks
term of school on Parmeter hill in the.
town of China.-Mr. and Mrs FREQ
Cony of Augusta, We're in the place
Monday.-Mrs. II. +. Sutherland ana
son of Minong, Wisconsin. and MISS
Alice Getchell of Riverside. spent the
Sabbath with their sister. Mrs r. b.
Whitehouse. - George Lamson and
daughters of Whitefield visited his
father, jeremiah Lamson. last Thurs
day.
LITCHFIEI.D PLAINS.
Chadren's day was observed al the
Plains church. sunday evening, ana qube
a large gathering was present on the DC
casion. The following IS the programme
of the exercises given by members OF dne
Sabbath school: Praise service OF 10
minutes: prayer by the pastor. Rev. MI.
Mayo; singing. Helen Blanchard. Adesta
blanchard. Leroy Varney and Deima
reading. Clara Hutchinson; singing
Pearl Packard: speaking: Ruthie Lap
ham: speaking. Daisy kidder; speak
ing, Willard Blanchard; singing, Leroy
Narney and Adesta blanchard; speakins.
Pearl Packard; speaking. Leroy Narnes,
select reading. Edith M. Small; select
reading Angie " Roberts; remarks by
Rev. /. V. Mayo and Hon. J. ID. smith OF
Minneapolis, MINI. A collection was then
taken for home missions after when
closing hymn was sung by the choir the
exercises were very interesting. luo
church was beautifully decorated Win
potted plants. cut flowers, wild flowers.
ferns and evergreens.-Mr. F. c. Wyman
has gone to Massachusetts to work.
Frank Small from Bowdoin college. was
the guest of A. l.. Small last week.
Mrs Hobert l.. Wright who has been the
gu, ST OF Mrs. l.. f. Shorey has gone !"
Portland. -Hon. ]. ID. Smith of Minneapo
lis, Mimi, and his daughter and isI,e
son are the guests of Hon. ana MIS-
Samuel Smith for few days.-The ium-
her for the horsesneds Is now being
hauled on to the church grounds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

Four days more Of such progress as
that of Monday ought to finish the tar
if bill in the Senate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

The enterprising citizens Of Milbridge
have read all about this electric age.
They feel the Jingle of 1t themselves
They occasionally go away from home
and ride on the fast mail trains and
know that on certain routes the letters
will advance 1900 miles in single day
so that when they have letter 10
hours on the road between their town
and Franklin % miles distant, they feel
like grumbling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

winthrop. Maine, May IA. 1Ss1.-My
mother had congestion Of the liver ana
kidney trouble. We gave her Hoods
Sarsaparilla and the very next day sne
began to improve and now she Is WELL
Mrs. d. A. Stone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

False In one. false in all" Il an ~
cient legal maxim. Remember 1t 70 tne
disadvantage of any brakeman wno IT.
to substitute one article for anotDeG
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

HOODS PILLS are the favorite ca
thartic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

The New York Independent of June
10, devotes nearly column to review
of Hon. Joseph Williamson's "Bibliog-
raphy of Maine" which it calls "one of
those labors of love which deserve adj
miration as the pecuniary reward Is
sure to be out of all relation to the lab
or expended and to the real merits of
the work. The collection is
one of supreme Importance for the study
of all topics relating to Maine. 1t is
impossible to do such collection JUS
tice in q brief notice; but we commend
the work to our readers who, IL they
have occasion to use such an aid as this
will thank us for calling their attention
to it, and thank Hon. Joseph William
son yet more for tightening their labors
and giving them SO much intelligent d-
rection."
The jubilee parade is coming over to
Calais to show the Yankee cousins how
the loyal subjects do it.
A doctor happened to be passing the
other day the home of an Auburn boy
who had just swallowed a lathe nail.
There also happened to be a pair of
t.cycle forceps in the house and with
these the doctor extracted the nail,
, which had lodged in the boys throat.
Thieves raid the Calais flower gar
dens and steal the plants. This Is es
pecially exasperating this year when
the flower gardens have had to cope
/ with all sorts of difficulties.
Some one with an eye to feminine
beauty broke into the show cases at
the entrances to the Bangor photo
graph studios the other night and stole
Jherefrom pictures of all the pretty
girls.
A South Portland parish is immersed
in sea of trouble over what some. who
! wanted to be baptized by immersion,
thought was refusal by the pastor,
| whereas he claims he only asked for
time to consider the matter Meanwhile
an outside pastor performed the SER
vice and this intensified the anything
but brotherly love.
| Bangor is to have that new festival
building and already knows of many
uses to which it may be put.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

