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The wound that he had received bled steadily. He was not to end his career so. An American launch, manned by men from the battleship Oregon, was out scouting The low cry that Ned made for help was heard by the men on the launch. He was taken on board and carried the message that Harry Ostend had sent to Admiral Sampson. Ned went to the admirals cabin and delivered his message. Then, over come by the loss of blood, by his exer- tions and the excitement and fatigue of several days of work, he reeled and fell fainting into Admiral Sampson's arms. The admiral gave an order that he should be well cared for, and Ned was placed in bunk upon the flag ship.
 It is necessary to explain here how Binnie, Ned and Julia came to enter the city of Santiago de Cuba in the manner already narrated. Julia dis covered that the two boys were alive
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AT BABYS BEDTIME.
By BEEN E. RExFORO.

This is baby's bedtime;
 My little one comes to me In her snowy little nIghtgown,
 And kneels down at my kneei And I fancy a sweet child-angel
 Is for a time my guest, And she says her little prayer over With her hands upon her breast "Now I lay me- she whispers,
 In low voice, down to sleep; I pray the Lord'-and the blue eyes Half close-"my soul to keep. If should die"-Ohi the shiver
 At my heart i-"before I wake I pray the Lord!''-and the eyelids Droop low-'my soul to take Then I lift up the little one, clasping Her close to my loving heart And give her warm goodnight kisses Till the closed lids break apart AS the leaves do folding flower,
 And the violets of her eyes Look up in their drowsy fashion.
 And smile at me angel-wise. "Dood- night" she whispers me softly And sleepfly, with a kiss That fingers with me in slumber,
 And stirs my heart with bliss, As I think of the little one, dreaming, With her head against my breast; Till my sleep Is as full of rapture
 AS her dreaming is of rest.
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Cozy in a corner of the big lounge she
 lies, Sleeping in the shadows of her tight
 closed eyes; Dreaming of play and the long, long day. And her dimpled little dollie, who never
 runs away, For dollie keeps so still, and eyes opened
 wide, And she couldn't go to sleep if she tried! Oh, you know, 1t wouldn't do for the two
 to doze, For rats might nibble the little girls Right through her shoes-or brother
 might come With the rubby-dum of his new snare
 drumi So, dollie, with pride, keeps her eyes open
 wide, And watches and waits at the little girl 8
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without hesitation, and he spurred on. He went directly to General Linares headquarters and asked to see the general upon important business.
 Welcome Ramirez" said the gen. eral as the newcomer entered-for the stranger was no other than the treach- erous Cuban, who was now acting as a Spanish spy.
 Thanks, general. but I have come to tell you that a most dangerous American spy has just left the city, I met him as I rode in
 "A spy-who is he-this wonderfully
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:. An, orderly sergeant announces that :Senor 'CarvaIto wishes to speak with General Ltnares, the commander Of the Spanish army in the city. He is bid :den to enter and he shortly is engaged in: conversation with the Spanish com :ulanders.
 ..~ :cYou bring late news from the front, :seror?' asked Linares.
 =. t.Yes: the American soldiers are steadily advancing. They have landed :: 5;00O men at Baiquiri. l hear that there is a large fleet of transports on
 tfe<.way, bringing other thousands. =: Let them come" said Linares grim ly,:. :'Since the great fleet of Admiral :: :Cservera's s command is not to go forth to drive away the American fleet, per
 haps the admiral will be able to help :: us with his big guns to hold the city against the attack by land" .: <How is that?" demanded Senor Car yagjo; Has the fleet been ordered not to go out?"
 i. The generals lips trembled with sub- : ;d1ied. excitement, but his answer was *sarcastic This is a safe place for the
 fleet" he said with a sheer; here the
 adriiral can rest for a time, after his dangerous voyage across the great ocean"
 7. .Cervera leaped to his feet and his Agord by his side. Enough, brave !9sneraI," he said; mo longer will you
 have. an opportunity to hint at coward
 ice on nay part. Were the occasion diff
 ferent you would be compelled to take
 back your words. AS it now is- The sentence was never finished. Admiral Cervera Gose to go. His face
 was flushed with anger and he con -trolled his temper only with much dit-
 fculty.
 :: Gentlemen" interposed senor Car
 valjo, this is no time for the friends = of Spain to quarrel. The King has no
 friends that he can spare. Save the
 edges of your swords and also of your -tenpers for the Americans" = His words prevailed. General Lin-
 ares and Admiral Cervera resumed -their conference. Official secrets were
 fully considered. Senor Carvaljo had
 the full confidence of both commanders. He was not a Spaniard The com
 manders of the Spanish army and navy thought that he was a Mexican. He
 had brought from General Blanco let ters telling of a Mexican expedition which would come to the aid of the
 Spanish in Cuba. Senor Carvaljo was sent ahead of the expedition to make
 arrangements for the Mexican volun- teers. So ran the letters of General
 Blanco to General Ltnares, and Gen. eral Linares believed.
 Look carefully at Senor Carvaljo as
 he.passes out from the council cham Der, after he has learned all the plans
 of the Spaniards. Have you ever seen
 him before? Surely there is somehing
 familiar in the brave eyes which now
 have a look of triumph in them. This lSenor Carvaljo is no other than the 'daring Harry Ostend! How adroit and daring he Is you may not have known fully. Once his identity is known to the
 Spaniards, his life is not worth rush. Knowing all this he Is playing a great part for the sake of his native land.
 The smile upon his handsome face is
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the dinner table one day there was a party of guests for whom MT. Nye was doing his best in the way of entertain ment. 4 lady turned to the little girl. Your father is very funny man." said she.
 'Yes," responded the child, when we have company"
 It was the first time Johnny had ever heerd guinea hen.
 "Oh, mai" he shouted, "come and hear the chicken a-windin' itself up"
 Gracie-Mamma, what does Santa Claus do after Christmas?
 Mamma-Why, he begins to collect toys for the following Christmas.
 Gracie-Oh, I know! He reads the pa pers and watches out for bargain sales.
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and bark at Ralph. It was awful hard work, but did make Tip know what meant when l said:
 Wipe your feet, Tip!"
 Then when I told him to do 1t himself he struggled and tried to get away and acted just like a bad little boy that doesn't want to learn his lesson. But I persevered, though Ralph laughed and Tip parked and I felt very hot and uncomfortable all the time. l made Tip know what I meant, and then l made him do 1t when I told him.
 After that, whenever Tip ran into the
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out in the rain one day and Ralph that's my big brother-saw me go and he said:
 What are you going to do, Ethel ?'
 I told him l was going to educate Ilp and he said he'd come out and see me
 So I let Tip get his feet awful muddy and then I took hiIl to the door mat on the porch and wiped his feet again and again till I made him understand what I wanted him to do.
 Ralph stood and laughed at me while I was doing it and every time Ralph laughed Tip would stop wiping his feet
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WALKING IN
 THE COUNTRY.
BY AL MA D. KILLERS.

