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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF PINES
MOST EEALTHFUL OF THE Gu
BAN RESORTS

1t is Stated That the Climate Is az
lie Found This Side of Heaven
exc Water of Its Springs Has a
Wonderful Effect ON InvaIids-
Used Externally and Internally.
Correspondence of New Haven Journal.
Maps of Cuba are so numerous now
adays that you will have no difficulty
in locating the Isle of Pines, although
1t does not figure in the present war
and has seldom been heard of In the
United States. But the world is not
long to remain in ignorance of it. AS
soon as peace is restored and some
level-headed Yankee develops its Won
derful springs it will hold the same
relation as sanitarium 10 our CONT
nent that the Furnas Valley CT ST.
NJ oh 2els, in the Azores, does 20 Eu opa.
1t lies off the southern coast of Cuba,
about ninety miles due south of Ha-
Nana city, and equidista ant from the
western tip, and is the only islet of size
anG consequence among the thousands
that encompass the queen of the An
TILES. l visited it early last spring,
sailing westward from Cienfuegos, but
the future tide Of t! avel will come down
Ilom new DIX or Iampa to havana;
thence two or three hours by rail acre IS
the narroweSt portion of Cuba TO the
dirty little southern port of Batabano
ar then by steamer across fifty-four
miles Of tranquil SEA to Pine island
The climate is as near absolute per-
lection as can be found this side OF
heaVen-the Grv, pure air cooled by
breezes from the nearby ocean and
odorous of the pine forests. At pres
ent only one of the springs, called
Template" 0emperate), is used as a
bath. A house has been erected over
1t, divided into compartments for wom-
Ell and men, each bathing pool being
twelve feet by six, with four inches
of water on a floor of solid stone. The
temperature of the water is 50 degrees
Fahrenheit, and it is very strongly
impre gnated with oxygen, carbonic
acid gases, chloride Of sodium, sulphate
Of lime, nitrate of lime, iron, magnesia
Slick, chloride of calcium, and nobody
knows what other constituents making
about the nastiest drink imaginable
Beside it the SAVIOR of adjled eggs, COM
mon to most mineral springs, is as
ambrosia, and even the smell of 1t
generally acts as a lively emetic on
newcomers. The regulation cure here,
as prescribed by the Cuban doctors for
almost every disease known to materia
medica, is four glasses a day of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

slgnt as one would wish to see It Is
not given to the multitude to see tbIs
sde Of the society life of today. Our
girls are not DESTROYS of counting public
attention with their skill as fencers
IL requires an open sesame" to admit
any ore but the elect to the room whore
fenclng lessons are given to those who
are rich enough to pay for the expea-
sive LUXURY.
For these reasons II is not probable
that many will be privileged to see
Miss Lowther when she pays US a visit.
Her universally admired skill with the
sword will be reserved for those who
nave the entree into the fencing circles
or New York society, and these are w.
But every one can make her acquain-
lance through the photograph printed
with this, and every one who does so
will admit that she Is a graceful and
pretty girl.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

many hundred yards from their roots
in the top branches Of stout caucho,
or ciutching the stem of PLAN tree
that hangs Withered in the coils of it's
captor.
SMALLER CREEPERS
are often strangied by the grip Of these
giants. though their vegetative energy
was curiously illustrated by an inclde ut
in Gen. Pando's campaign against the
insurgents of the southern province
Some thirty miles east of Las Tunas
detachment of rebel guerrillas was
surprised in their camp and completely
surrounded by Spanish cavalry before
they had reached the foot of an is ola. ed
hill that had sheltered their bivouac
After several Intellectual attempts to
break the blockade the entrapped guer-
rlliaS retreated toward the ridge of
their hill and there disappeared COM
ple;ely and permanently though the
troopers dismounted and searched the
cliffs till night and all the following
day. 1t was then supposed that they
must have slipped through the Gordon
CT outposts somewhere or ether, but
desert rs subsequently reve2led the fact
tnat they had taken refuge in cavern,
hidden by wall of tangled creepers-
vegetable sore en- enc and half wards
thick
by ScIlie strange oversight nature has
failed TO stock these mountain jungies
with foxes, but the omission has been
renedied by all sorts of assisted immi-
grants. In the course of the twenty-odd
wars that have conyulsed the island
s.nce the beginning of the last century.
thousands of owner.ess dogs have TAX
Ell refuge in the sierras, and earned
their right Of existence by p.eying upon
the millions of likewise imported rab-
bits, who otherwise would have multi
Flied into billions, and devoured the
field crops. like their relatives in cast
err Australia and New Zealand
Spaniels, terriers and galgos (Span-
lsh greyhounds) all had to forage for
a living the best way they could, ard
their oss-breeding license has pro-
oGced some astonishing mongrels
frowsy hounds, and ours with the tail
of poodle and the black-snouttd head
or a bulldog. Some of them burrow
IN rhe caVernous limestone cliff of the
highlands, others in fallen trees or in
the ruins of deserted ranches, but all
have learned to dread man as their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
TRICKS OF THE FOlLS
MISS LOWTHER SAID TO KNOW
EVERY ONE OF THEM