A visitor caught a five pound Gunner
at Bar Harbor the other day and when
an old fisherman told him he had land
ed the biggest fish of the kind ever
taken from those waters the lucky man
evinced no particular interest. Now II
that had been a proportionately large
trout at Rangeley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

If all the people humbugged by pa
tent medicines and fake doctors, who
couldn't make living practising in the
regular way. should send in their tes-
timonials the harvest of those quaeks
would be less. An instance is related
IF one dupe who did, recently. send in
her testimonial. unsolicited of course
and Furthermore gave it out for FOR
publication. The testimonial was as
follows: My Dear Mr.. 4: / re-
ceived your bottle of your pain chaser
4 few days ago and tried it with Won
derful results. Before that had been
doing my house work on crutches. but
after taking one half the bottle accord
ing to the directions / went to bed
where | am now, and Eben has hired a
girl. | cannot praise your medicine too
highly for its effect on my husband
All efforts to get him to hire some help
for me heretofore has failed. Yours
gratefully, Mrs. E.
Signs of approaching good times are
noted at Machias in that where the de-
mand has been for chuck steaks now
nothing but the choicest cuts will do.
Felix Chene of Biddeford boarded q
Montreal bound train, the other day.
with the agility of boy and is off on
n well earned vacation. Felix is 80
years old.
Tho 1nnq rains had a ms yian1 affanf
On the old worn out pastures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

Machias Republican. Love is blind
At least it would seem 50. when that
widower from an adjoining town and
he young lady with a three-estate pat
rimony, pass each other In a crowd un-
recognized after billing and cooling in
sly hooks. and expect thus to hide their
future intentions for a surprise Ia
friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23
LINIINGToN,

LINING TIN.
Jerry Anderson of South Limington:
to his horses. He stepped In behind one
of them without speaking to the horse
ond the animal kicked him between inc
ankle and knee breaking his leg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

We are led to infer that Somerset
county contains an occasional mean
man. Were not this sort of an individ-
ual somewhat uncommon there. how
ever, our correspondent would not
have thought 20 write Us concerning
two of that variety recently exposed.
Dne of them and he stands at the head
# the list of superlativeiy mean men
thereabouts. we presume. recently took
from his poor sister. a widow who fer
years has uncomplainlngly eked out an
Existence on poor little place. the only
COW she had because she could not pay
when II fell due the little claim her
wealthy brother had upon Il. Such
5rotherly affection would be its own fit
ting reward with one whose skin was
not as thick az the epidernis or a rhi-
noceros. The other mean nan-pefhaps
he didn't intend 10 be mean, for We
have seen people who formed the habit
Of beating down in trade almost
uncpnsciously and finally became con-
lirmed victims Of the chronic habit
spent two hours trying to get a South
Norridgewock trader 20 knock on two
cents on a twenty-five cent trade. H
finally carried his point but If his time
is worth no more than that 10 him he
certainly does not need that two cents.
But the correspondent says the old fell
low was as tickled as boy with red
topped boots.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

marks a Democratic paper. He did, sure
ly-336 to az
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

Eastport is planning TO long remem-
Der July 18th, 1897.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

Some individuals. who would be high
ly indignant to receive even a nominal
ton for hog reeve, have no hesitancy
in cumming their newspaper informa-
ton in the most public manner and
some of them 1t is suspected. are not
above stealing the newspaper from
their neighbours doorstep. A comment
on Portland hummer. who regularly
every morning went to the news stand.
opened and read paper and then put
il back again without buying anything.
calls forth this from Bucksport where
news dealers are long suffering or there
would have been riot ere this: Hap
pen into Cobb Bros news store any
morning when the paper arrives and
the observer may notice from one to
half dozen prominent citizens enjoy
ing the paper at their leisure. reading
interesting items to the bystandsrs.
commenting upon this and finding fault
with that item and having perused the
paper 10 their satisfaction, fold the
sheet away, place il back on the pile
and saunter forth To retail the stolen
information in the gossip shops from
one end of the town to the other. They
buy a paper once In a while. sometimes
as often as twice in single year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23
kennebec.