0NE morning we got up very early, \ because we were going to the \ country. On the way we noticed many beautiful birds chirping O merrily in the branches of the trees. Some bad boys were throwing stones at the birds. The mother bird was afraid that she could not get the little birds to fly away with her. After little while the boys went away. Tnen we went on, and saw some cows.
 Finally we came to a little brook. where horses came to Quench their thirst, and we were so hungry that we sat under a tree to eat our lunch, because 1t was so cool. The flowers were very beautiful, and the grass was so high that Nary's little feet got twisted in the grass and she tripped.
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all the circumstances.
 Ned was now safe for the present; but what of Julia and MT. Ostend! What of Binnie? Ramirez was in the city, interested In the fate of MT. Os- tend. Ramirez might know Binnie and betray him. Binnie could not go away until he had tried to have Ramirez pun ished. For this purpose Julia, Binnie and Ned had taken such great risk. Julia was a prisoner that Binnie might have an excuse for being in the city Would they all be shot? The day to come might bring disaster to all
 D. H. W.
 (TO ha continued l
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SHE WENT OUT TO TEA.

My little girl, hope you tried
 Your very best to be Quite ladylike and we'll behaved
 When you were out at tea. And that you said Yes, If. you please
 When things were offered you; Or, No, thank you quietly,
 Just as I told you to- '.Well, mamma, dear, smiled and said,
 Yes, thank you so polite; And, If you please, and sat up straight, And always acted right. .I didn't say, No, thank you though,
 Because mamma. you see I wanted all they helped me to-
 When I went out to tea"
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LITTLE TIPS TRICKS.
BY E. L..

