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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
A VERY PLEASANT PARTY.

Last evening at her home on lower
Wells street, Miss Mae Hall entertain
ed a number Of friends in honor of
Misses Marie and Nellie Healy, of Ben
wood, who are in the city visiting. The
evening was most enjoyably spent in
social diversions Of various kinds
among which was dancing, cards and
music A feature of the evenings en-
tertainment was a short concert by
the members of the Orpheus Mandolin
and Guitar Club. Among those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. Will Crandall,
Mrs. Celia Murphy, Miss Katie Krug,
Miss Able Cherry, Miss Anna Davis,
Miss Trixie Murphy, Miss Mena
Schwartzwalder, Miss Jennie Clark,
Miss Marie Healy, Miss Clara
Schwartzwalder, Miss Eva Clark. Miss
Nellie Healy, and Messrs. James
Weedy, Frank Dunlap, Roy Barbour,
Herman Merker, Theo. Hoenes, Brad
ley Barbour, Ross Snedecker, John
Stancliff, w. Felix Kaiser, Harry
Blackmarr and Fay SHETLAND.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.


Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Speer, of Chicago,
accompanied by their son and daugh
ter, are in the city and will be the
guests Of friends for a short time.
The home talent performance to be
given February 2, 8 and 4 promises to
be very enjoyable one.
There was a meeting Of the w. c. t.
U. at St. Mary's on Friday, and the
following ladies were present from
this city: Mrs. d. S. 10y, Mrs. r. C.
Flemming, Mrs. F. E. Reynolds, Mrs.
Lizzie Umstead, Mrs Alvia Cushing,
Mrs ]. D. Nailor, Mrs. T. p. Campbell,
Mrs. S. B. Haskell, Mrs. Emma Evans
and Miss Sallie Emrick.
Miss Sara Agnew left yesterday for
Oakdale Pa, where she will be the
guest of relatives and friends for some
time.
Word has been received that r.
Gates father died in New York yes
terday The many friends of Mr.
Gates here will sympathize with him.
Louis Marks, a prominent producer
of Bradford, Pa, is in the city.
The Sistersville Rod and Gun Club
held their regular monthly shoot this
afternoon.
Mrs. H. Williamson, of Friendly, Wis
tied friends here yesterday
p E. Hilbert, of the Wells Hotel
has returned from trip to his former
home in Sagerstown, Nd.
R. l.. Gregory has returned from
Parkersburg.
Mrs. U. F. Randolph and sister have
returned from visit to St Mary's.
George Shryock has returned from
Parkersburg.
E. j. Thompson is confined to his
room with typhoid fever.
The new city building will soon be
ready for occupancy.
The Virginia Club will dance Tues
day evening.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30

A Collection of the Small Events or E.a,,
Passing Day.
Evening star., 1898-11-15

FREINNTl LINE.
Compagnie Generate Transatlantique
DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE - PARIS GRANGE
Sailing every Saturday at 10 AM,
From Pier AZ. North river. foot of Morton street
La Champagne. Nov. l9 La GascogUe. Dee. II
La Brctagne. Nov. % La Champagne Dec II
La TOuraine. Dec. La BretagDe.. =. Dec. "a
Gepl Ag'cy for o. s. Can,
3 Bowling Green, N. 7.
G. ". MOSS s2J Pennsylvania ave.
BELL & CO.. l458 G St fel2-ty-iS
Evening star., 1898-11-15
BIG FIRE At DAWSON CITY.
Forty buildings, including the New
Post Office, Destroyed.

Forty Buildings, including the New
Post Office, Destroyed.
dispatch from Skaguay. Alaska, under
date Of November Z, via Victoria B. c.,
November II. says: Returning KlondiS,<--
arriving in this city today bring the news
that the city of Dawson has been visited
with 100000 fire, in which forty build
ings were burned, including the new post
office building and some of the best build
ings in the city The fire took place on
the morning of October 10 1t started I'm
the Green Tree saloon. as the result of
row between two women.
Belle Mitchell threw a lighted lamp at
another woman. The lamp broke the oil
spread and in a few seconds the building
was on fire. The fire started at j:2D am.
The fire of a year ago was caused by this
same woman, who threw a lamp at d man
with whom she had a quarrel A month
ago she tried to burn her own place in Sd
avenue in Dawson by throwing a lamp at
a woman and nearly caused a confiagration,
All that remains to show where formerly
forty buildings stood are a few blackened
logs, and the town was saved from total
destruction by the fire engine II Ii had
not been that about 1000 men turned out
and worked like Trojans with wet blankets,
buckets of water and axes and aided i'm
the working OF the fire apparatus the
whole town would have gone up in smoke.
There is no insurance at Dawson and
the loss falls entirely on the individuals.
Evening star., 1898-11-15
GRAND OFFICERS VISITS.
ohicfal Inspection of Subcommnnder.
les. Order of Golden Cros.