At the Baptist schoolhouse in District
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23

Bangor is to have that new festival
building and already knows of many
uses to which it may be put.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

"a an address on "Horricuiture and
Efsalsh.' Before the American Associa-
ton s5r rie Advancement OF Science,
Prof. ~. r Iazsn5y discussed the nu-
ssiu!se vsiae of various fruits, and
sliawed that an average man wha
slisuld undertakes 20 live on strawber-
slex alone wouid have to consume
eiaicg pounds % them in day in or
der 20 obtain a sufficient quantity Of
one ~ the nosc important elements Of
food. protein But while he was getting
sis proper amouat Of protein from the
ssfawberries. they would give him sew
en- rlr.ca Ton mach Of another neces-
sary onapoand. namely. carbohydrates.
PorJq-sour pounds Of tomatoes day
would supply nearly the right quantity
aad proportion Of protein. carbohyd-
pafe ant fat, the three most essential
esnRgissen.a sc food The chief value Of
sru5s consists in It's acids, which are
important to sesIth.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

81 an outcome % the rage for post
age stamp collecting, there are several
men Is London who make a good Iiv-
ing az postage stamp repairers. their
sasy being 10 fnseniously piece to-
eefher valuable stamps which have
been torn or mangied- Perhaps the
es5ef az alg their duties Is that Of put
dag a new perforated edge upon valu-
ahls stamps which have been carelessIy
emf our from envelopes instead Of be-
ing carefully torn away or otherwise
seaaovea. They DO this so well that
d IL Impossible for any one but a very
sice expert TO tell that false perform
zion mas Seen added. In some cases,
waese naatfIated stamps are concerned,
two imperfect specimens are made to
fevra one perfect one, and even the
calors. where very considerable fading
bas taken Place. are restored.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

aarassss A. zEsf II WIS tliis attack upon
siiH assslE tilsr sssi' esaIEesI Tar1ss an
iiiifiil- RlESsIse WIS vain. and raro was
q ilsTfEFfser jsssgssL nsliasee II is said
iiiai ssliiie siisn zFse nfsls death are wit
sii''sf'sa ~ e l1GnaEzfn!E 81 events IN tlieir
lltssza siaii'lll .Iaasxz l.z1idl,, before them
isf-siisfls LITDl ind saIas sIeir premo-
iFiflsH iar s.irsge Has \ rii8irghrfnI ex-
1ifessiian On iii.1 alm1sr human couu-
i'';i'-iiaes ar'-siaDE iis r.inHHlir af a far
1il 1iuf8e where he had swung IN the
tlssas ami ciiasseresI the hours away
s'.r1iaps BE- riinnRsIr Of some soft
Folrsst member OF the fair sex,
wli1ss smiles had once been his
serhaps recollection carried him back
% the dsiiri0nB evening when he had
esfaIzed his inanorara to the Abor-
iBlnai ball, aud discussed coeoanuts
aiid Tie barxiniau theory as they
swung by their tails from the branches
at q Banyan tree close by his home.
Perhaps he thought cruel things Of his
keeier. who stood conEulsed with
lalgiiTeE- Whatever his thoughts were.
tsIey We're not long. The snake having
a splendid leverage. the grating could
rot resist the strain any longer. and
haro was pulled through the opening.
a lew moments later he was a shape
less mass in the RELENTLESS folds OF a
boa constructor 4 few hours later and
tis sualtc's reptiIian conntenance
seemed % wear a smile. A twinkle OF
conteHtmeur seemed present in his
beaaig eyes a. he lay stretched out az
f'iii length Halt way down his scaIy
body was a pronounced enlargement,
and something In ia obtgnsiye rutun-
diig seened 20 sag. "Hac facet Taro."
F~as even 50. Tar0's chain knew him
M. more, for his obsequies had been
contaminated.
Rsdniescas in pace.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

~ pspa 81 Neapp 8ply.r has sseH't
i's'.sc ? pew s.aepipr Cor 1,tss - y $50
ngiaz. z 80 sRnsnnses ssfst N0rss
ssssssr ~ etss A. a ~. k a - e.
= sae Z 8 = Railways Jas sl.asgss'f
= fssey ~ surpfNnsg Ia &s.arsssp
sat'pa auy titse aftsr 5 o 81 REf
1855 e. ~ . IN. SEly nrrsfsg -
AassisrssU 81 csT eias ssslses, 81 aDssFE.
- sbs sel.ocp.e Va ~ ~ ssf.0ss 80
stoHafg a 600 etsercasser A. 1tss
sssi~S raes tbropYt SalsptiS rnSnrs.
40 ~ botrt = .esEaeg sue Rssps ~
~ ipoa' 0ppsrnsebs. t&6,f ~ q ssrps.s ~
sEe'f.sr t1s sppea spassstssiss. - $50
= - mped ysctpr~squF sUtsss ~ Fiss
tsi'apRi rapisHl &sy 6srsssa s,fisus, 80
t.ais Ai.oet. tlcpqf fAeasisarA $50 90
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