BY E. L. \ THEN papa brought Tip home ! n / first he just didn't know any ANg thing-I mean Tip didn't. And V Y papa said to me:
 Trip is only a young pup, Ethel, and you can easily teach him anything you wish. He will be we'll
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Ma, can't I go to the show and see the wild man?"
 NO, child. I'll do the best can for you. I'll iron all the buttonholes out of your fathers shirts
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She fell, but did not get hurt We made wreaths of flowers and twined them around our hats. The orchard was filled with pear trees, and we went In and got a big pear and ate 1t. The grass was green, and there were little hills around We rolled down the hill, and the little children found it much fun
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:: the heights back of the city the
 \ Spaniards daily watched the as : sembling of a great fleet of American
 war vessels. under tle command of Ad-
 nniiraI Sampson. Every day the city shook to the sound of bombs which,
 flying over the doomed place, shrieked out their message of wrath. They gave
 evidence that the Yankees were trying : the range of their great guns
 - Occasionally. but not often, the guns : of Moro Castle, at the entrance of the harbor, made sullen reply. A fleet of : spanish warships, under the command
 of Admiral Cervera lay at anchor in *the bay. The coming of these vessels had been hailed by the Spanish soldiers in the city with joy, for they had fondly imagined that the fleet was more than a match for any fleet that the Amer :. jeans could bring against it. Now that the Americans were guarding the mouth of the harbor, to keep the Span
 ish squadron from sailing away, the soldiers began to murmur because Ger vera made no attempt to go forth to
 fight.
 In a private room in the Palace of the Governor of the province of Santiago de Cuba we now see General Linares
 and Admiral Cervera sitting in council
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LITTLE GIRL OF BERKELEY.

THE Berkeley small girl knows the most,
 That's what the small boys say.
 The mortar boards her choicest boast, A And 1t makes her cute and gay. And she knows all about when the term begins, And who the football championship wins. At six she gets taste of "ology,''
 At seven she knows few small isms At eight she owes to none apology
 Her mental lights clear as prisms! Next year she ransacks Poesy shelf; One reason may be she's Nine herself.
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THE CHILDREN'S FUN.

The late Bill Nye was fond of telling this story of his little daughter: At
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LITTLE GIRL OF OAKLAND.

THE funniest little girl of them all
 Is the Oakland girl l guess.
 She learns to race when she is small,
 And can beat the fast express. For the first thing graven on her small brain Is, "We must catch the II:II train" And all her nights and all her days Are haunted by some old clock Whose every tick too plainly says,
 The train is on the next block And oft she jumps, grabs her doly's clothes, And says '"Tis time to run, l 'spose.'
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house with muddy feet, if mamma or I said to him: Go, wipe your feet, Tip!" he always ran out to the door mat and wiped them. It was such fun to see him do iti
 Papa says Tip taught me as much as I taught him. I don't exactly know what he meant But I often wonder if mamma had as much trouble teach ing me to be good as I have teaching Tip.
 It was very hot day, and little Hell en having noticed her father looking at the thermometer several times, asked him about It. When it's away up." he replied, "the weather Is hot and when it's away down it's cool" When he went to consult it again later 1t had disappeared and he asked Helen what had become of 1t. Why" she replied, 1T took zat old fermometer way down in ze cellar, so it would det tooler."
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NED EN CUBA

Ned were leading a company of Cuban troopers to the. rescue of Julia when they saw ahead of therl the Spanish captain and his men who bridge. and were met on the bridge by the Spanish. soldiers. The bridge fell and all the Spaniards except their captain were killed by Iatling upon jagged rocks in the bottom of deep canyon. Binnie and Ned were the oE.y survivors Of their party As the Spanish cap tain tried to climb up the side of the canyon he was shot by the Spanish spy; Ramirez, with whom he quarreed. Ramirez then fled toward Santiago de Cuba Julia had escaped from the Spanish camp before Ramirez reached the camp upon her return. She went to the bottom or the canyon and found Binnie and Ned alive When they had regained their strength Binnie snd Ned journeyed toward the city Of santiago de Cuba, expecting to meet Harry Ostend on the. way.1
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DOLLY ON GUARD.