Coming to This Country at the In
vitation of Our Society Fencing
Gfrls--Chal1enges Any Swords
mnn-Has Shown Her Skill Be-
fore the Prince of Wales and Has
Won the Title of Champion.
Correspondence the St. Paul Globe.
NEW YORK, July IA. - Does the
modern girl clasp her hands and look
on in terrified silence when swords
clash together, sparks fly and two
adopts at the art of fencing are thrust
ing, parrying, lunging, straining every
nerve and using every trick of the
weapon to gain a point? Not a bit Of
it, She may very likely be the one
that holds the foils and lunges and
parties as aforesaid. The modern girl
is afraid Of nothing on the earth be-
meath, and, 1 was going to say, in the
heavens above, but that would be do
Ing her an injustice, for, with all her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

yacht Deerhound and escaped to Lon
don, where he became hero. They
presented him with swords and toasted
and feted him continually. He made
his way back to the South through
Mexico. He was made rear admiral in
command of the James river squadron,
and guarded the approaches to Rich
mond' until the close of the war.
Semmes died in Mobile, Ala, in 1877.
After the war he was a lawyer, Judge.
editor and author. There is no doubt
that for intrepidity and daring no
American has ever commanded a YES
sci who surpassed him in sheer cour-
age. He was also extremely skillful.
a good tactician and an able strategist.
That he inflicted millions of dollars
damage on the merchant fleets of the
North is forgotten now What is re-
membered is that he was an American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
Three Hundred 9paniards Killed.

II 300 Americans can XII 300 Spauards in
800 days, how many Americans will it take
sand dollars will be paid to the persons an
sWering the above problem correctly. Many
other prizes of value. All of which will be
trated Weekly. As a positive guarantee to
my reliability l refer to any mercantile or
commercial agency. AS the object of Offer
ing these prizes Is to attract attention TO my
popular family magazine. each person an
sWerlng must inc-ose with their answer Eve
2,cent stamps Tor ten cents silver Tor sam
pie number containing full particulars. Ssnd
today. To be first is a laudabie ambi ion:
you may secure the thousand dollars Ten
dollars In gold will be paid for the best orig
inal problem, to be published in future
number. Address C. NJ Upton, 324 Dear
born street, Chicago, Ill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

worst and, indeed, their only mortal
enemy, for there are no tse-tse flies
that killed out the kennel of Gordon
Cumming, and the vindictive blHe
hornets are hardly, quick enough tu
terminate the existence Of a swift-foot-
ed quadruped
THE DOG POPULATION.
In time of peace the Creoles now
and then combine to reduce the dog
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

chivalry prevents their doing So.
Whether this lady can fence with her
left hand as well as her right hand or
not, this deponent is unable to say,
but it is great score on the part of
a fencer to be able to use both hands
Unfortunately.
FENCING IS FASHIONABLE.
Fencing has, during the last few
years, become quite a fashionable pur-
suit, though there are one or two points
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