The grand commander of the United Or
der of the Golden Cross, accompanied by
the officers of the Grand Commandery. will
visit officially the several commentaries &,
this Jurisdiction in the order and on the
dates named. as follows: Standard, No. 73a
this CTuesdap evening; Anacostia No 42a.
wednesday, November Is; Halcyon. No.
IN, Friday. November Is: ST. Johns No
-, Saturday, November 10: Mt Vernon. No
44o, Monday, November II: Potomac. No.
494, Tuesday, November -: Golden, No
712, Wednesday, November %; Meridian
No. lis, Friday. November %; Goodwill
NO. y, Monday. November 2S; Trinity No
81, Monday, December ,: Ideal. No. 13S
tuesday, December Is: National No 34tj
Monday, December l.: Columbia No. 374
Tuesday, December IL: Capital No 323
Saturday, December Ia.
At the Vlsitations to National and St
Johns Communicates and to such other
communicates as the grand keeper Of rec
oIds and grand treasurer or either of them
fail TO attend. Lady NJ. j. Peabody of Cap
ital and Knight Il. c. Johnston of National
Communicates will act as grand keeper of
records and grand treasurer, respectively
At the close of the last visitation. Satur-
day evening, December Il, a spelling con-
test VIII occur open TO all the communicates
and a prize of s1O will be given to the COM
mandery whose representatives i'm the con-
test prove TO be the better spoilers Each
commandery will be allowed not exceeding
five OF its members TO represent it in the
contest. The names of these members
should be sent to the grand commander
prior to date of contest. The details will
be arranged by and be under the control
OF committee to be selected, and the au-
thority 10 govern the spelling of the words
will be the Standard Dictionary.
In addition to the foregoing commaudery
prize. an individual prize of 81 IL offered
for the best practical suggestion not to eX-
Ceed fifty words, on the subject, How To
Secure Better Attendance of Members
Our Commandery Meetings" This contest
is open to all members of the order i'm this
Jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1898-11-15
Death of Joseph sechrist.

Mr.. Joseph Irwin Sechrist, who was for
many years clerk at the Ebbitt House
and who has been for seven years past
connected with the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road in this city, died of consumption last
night at his residence, No. 1927 11th street
northwest.
Mr.. Sechrist had been confined TO his
bed for several weeks. He enjoyed the es-
TEEN Of very wide circle of friends, and
was especially well known and well liked
in army and navy circles. He is survived
by a wife and two children. son and a
daughter.
Funeral services Will be held at the late
residence at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning
and the remains will be taken to Charles
town, w. Va, for interment.
Evening star., 1898-11-15
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
STEAMER WAkEEIELD

STEAMER WAKEFIELD
a FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
Leaves Washington, d. c. 9th Ferry Wharf,
MONDAYS. IN, for intermediate landings TO Colo
nal Beach, Bush wood, i;ock pt., Gallon = Somlui
Creek, Abells, LeonsrdtIwD Stones, Howard apo
Cobrum's.
Wednesday. an, for intermediate landings to
Colonial Beach, Bushwood Rocs Point Coltop 3
st. GeoIge's Island. Smith Creek. Coan and Yeo-
comco rivers
Saturday, am. for Inter1ediate landings to
Colonial Beach. BushNUod. EocS Point. Cotton 0,
Nomini Greek.
See schedule effect August % 1903.
aulS-tf c. w. RIDLEY. General Manager.
Z. &. RANDALLS POTOMAC RIVER LINE
View wharf Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at
Z am. landing at Colonial Beach, Chapel Point
and all wharves as far down Lower Machodoc
Returning Mondays and Wednesdays at pm,
AH' 0H USTfED TsiHs SS STATES i;SS Nal MIL ROUTE.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. TO GLYMoNT Md
and intermediate landings.
The new Steamer ESTELLE RANDALL. daily
except Sunday, $50 am. Returning about 3 y. m
Passenger accommodations drst-class. Freight
received until the hour Of sailing.
E. S. RANDALL,
Proprietor and Manager.
GEO. @. CARPlNTER, General Agent Washington
WM. II. REARDoN. Agent, Alexandris. jelG-2Otr
TIE WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO.,
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
Summer Schedule in effect June 3, 1898.
STEAMERS POTOMAC AND SUE.
Steamer POTOMAC leaves Washington every
Thursday at pm, and Steamer SUE every Mon
day at pm. Tor Baltimore and River landings.
Passenger -Imodati frst-class.
OFFICE, BIO PA. AVE.
STEPHENSON BRO, Agents
my2i Telephone 74o 7th st. wharf.
Evening star., 1898-11-15