(To be continued.)
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CHAPTER '.

excitement in the city of San ;: tiago de Cuba was intense. From
 the heights back of the city the :. X Gnaniards daily watched the as-
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our armies; but men like him, | notice,
are perfectly willing that somebody else
shall act as food for gunpower. if they
can only remain at home and out Of
danger. | can scarcely conceive of q
man 80 narrow as DIR. Mundy has.proy-
ed himself to be, but do not want to
take him too seriously, for | have a
faint suspicion that underneath his
fierce denunciation of GoviVoorhees,
there is a clossal desire to pose for
notoriety. Meanwhile / want to call
attention to two men-both Catholic
Drieste-who, it seems to me, are better
men, and more rightfully beloved than
their traducers of the Mundy calibre.
One is John p. Chadwick, the beloved
Chaplain of the Maine who in that
awful time which neither Americans or
Spaniards will ever forget, moved like
an Angel of Mercy among our mangIed
and dying sailors. Amid those dreadful
scenes on sinking ship, and in the
hospitals of Havana or Tampa, do you
suppose there was anybody narrow
enough, or mean enough, to say, "This
man ought not to have been appointed
Chaplain, for he is Catholic % One
more illustration and leave Mr.. Mundy
to commune with his predUjudices. A
couple of weeks ago great ship went
down aud more than five hundred
human lives were lost in consequence of
Devilish brutality and lack of discipline
on board the ship. OF three hundred
sey woman-Mrs. A. De Lacasse and
she has written ber story of the disaster
to the Ne1V York Sunday Journal of
TnIrr
was Rev. Anthony Kesseler, a Catholic
priest from Harlem N. Y. of whom the
Journal says:
"A grand and beautiful figure against
the background of horror and death
on board the sinking Bourgogne was a
New York priest, the Rev. Anthony
kesseler, the Saint of Harlem" When
the ship went down he was granting
absolution. Indifferent to his own life,
he died saving souls, his face turned
toward heaven, his hands outstretched
in blessing. A nobler example of Chris
tian fortitude, of heroic seltabnegation,
has never been witnessed"
Mrs. De I4acasse says:
Father KeSseler was the hero of the
Bourgogne. He died that Others might
live. lie forgot to don his life preserver,
and gave no thought to the battle unto
death for place in the life boats when
the ship was sinking. He spent all the
precious moments when he might have
been saving his life in trying to save the
souls OF Others. He died at bis post ON
the deck OF the vessel, his face turned
toward the darkling sky. his hands out
stretched in blessing"
That seems to me a more glorious
death than a life devoted to the foster
ing of religious intolerance.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-07-20

Mrs. Kelley and daughter, and Miss
Dillon, of Philadelphia came over from
Atlantic City on the 4th for short
stay with Mrs. F.. j. Hallam.
Miss Ruth Bennett, who formerly lived
here with Nathanial Disbrow, Esq. died
July ] at the Elizabeth Home, in Phiia.
at the age of 80 years and 6 months.
Pastors. w. Steckel, of the Presbyter-
ian Church returned home from Nash
vile, Tenn Saturday evening where he
has been attending Church Conven-
ton.
At Salem M. E. Church next Sunday
morning at Ills q. m. the ordinance
of baptism will be conducted by Rev.
F. L. Jewett and reception of members
if any desire to join.
A musicale will be held next Saturday
evening at the home OF Mrs. Olenschla-
ger. The proceeds for the benefit of Mt.
Pleasant Church. Good talent has
been sc cured. Admission 10 cts. refresh
ments included. Please help us put a
root on Mt. Pleasant Church.
Ex-Mayor Nathaniel Disbrow was in
town, last week, greeting his old friends
and acquaintance. Time has dealt
gently with him, and he looks younger
than he did when he moved away. He
resides at st. Joseph, Missouri, and
left there about four weeks ago.
Salem Congregation enjoyed the pres
ence, in his old accustomed seat, of
Nathaniel Disbrow on Sunday. Mr..
Disbrow has never severed his cOnnec-
ton with Salem Church but still con-
tinues as trustee and q member OF the
official board. He is spending few
days among us and is enjoying good
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolf, of Bridgeton, and
Miss Banghart, of Camden, who have
won a reputation among US as accom-
pIisbed singers are stopping with Mrs.
r. |. Risley. 1t is limited already OF a
musical and recital being considered.
Miss Banghart has favored the Salem
Congregation several times with her
charming selections and 1T is hoped she
will again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Allen were received
into Salem M. E. Church by letter on
Sunday recommended by Rev. Geo. L.
Dobbins OF st. Paul's Church Atlantic
City. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen have lately
been married. They will make Plea
santville their home and Salem their
church of worship. Both are heart and
soul in Christian work and they will be
q q eat help to the church.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-07-20
THE COUNTY BOARD
OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS
Met at Mays Landing last
week.
TIE "TERRlpIn' ROAD NEARLY COMPLETED
VARIOUS MATTERS DISCUSSED AND BILLS
ORDERED PAID TO THE AMOUNT OF
MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