population in the interest of the sheep
farms. They track the bush ours with
trained hounds, shoot them in gullies,
where they may be found gnawing the
remains of a horse skeleton, or smoke
them out of their retreats in mountain
caves-though the latter eXpedient
might fail to answer it's purpose in the
caverns of Guatasiho, that are suppos-
ed to reach from the slopes of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
LIFE OF "BUCKEY" O'NEILL
THRILLING CAREER OF A
ROUGH RIDER
Who Lost His Life in the Fighting
before Santiago-was an Ari-
IONA Miner, Scout, Judge, Sheriff,
mayor. Gambler, Dead Shot, Sol
der, Hero and AII-ROund Good
Fellow.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal
Capt. Buckley O'Neill, the most
picturesque man Of the West, was
among the first to go down in that
thrilling charge Of the rough riders UP
the hillside at San Juan, in the cam
paign before Santiago.
A brave spirit and a unique charac-
ter, Buckley O'Neill was known from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and his
epitaph cannot be better epitomized
than in his own graphic phrase, writ
ten just before the departure from
Tampa, who would not gamble for
a new star in the fag?" Buckley"
gambled and lost, and the rough riders
are mourning gallant fighter, man
who never knew fear, who had shot
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The island of Porto Rico is, on the
whole, The tamest of the Spanish colo
mics; there is no game, and the low
mountain ranges offer little to encour-
age the hopes Of curiosity hunters, ex-
tiCn that cover every neglected spot
from TIE fens of the foothills to the
SUBMITS rocks of the Central SierraS
But the sightseeing expectations Of
our militant cOuntTymen will be album
dainty gratified in Cuba, the scenic
wonderland OF the West India archi-
pelagc. The coast range of Santiago
the iirst American mountain chain that
greeted the eyes Z Columbus, towers
to a height Of $500 feet above the level
of the coast, plain, and the precipitCus
cliffs of the southern decliVity rival the
tower Crags of the maritime Alps
On the highest plateaUX of our South
ern Alieghenies vegetation subsidies to
a few stunted shrubs, and in the Ten
nessee Unakas there are five or six
Bald Mountains" clothed only in moss
and dwarfish whortleberries, with
few juniper bushes in the sheltered
glens, though the elVation hardly eX-
ceeds 5000 feet. But the much loftier
SUBMITS If the Cuban sierras are
crowned with pine forests as luXuriant
as those of the California coast hills,
and on the midway terraces (Still con-
sidera bly, higher than the peaks of the
Catskills) there are Adansonia trees
from twenty to thirty feet in diameter,
and lianas like ocean cables, stretch
ing from tree to tree, and terminating
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
More Money From AInsI,,

VICTORIA, B. c., July 16.-Tbe s.a,r,o-
City OF Seattle arrived mere this morning
from Alaska with eighteen miners from Daw.
son ana about half a million dollars In gold
news that the town Skaguay has been placed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
John Bull SuYyendeysI

NO Sn s{asmnss acknowledge that they have
LAND. and no lakes like Suparior. GSaan
excursion u to Superior and on steamer North
Ia EAND to the 800" Saturday, July @rd.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
VENERABLE JOKE SPOILED.
Chicago Plumber Compelled
Make mn AssfUuuan+

Make an Assignment.
CHICAGO. July 16.-Edward Baggotte, pro-
prietor OF an extensive plumbing establish
ment ut 1871 Adams street. made an as
signment today to the American Trust and
Savings bank. Liabilities are placed at s12.-
oco, with assets at 100000. The assignment
was caused by confession Of Judgment in the
circuit court on four notes Of 81. 900 each held
by the L. Wolff Manufacturing COMPANY.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
BRAVE RAPHAEL SEMMES
ONE OF THE MOST INTREPID
OF MEN
Story of His Wonderful Exploits on
the Alabama-Dramat Lean
Into the SeR-Semnes' Career
Cruise of $4,000 Miles in Two

From the Montgomery (AlaD Advertiser
In times like this, with the past hap
PLY forgotten, even the North looks
with something of national pride on the
career of Raphael Semmes, sailor and
hero, too. 1t IS quite likely that no
b. at viii be named after the captain Of
the Alabama, but the record of Sem
mes, romantic as it is, filled with daring
exploits as it is, continues to be read
with thrill of racial pride in spite OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

Quebec and Return, $1,000.
Pilgrimage to St Anne de Beaupre, Il MI s
from Quebec, leaving Minneapolis and ST
Paul July 10Th, with return limit of August
81: Round trip rate $50. SEQ Line Ticket
Office. 1893 Robert ST.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
CURIOSITIES OF CUBA
MANY FREAKS OF MAN AND
NATURE