MISS c. CUNNINGHAM, FCRRIER, 1905 sTH ST
NV, BET. AND o. lNo sign). ALTERING
"A SPECIALITY. LATEST DESIGNS. aul7-3m4
FuRS OF ALI. KINDS MADE AND REMODEL ED
to the latest styles; ladies' tailor made suits
finished In the most excellent manner z HOR-
GAN. Tailor and Furrier. SOC & st. NV seIo-tf
Evening star., 1898-11-15
FOR RENT-HOUSES.
UNFINISHED.

FOR RENT-2p1 C SW.. ST. &Dw OR. WA. SIS 90
1913 So. sto 5000 $40 f -sw. or, ba l.. 80
900 80 sw. sto rm. Io9o 10 lst sw, 6r.wa = 80 80
$50 ii sw, Or. 1880 1870 Va Or. ". IL. 10
gu5 list sw. Or. $50 11O9 Del av. Ar. 100
1873 Frances Sc, Wa $50 B.LE0NARD, $50 AZ sw.
no12-3ts
FOR RENT-BY b. F. SAUL. COR. It'll & L NV.
UNFINISHED. 11l9 Sth NV. 5r&w 1880
iII7 ST, 12r&U. $500 1892 2d NV .6rSw. IL D
2126 X NV 14rv2h. 700 1927 NJ So. .6r&b l.. 80
l122 9th NV 9TSh. 35 so 400 q NV 4r&b fiat L. 20
2IO4-G lsf NV. 9rSh35.5O aI4 Whitney ay 6 Sw. q
1888 18Th NV. I0rSb3H5J 1905 y ay st, ,6r&bio.5 81
1906 10 10Th .Sr BIS 40 gI6 ID 6r&w...... o 80
1924 10Th 6F&h. .25 80 $50 Willow Tree
191S gth.gr&b. .25.f0 alley. 4rSw. go. 9. 20
IIlI +th NV, G-&b. 80 IS sw 4r....... 3 90
coo nw-.---.--- .2D5o' STORES.
124 Fla 6r&b 1000 lcO6 eth e Ar 500 so
I1OG ist NV, 6r&b- 1000 1914 7th. CRIB. 40 90
I1Og 7th NV. 6rSb. % 90 Il46 NV ste Ar w 80 90
Lavender place at 1856 store, Or. .b:IO. 90
Br.Ehtw d. 3 acres. PODS Tth NV, store % %
S-ruuu house. 90 s3I 5th NV, store. II. 90
1Go5Ig I'd NV w-6=&b. $50 504 Z office rs20 90
-232G I; NV. 7r&b. .1SOO 1907 9TH w.6rISh Is 90
III HeCkm n 50 .6T& b. 11 1854 Md av 10 o
S2i 9th NV .6ESw. 10 Ou rs 9th ne, u 90
13i Sheridan ST. .Tr&b.IG.OO NE cor 9tSN, store.--
62+ Tenn ne. .6-&bl5 So
Phone l643. B. +. SAUL cor. 7th & L NV.
Evening star., 1898-11-15
UNDERWRITERS.

r. w. BARKER,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
AND PRACTICAL EMB ALMER
No. 6l2 l1tb st. NV. Large and airy room for
Funerals. No extra charge for same. Tel call 1857
auiT-2,u-6
Evening star., 1898-11-15
FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-S95 500 WILL BUY NEW CORNER
house. in the fashionable section OF the
northwest, containing every smodern improve
ment tile bath, etc: rare chance TO secure a
beautiful home n bargain. GRAHAM x
CAMPBELL. CIT 14t' st. not5-3t
Evening star., 1898-11-15

FOR SALE-ONE OF THE FINEST DWELLINGS
in Columbian College subdivision. cor. 10Th and
Binney sts.; IL rooms; magnihCenty finished; will
be sold cheap and good terms. Apply to
er, CHAS. q. DUNCANSoN. 9th and d SITS. ny
l-tf
Evening star., 1898-11-15
FOR SALE-LOTS.