The late Frank auckland, the natu-
"a {. maintained ttas all flesh was eat
able. He sought 20 give proof OF this
statement by tasting the meat OF all
auinals. reptiles and birds which he
encountered in his career. He found
the hesll o. the Eattlesnabe delicate and
sacsuleat. That OF the blacksnake was
not so good Lizards We're exception
ante while panther chops were not
eaaIHl 10 those OF pork, which they
somewhat resemble. The finest eating
Ess furnished by elephants feet
balsd IN a hole IN che ground. accord
ing 10 flie mode in vogue in Africa
IA New Zealand, where grasshoppers
arr more tllau abundant, they are
used lsr food By Europeans This may
Suggest 20 the people OF Kansas and
a1iDicent states an agreeable change in
fieir diet, Grssshoppers are pro-
aonnred a great deiicacy in New Yea
iasd. when prepared according to the
l6ilDwlag recipe One busfeI Of the
INSECTS is immersed for two hours in
one-iialc gallon of pork brine The
Insects are Chen broiled il the liquid
sar twenty minutes. then thoroughly
rlnaed u warm wafer and placed in an
oven 20 become crisp. When cold the
aeads are removed and they are ready
" be- eaten. The flavor is said to
rsSefable chat % shrimp Popular
Science MouraIy
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

scapoas. ~ Scaes cspaes ~ Sasosnala,
s,,s a. eaas ~ q nasS. Tssgs sforts az
ssrssa.fs. aASep N rms csasSaaion %
,,ipaass. weEe aas8gsisx- Sogastasas
s,aissssezk q seN fssS away esaziss has
~. sa.f ~ Aas ass6sg esIsfaaiassle en-,
6sas0ns ~ easaAsce Alaseff over the
e,,ass aseg@s@ Ntara ne elffaa kept RJas
srgsg sssstgfnx. has ssIs ~ hestAeT, 90
Nasef a. eaaxga ~as sss&eied, BROKE ~
sNa. Spe Tsss IN GaseSe was free Es
va seasaas saS good ~ ~ true. boz
Va,ag Tass s6sssfl2 feslixe6 shas ks
Vas fires ~ assibe ess fss@ sSftN eaat~
se,aaS. skssk WIS enthusiastically =
~egs se So ~ Dgserxsa0E, soon Ne had
sns9ssas Rfsseff bSt0 a ecHrsItfee %
suaaas ysslsqa, saS. - sEt eessst was
,s,sg ~ sees esaR@eNce6 kAs TOM Of
.,SsIsszssss. Hasfsx cSpl0Fed fss ~,
$500 AZ ss0 tess, Tsf0s nsrs
ss's..y,ss was q ne exterior,
80 sSy5sx gssssfsf GaasF ne
49, 80 eseysA fle 0stssSe world DARK,
sssasi ss6 @Srs0sssbis, he was glad
ss,szb a. eFssD BACK. JSSs at that mo-
.,nnt 49, etRks man entered TIE tentv
49, ~, astrS eye sS0s discovered the
" ss wssst aeli, wfsIeb @ascIy told
- .sSry n TaF0's liberation, ana =
~ gtssee showed bis the small
sa,.n a ~ runaway percsed on top o.
49,, ~ sgsse esEs, Simply Tsfo eIgeed
N. tawd 0ssstfstsbe9 10 grasp MN.
Dsrislyejy ~ etss'erse 81 me ffs w
,sass,o,s ef tise Keeper 20 capture him.
,,.s M sAatter ~ GerisI0S was soon
~ ~ ~ = shriek Of pain, Set into
IN T IN u NE snake cage was ven.
~ .s,s.ey slssst . foot 10 diameter, and
s n,ss Win coarse neshsa a., wire 2
s ssssing wbIeh prevented 40 aphldian
s.@<,s through ore Of these meshe.
,gs,o had iBtrpaed Bis tail. ana one q q
80 a. sesIy reptiles that had slowly
w. .so,,,d H. sInaoss way 70 Che TOP q
W. ssgs h IsaggidIy persistent man
~, mls.akIng u for some new species
~ =, ire Ilab, had wr~7ped 9 fold o. two
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