In the Spanish West Indies-Scenic
MurvcIs, Vegetable wonders and
Animal 0d6ftics--The Tracking
of Bush Cars With Trained
Hounds The Horned Lizard
Dreaded.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

Use the Long Distance Telephone to Mime
sota No. and So. Dakota cities and towns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17

is open with but few trees while the
part lying south of the Shunganunga
is covered with a natural forest, that
with prudent care would make a grove
equal or superior to Garfield park.
The Shunganunga could be damned
east of the grounds and the city might
run a main to the creek and keep. it
filled with good, clear water which
would make it both picturesque and a
good stream for boating and skating in
season. The stream could be Spanned
by several ornamental bridges and no
cooler or pleasanter grove could be
found than the natural grove across the
stream.
A large mall of blue grass could be
kept on the west side for the use of
tennis and ball grounds. Trees could
be planted along the driveways and
shrubbery along the winding walks.
With judiciOuS expenditure of a few
thousand dollars the now unsightly fair
grounds could be transformed in few
years into a beautiful and much needed
city park. When this is done Topeka
will have a place large and pleasant
enough to accommodate as large
crowd as ever assem- bled in the city.
Now is the time for the people of To-
peka to act. 1t will take time for the
trees to grow and the improvements to
be made. The sooner the work is COM
menced the sooner Topeka will have
handsome public park. The railway IA
cilities to the entrance of the park are
ample to handle all crowds, and the
railway could be easily extended along
side the entire park
The grounds could be leased by the
county commissioners to the city for
a period of years for a small amount.
The grounds if transformed into park
would better serve the needs of the
county than they do now. They could
then be used for meetings and exhibit
tiOns and while it would be a Topeka
park that would not bar the residents
of the county from enjoying the pleas
ures afforded by the transformation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17
"A SPANISH HINT.
It is Intimated That the AS
sembling Of a Fleet
Of War Vessels so Close to
Cuba
is NOT SATISFACTORY.
No Attention Paid to the Pro-
test at Washington.
But the Montgomery Will Leave
Havana.
S NOT SATISFACTORY.

Washington, March 1.-THE main de-
velopment in the Spanish situation has
been in connection with the definite rep
reservations submitted by the Spanish
government to the state department con-
corning the assembling of a large feet of
American warships at Key West, the war
preparations and the influence which
these might have on the approaching cleo
tons in Cuba While these representa-
tons cannot properly be regarded as a
protest against the attitude and the acts
OF the United States government, they
may unquestionably be set down as
remOnstrance calculated to have an effect
IN European court circles. Not, however,
being a technical protest, the statement
has not called forth any official rejoinder
on the part of the state department
The Fern sailed for Havana from Key
West She goes to relieve the MOntgom-
cry as a home for the officers engag ed in
supervising the Wrecling operations in
harbOr.
1t is stated unequivocally that the
montgomery IS not Withdrawn owing to
any suggestions from the Spanish sources
that her presence is not desired. 1t was
the announced intention Of Secretary Long
when the cruiser was sent to Havana to
keep her there only so long as the Fern
tributing relief among the sufferers in
eastern Cuba.
1t is stated that the object in purchas-
ing such a craft as the late Ogden GOe-
let MayhOWer is to provide as quickly
as possible number of picket boats of
good speed and seagoing ability to act
as scouts, and also to aid our irOnclads
and more expensive vessels in operations
against torpedo boats. A large number
of private yachts have been offered to
the same type as the Mayfower may be
expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17
CONTROL OF THE OLYMPIA.
Oscar Hamme rstein Secures a Lease
on Popular New York Theater.

New York, March 17.-Oscar Hammer
stein is himself again. He has made
peace with his creditors, and yesterday
he signed papers that place him in con-
troll of Olympia once more He will in
future call the music hall end of the
structure Olympia Opera House, where
in he will produce the best known
standard light operas at popular pri-
ces.
The opening will take place April 4,
at which time the roof garden will also
be opened, and what was formerly the
concert hall will hereafter be used as
a promenade during intermissions,
where a Hungarian band will play. A
new feature of Olympia will be the
opening on the same night of an i'm
mense cafe, the entrance to which is in
the theater lobby. 1t is handsomely
fitted and arranged, so that ladies with
escorts may enter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17
FAMILY ON SALE.
Farmer to Auction His
Folks Of Like Slaves.