FOR sALE-A FINE LOT ON PATH ST NV. Be
tween II and 1; for four houses; win sell
for less than assessed value. Also siI-room
brick on st. Sd, renting for $14 per
month; price, $1,000. Apply to JNO. QUINN, AT
9TH st. s.w. no12-3ts
FOR SALE-TwO LOTS BENNING ROAD AND
18th ne, each 20x191; also lot 50x1OO corner
33d and 2 NV; both bargains. CLARK BROS,
Cos 18th st. NV. no12-3t'
FOR SALE-BY OWNERS LOTS 16. sx60; CLOSE
to Lincoln Park; will take from responsible party
second trust for equity. Address LINCOLN
PARK Star office. no12-6t
FORSALE-CHEAPEST PROPERTY IN GEORGE.
town; corner lot, 4SxT1; room for 8 houses splen-
did neighborhood; improved by large frame house;
price only $1,000. W. IRVING BOSWELL. 1411
Il st. NV. no12-3t
FOR SALE-GREAT sACRIFICE-5ox135 on
north side Park st. 14th; prettiest street
in this section owner will sell for s5c per foot.
This is snap
nc2-tf BRICB LIPsCoMB el2 18th st.
START A FOUNDATION
for your future prosperity. You young re-
ceive good salary, probably bank part OF it each
month. Why not invest each month In a lot We
will arrange terms to suit you We are Offering
big bargains In
FORT MYER HEIGHTS,
the county seat Don't throw this "ad''
aside. You can't afford to. You are here offered
Of the good chances of lifetime. Come see
and take trip out to look at the property.
FORT MYER HEIGHTS LAND CO.,
ocIS-f 1905 G st. NV.
Evening star., 1898-11-15

FOR SALE-
CLEVELAND PARK-CLEVELAND PARK.
Beautiful home. entirely new, for sale easy
terms Office Clio 14th st. W. seI7-tf
FOR SALE-THE BEST MOST BEAUTIFUL AND
cheapest homes. CLEVELAND PARK. se10-tf
Evening star., 1898-11-15
CAPE MAY POINT. N. ..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
MEDICAL.
DIR. Leathermsn.

Exper; Specialist iu the cure OF all special dis
eases of men and women. Consultation free
houfs 10 Il, 70 .; Tues Thurs. and sat
evenings. to 8. CO., F NV Closed On sunday
oclS lms - ~'-
Evening star., 1898-11-15
LADIES GOODS.

OUR TEN-DOLLAR SEWING MACHINES COME
with yeirs' guarantee, complete set Of At
tachments; instruction free at your residence O.
AUERBACH, 7th and II SITS. DOMESTIC Sew
ing Machine Agency. noI5-tf
ingston of New York owner and patentee of
1.-The Seif-adjusting Garment-cutting Machine"
has taken parlors at eos 18th st. NV, and de-
ventfon for cutting ladies' and children's gar
ments without paper patterns pencils, weights,
screws or pins. garment can he cut in five
minutes, and perfect it guaranteed. In order TO
CONVINCE the skeptical she Will, without
charge, teach any TO a garment sos
course offered SIP this week, which includes ma
chine, instructions in cutting waists, single or
double under arm; French and tailor bodices
sleeves. SKIRTS princess gowns Louis jackets
box coats, copying fashion plates; also matching
plsids and stripes. Patterns cut to order.
oc26-3ws-16
Evening star., 1898-11-15
PROPOSALS.

GRADING SEALED PROPOSALS FOR GRADING
tie extension eGstWardly Of the Columbia Railway
viii BE- received at the Office Of he COMPANY M
1ju.t Florida ne, Washington, ID. c.. until
u O'Clock m. November - 1898. Plans can be
examined and copies Of the specifications obtained
~ thu Office OF the company
nOI43t THEODORE j. KING. Secretary
Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
THIS BUSY WORLD.