The Press was misinformed in regard
to the place of holding the County Free
holders meeting last week, and it was
held at Mays Landing instead of at the
County Asylum as announced in these
columns. AS no representative. of The
Press was present we copy the following
report of the proceedings from the At
lantic City Daily Press of July IA.
I The Board of Freeholders at regular
meeting yesterday, held in the Court
build an addition to the County Insane
reported that there were AZ patients
now in the institution, an increase of
thirteen since the hospital was erected
three years ago. The male ward was
overcrowded. 1t was absolutely necces-
sary to have additional accommoda-
tions as there were several persons who
ought to be in the hospital now outside
of the institution. The Board was of
the opinion that the increase in the
population of the county demanded q
permanent increase in the facilities of
the hospital and authorized the invita-
ton of plans and bids for an additional
sufficient in size to provide thirty rooms.
The estimated cost for the Improvement
was $4,000. The bids will be opened at
special meeting OF the Board to be
called by the Director.
The members of the Board failing to
answer the roll, called by Clerk Ander-
son, were Hugo Garnich, OF Atlantic
City; AloDzo Smith and A. B. Smith, of
Brigantine. Director Frank Souder
presided.
Mr.. jackson. of the Bridge Committee,
formally notified the Board that the
committees of Atlantic and Cape May
counties had met and awarded con-
tract for q bridge over the Tuckahoe
River, at Tuckahoe, to the Canton
Bridge Co., for 5000.
petition from taxpayers was receiv-
ed asking the county to improve the
road running from Steelmanville to
Linwood and Scullville. 1t was fled.
Bids. for the construction OF q bridge
over the Egg Harbor River in Buena
Vista Township were op med and the
contract was awarded to the Canton
Bridge Co., the lowest bidder, for $675.
Bids for the rebuilding of the approar
tches of Bridge No. 2, over the Cedar
Greek, were opened and because they
failed to contain certified checks, were
rel cted. New bids were ordered invited.
The Public Buildings Committee were
authoriz d to ask for bids for coal and
award contracts.
Mr.. Irving reported that the indexing
Of the County Court records, which has
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been in progress for some weeks, will be
completed within the next fortnight.
Altogether over 40 900 names had been
indexed, representing about 5000 diff
ferent packages Of paper. Last week,
he said, the indexing clerk ran across 20
cases, only five or six of which were on
the docket. This made the work slow
and tedious. He had been informed that
the Director had received anonymous
communications complaining that the
clerks were not trying to facilitate the
work, but were putting in time" This
was untrue. The clerks were working
steadily. and in fact were working over
time without extra compensation. The
indexing will be of great valve to the
county when completed.
Mr.. Shinn said that he had been in
formed that some days the clerks began
work at O'Clock in the morning This
was earlier than he began work.
Mr.. Irving was instructed to revise
the rules governing the Board and to
submit them for approval at the next
meeting.
The contract for building the Mays
Landing aud Egg Harbor road, calling
for monthly payments, the proper
officers were authorized to make pay
ments during the months Intervening
between the Board meetings.
Bills were ordered paid amounting in
the aggregate to $6, 6,242O8.
The Board then adjourned.