The defences Of the southern section
u the line, from Majana to Artemisa,
consist Of a continuous line OF small
blockhouses, about 100 yards apart,
connected by rifie-pits and trenches,
and protected in front by barbed wire
fencing and by wire ENGAGEMENTS.
Some Of the bIockhouses are made of
loose stone, and some Of heavy plank
ing. At four points on the line are
camps with strong garrisons support
ing the men in the trenches and block
houses. The central section, from
Artemisa to Guanajay. is twelve miles
long. and IS protected with stone
breastworks. barbed wire and block
houses, with camps at intervals of a
mile and half The ground here is
level and open; but the northern sec
ton from Guanajay to Mariel runs
through a broken country such as pre-
vents the construction of continuous
line of trenches and blockhouses. All
the commanding heights are fortified,
end the road is protected with trenches
and breastworks. Twenty thousand
Spanish troops guard the "trocha."
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13
RENO COUNTY
RHEUMATISM.
NERVOUS DISORDERS IN CAS-
TLETON. KANSAS.

Seven Years a Sufferer-So Relief from
Physseians-Pink Pills Work a Cure
On Mrs. Am t. Devenis.r in SIX Weeks.
(Frnn The Gazette, Hutchinson. Kansas.)
'sIf thcle is any thing have entire faith
in, in the way OF medicine said Mrs. Ann
T. Devenish, OF Castleton, Keno County,
Kansas. TO reporter. lit is DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People,
s.Why2 do you ask-well for seven years
i was wretched sufferer from nervous
debility and rheumatism. Ny wrists were
50 swollen and my fingers so stiff that got
no sleep at night. My hips, backbone and
shoulder blades were so painful if moved
that would awake screaming with agony,
and a small lump Of bone or callous grew
on my spine, which was exquisitely painful.
OF course my heart was badly affected. and
the numerous physicians whom i consulted
were all Of one mind, and that was that
my days were numbered, and they could do
me no good.
Il could not leave my bed without help,
and once lay for three weeks in one posi-
lion and would not have been sorry If
death had ended my sufferings, when one
| day about three months ago, some one read
( TO me from the Hutchinson Gazette an ac-
count Of a wonderful cure Of patient
/ whose ills were somewhat similar TO mine,
! by using Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People.
Il was struck by what ] heard and pro-
cured a supply Of Pink Pills about six
weeks ago, aad had not got throngh the
I first box when ] received extraordinary
| relief Lope returned and lcontinued with
the pills, every day adding TO my store Of
4 health My nerves became tranquil, the
| rheumatic pains began TO leave me, paIpi-
| tation OF the heart ceased, my kidneys and
liver grew normal, and though am still
taking Pink pills, am almost well.
Il can tell you of three persons to whom
have recommended Pink Pills--all of
| Castleton, who are suffering with heart
! difficulty Mrs. l.. Smyth, Mr.. John Pur-
4 cell and Mr. Maher. and they will tell you
what Pink Pills did for them, and they
also know what they did for me-
DR.. Williams Pink pills contain, in con-
densed form, all the elements necessary 10
give new life and richness TO The blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar TO females, such
as suppressions, irregularities and all forms
OF weakness. They bald up the blood. and
restore the glow of health TO pale and
sallow cheeks In men they effect radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worry,
over-work or excuses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes never in loose
bulk at 80 cents a box or six boxes for s. 80.
and may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, n. Y.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-03-13

The "trocha" to which frequent ref
arence Is made in Cuban dispatches
describing the movements of General
Weyler is fortified line extending
across the island from Mariel on the
northern coast 20 Majana on the south
ern. The purpose of the Spanish COM
nanders. in constructing and fortify-
ing this line, was to cut off the west
arn province OF Pinar del Rio from the
rest Of the island, and thus to prevent
the retreat of the forces Of the Cuban
leader Maceo. who Is operating in that
province. Mariel, the northern termi-
nus OF the line, Is about twenty-five
miles west of Havana and at two
points. Guanajay. which is six miles
south Of Mariel, and Artemisa, which
Ia four miles north Of Majana, there
Il direct railway connection with
Havana. West of the "trocha" there
Is fairly open country for a few miles
but beyond Is the mountainous region
in which Maceo's forces have their
camps.