Three pints of liquid a day are suff1- cient for the average adult.
 The effort to make sugar from beets dates back as far as the year 1747.
 Ninety reporters are employed in the gallery of the house of commons.
 The inhabitants of Cochin China much prefer rotten eggs to fresh ones.
 Coal is dearer in South Africa than in any other part of the world; it is cheapest in China.
 It is one of the privileges of Chinese commanding officers that they may only be beaten by the hand of their general.
 The working classes form 69 per cent, the middle class 2S per cent, and the upper class per cent of the pop ulation of this country.
 The new Randall dining hall for Harvard, which will soon be built, is paid for from funds bequeathed the college by J. w. and Belinda L. Ran dall.
 The first article made in aluminium was baby's rattle intended for the infant prince imperial of France, in 1856 Its lightness, brightness, and ring fitted it admirably for such pur- pose, but only a prince could afford such rattle in those days.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
THE TOP OF BABOEooUIvARI

Mir. s. M. Franklin and Prof Fl Forbes went out to the Baboeoouivari mountains last week in the neiybhor- hood west of the Allison mines. ahont eignty miles from here, the former for the purpose of inspecting some mining interests, while the latter went for the purpose Of studying the remarkable peak which is visible from near Tue son Both parties were we'll satisfied with the results of the trip. Mir franklln has some fine specimens of Tock to show for his pains, while Mr horpes succeeded in finally reaching the top of this famous and nearly ia- accessible mountain. It is said by many .nat never before did white man sue quivaE,
 :, lhe mountain itself, measured bv tue dnero1d barometer, has an eIeva-
 on ol I'ofo feet above the sea level Ml aihlosl exactly one mile higher than
 osoh. The western face of the n.ouitdih alone is accessible. and that
 y 'hfouSn most careful mountain- anu With the aid of erannJino Hoohs. The top of the mount.in is oval shaped, and the part safe to t-.o,,n7 n over IS about 100 yards across ,rhoea t'Sel are several shoulders and cIafts l-,tze celoW the top, which contain nr.,,;asll1s. lns tWo or three acres of rich soil 'e,nrs Sa porting an abundant growth of r;nIg Sup- oaks and numerous brushes. erassos @ ana animals. Ground squirrels So s1so were seen on top. ''i'o me peak itself is composed of gran
 lte which is intersected by narrow slrlngers of quartz running north and south- This granite formation is Sot4 % ln spots which, being weathered o,,+ makes numerous shallow basins in tbo rock. which hold water for cons;d de efanie length of time after a rain.
 NC trace of Indian occupancy of the mountain could be distinguished with certainty in the short time available
Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

Ira Sisty, late foreman at the kasser mines, left Globe last Sunday for Yav- apai county on mining business. Coke for the United Globe mines has been coming in more freely this week. Smelling will not be resumed until
 the new furnace is completed. which will be in two or three weeks. Mr. Thomas Grigsby. superintendent of Ell Triunfo mines in Lower CalifOr mia, is expected to visit Sonora in the near future, with a view to looking over the mining outlook in this state. Miles w. Gibbons of the kasser Gold
 Mining company returned to Globe from California last Saturday. Dur ing his stay in San Francisco he was
 quite sick but is now very much i'm proved.
 Jack Newman, who goes with the Graham county boys, formerly owned several blocks of property in Phoenix
 and in Tempe. He was six years ago a princely mining man at Pioneer The decline in silver caused him to give up his rich claims.
 It is currently reported that every ton of copper bullion of the Santa Ro- salia copper mines in Lower Califor-
 mia, now going through the United States in bond, contains no less than S6O worth of gold, some silver and a goodly percentage of lead.
 The Boleo company is said to be erecting heavy reduction works upon
 another very rich copper property fur ther down the gulf coast of Lower Cali i fol mia, purchased by the corporation fror the same prospector who discov-
 e-ed the mines now in operation at Santa Rosalia.
 1 Dave Cough, accompanied by Will l1a1n Everett, who has been with Mir. Cough in different mining camps for
 the past fifteen years, arrived in Sol | cmonville from Fl Paso last week to see his wife, who has been quite ill. Upon his arrival, however, he found Mrs. Cough much improved and he and MT. Everett left for Ell Paso Thursday MT. E. J. Murray of San Francisco
 at one time manager of the far fan:ed
 Trinidad mine of Sonora, is the new
 superintendent of the Santa Rosalia
 mine, and took charge of the property
 last month. A new five-stamp mill is
 to be erected upon the property at
 once and the machinery is en route
 passing the Nogales custom house last | week. ~
 The Gro Plata in Cervet district, that
 district in which District Attorney
Arizona republican., 1898-07-20