Cumberland, Md, March 17.-An al
most incredible story reached here this
afternoon from Orleans, a remote dis
trict in this county, to the effect that
a farmer of the name Of Amos Conrad
wanted to put his wife and children
under the hammer at a cOnstable'S sale
there Saturday afternoon COnrad's
personal property had been seized for
a debt and was sold.
After the sale had concluded, it is
said, Conrad told the auctiOneer that
he wanted to sell his wife and children,
and that he had man present who
would bid on them. When the officer Of
the law notified the man that he could
not sell his family he became angry,
and insisted that they should be sold
The tears of his wife and children had
no effect whatever upon his conscience.
Conrad has always borne a good Tepu-
tation heretofore, but a neighboring
farmer who brought the news here
vOuches for its correctness, and states
that the man was in earnest when he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17
INDIAN DICK SHOT.
An Outlaw for Whose Capture the
Governor of California offered $500.

Fresno, Cal. March 17.-ConstabIe Street
this morning shot and probably fatally
wounded Indian Dick, notorious outlaw
of the Kings river district, for whose cap
ture the governor recently offered a re-
ward of $500.
Three days ago a half-breed Indian who
had a feud with Dick took a pot shot at
and wounded him. The constable heard
that Dick was in a barn on the ranch and
visited the place with q rife. He crept
up cautiously. as Dick is dead shot, but
when near the barn the outlaw ran out
unarmed.
to halt but he paid no heed. Then the
constable fired and shot him through the
back. 1t is not thought he can recover.
Dick has been the terror of the district
for several years. His latest crime was
beating out the brains of sick Indian;
whose squaw he had assaulted. No jail
has ever held him long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-17

He was a wheel of fortune man when
ever the state fairs came around, and
he made money. His wife was a beau
tiful woman who it is said married him
against her parents wishes. She saved
the extra money her husband made
ION the green and with it they lived
comfortably at the northwest corner of
Tenth and Quincy streets. She &C
cumulated considerable money.
In 1883 Short quarrelled with Doc
Ward, g policeman near Madame Du
Foy's resort on East Fifth street. PO-
liceman Ward in attempting to arrest
Short received a bullet in his shoulder
fired by a man known as Bud
Knapp Knapp was trying to protect
the gambler. Ward, while lying on the
sidewalk unable to rise on account of
his wound, drew his revolver and fired
wound proved fatal. This was the first
act in the drama of death and disas-
ter to occur under the evil eye"
Soon after her husbands death or per-
hapS before Mrs. Sandy Short was at
tackled with a terrible and unnameable
disease. For years the disease has raw
aged the tissues of her body, until now
she is an inmate of the Topeka insane
asylum a hopeless maniac, her eye
sight gone and terrible object to look
upon.
DOC" Ward, the policeman died in
1896, his death being FASTENED by the
wound he received in the attempt to
arrest Sandy Short. Ever after re-
ceiving the wound he was not the same
n.
gradually became weaker, tuberculosis
seized his system and he faded away.
Madame DuFoy was in the magic cir
Gle of fate, she died few years ago,
ending a most unhappy and miserable
life. The evil eye" pursued still farth-
er and when Doc" Ward laid the fng
er of suspicion on Frank Novels for the
murder of Mrs. Matson, he fell under
the baIeful influence and died before
he could be taken to the penitentiary.
But Nemesis still followed fast on the
track. Yesterday Frank Savington,the
colored man who was Sandy Shorts
servant and right hand man, fell before
the evil eye"
After Sandy" died, sayington contin-
ued to care for Mrs. Short. She be-
came afflicted with the awful disease,
and was poor and helpless. Savington
was untiring in his attention to the
unfortunate woman. He took her meals
to her and cared for her in many ways,
for the sake of Sandy" SavingtOn, too,
fell i'll and is gone. He died of jaundice
at the Salvation Army hospital. He
had been i'll several weeks. His death
chronicles another chapter in a long
story of misery and evil There is
abundant evidence of the effect of the
"evil eye to those who are believers in
the superstition.