cook my double rations, she to re-
 serve half for herself. A pretty good
 hIgain for us both. This, with an
 abundance of figs, with which the trees
 were loaded, enabled me to thrive.
 Che morning, after unusually severe
 shelling during the night, and through
 which I had not slept, as shell had
 t.ken off a portion of the roof of my
 habitation, covering me with brick and
 nortar, I proceeded to brace up my
 reIyes with breakfast, such as it was.
 ks neared my boarding shanty I was
 surprised to discover it had entirely
 disappeared. An occasional shell was
 blrsting skyward, and my old cook
 was nowhere to be seen. On reaching
 tie site where the shanty once stood,
 1 soon realized the situation. A shell
 lad penetrated the earth about fifteen faet, and, bursting, had left hole as lirge as cistern, and demOlishing the
 shanty. While viewing the wreck, R
 a dazed condition, I recognized the
 voice of my old cook, coming from the mouth of the cave, crying out: You ain't gwine ter git me ter cook eny mo fer you. I ain't gwine out'n dis cave ag'in till dem Tanks stop deir fool iShHOSS dAQ ACI uo lOAC w ullC l Wdo ccokin' dis mawnin' CT great big shell cun erlong and blowed me and the
 house all ter flinders, and I ain't got all the dirt outen my ears and eyes yit"
 l was in a state bordering on "giv- | ing up the ghost" Kept awake all night, no breakfast I prevailed upon the old woman to share some of her
 corn coffee and parched corn with me. Things assumed a serious aspect Ra- tinms were slim affairs. I became so low spirited that it resulted in a con- dition of desperation, and soon gave
 away to the prevailing habit of inGulg- ing to excess in Louisiana rum, about the meanest and strongest liquor
 known. I was up to this time a per fectly temperate person, but the habit started I was in short order about as great drunkard as Vicksburg con- tained. When drunk, would be hap py during a shelling, shaking my fists in the direction of the Tanks, exclaim- ing, Come on with your old cannon balls"
 Philip drunk and Philip sober were two different persons.
 l never so recommended intemper-
 ance, but should ever again be so un- fortunate as to be in a besieged city give me supply of Louisiana rum
 and I'll not be afraid of the combined
 world.-Philip H. Fall in Houston ] Post.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
DURING v1CKsBURG's SIEGE.

On lovely evening, in the historic city of Vicksburg, I found myself |starding upon the roof of high build ing gazing intently at the fleet of ves- sels which had captured New Orleans, and were now slowly approaching our city. The commander of the fleet had
 just demanded the surrender of tn
 place, and received the reply from Colcnel Oates, commanding, that "Mis- siss:ppians never surrendered"
 It was evidently the intention of the ent my to test Colonel Oates assertion. The smallest boat of the fleet came
 in advance of the others. I saw the glint' of a cannon as it poked it's nose out of port hole, a curl of smoke, a
 whiZzing noise not unlike that of a rocket came rapidly towards me. I all
 most felt the breeze created by it as it
 passed just over my head and plunging into large brick building across the street entirely demolished it.
 Pretty good range for first shot.
 and l imagined they must have taken me for a target This was followed in rapid succession, many of them bursting away in the air, while others
 did much damage to property besides thoroughly demoralizing non-combat- ants and many soldiers. If there is a
 hell upon earth it is in a beleagured city with shells falling promiscuously
 in every direction.
 l admit my nerves became badly un- strung. but there was no hiding place of safety except in the caves with the | non -combatants, and of course sol
 dier would not stoop to that This ] mol otonous shelling was continued
 day by day, until I felt lonesome when ever it ceased. Many ludicrous incl
 dents occurred whenever our friends
 were presenting their compliments
 either on the whole or half shell.
 Rations, such as they were. couldn't
 be eaten raw. Only few non-combat.
 ants were left and they lived in caves
 I succeeded in securing an old negroes