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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
East Bethel.

Mrs. O.R.Russ spent day in Tunbridge
lately.
Spray your trees with soft soap and wa
ter to Kill worms.
Mr.. Lyon of Bridgewster spent Sunday
with AFRO Browns people.
Frank Wight has been papering and
painting for Miss II. c. Whitney.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Berry OF Tunbridge has
been spending a few days at o. r. Russ.
A. G.Whitney has returned to the home
Of his brother, J. 81. Whitney, in Tun-
bridge. He thinks his health is better
there.
Miss inertia Clifford is home from Flori-
da, where she spent the winter with her
uncle, II. 7. Clifford. Her health is report
ed to be much better.
Henry F.Gage is in Bardwick this week
on viii case. Mrs. Cages sister, Mrs.
Porter, OF South Royaltonis with her dur
ing Mr.. Cages absence.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

SwASToS, VI, May %, 1ses.-A remark
able cure Of rheumatism through the eff
cacy OF that grand old remedy, Smiths
Green Mountain Renovator, is the case OF
Mr.. A. r. Cray of Highgate, VT For
months Mr. Cray had been unable to raise
his arms to his head, and four days use Of
the Renovator relieved him and few bot
ties entirely drove away the rheumatic
pains. The following druggists will re-
fund = IL one bottle fails to benefit.
ID. o. G00DN0, Rochester,
F.Y. HASSAM, Gaysrille,
LEAVITT d REED, Bethel,
Z A. Fits. Hancock,
c. +. BLACK & Co., So. Royalfon,
A. n. KING q son, Tunbridge.
Z. E. EVANS & CO., Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Randolph District. IS al Chelsea in
sid District on the 18th day Of May. A. D. lsas.
Samuel CrAfts~ adminktraf Of the
estate OF Ceiesra s Crafts late of Chelsea * said
district deceased presents MS adm ti0a account for
examination and allowance and IaakeS application
tate Of said deceased.
Wherenpon II Is ordered hy said Court ,hnf
sAid Application come under consideration and b
heard on the 18th dzv Of June A. ID. l5 At the hote
In Chelsea: and II IL further ordered that
All persons Interested be notified thereof hv puhlica-
ton Of notice Of this application and order three
weeks successfully in the HERALD AND News nrfnf-
"a Al Randolph before said time Of hearing, that
they may appear Al said time and place and show
cansen any they may have. Why such account shoule
rot = allowed and such decree made By the Cour1
- Attest. WILLIAM n. NICHOLS. JUDGE
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

STATE OF VERMONT A. . Probate Court held
HARTFORD DISTRICT At Woodstock within and
for ssld district on the 18Th day OF Nay. 1875
Present. Hon Thomas .. Searer. Judge.
Harriet Y. Metczlfs estate. Royalton. intesfate
Whereas William skinner. administrator Of the
estate q Harriei v MetcAf late of Royafon In said
district deceased has presented TO said court his petit
uon N srltlnE praying Tor license sell all the real
estate OF which sata interstate died seized and
POSSESSED slinaie in this state representing that
s.ca sic vii BE beneficial 70 the heirs Of said estate
Anereupol the Court appoints the ION day
=. Sans A ~ isc. - a time and the Protnate Of
- N "voistock Aforesaid place Of hearing and
oedlnF on said Application and orders that notice Of
80 Application Be given 10 AL persons interested IN
s-la estate the reason for the sane aud the time and
psce q bearing BY publishing three weeks srcefSsrt-
y N the hiie kiverfierAid newspaper published Al
~ alton n TINS state which circnaies II the neigh
scr.eod of toee interested fal which uhlirzfi6ns
snail = Previous to said time Of eariria oIv m ire
Seord Of This order. that They may appear before AID
Se9rI and - heard II the matter 81 saIf sI,uirrir
II 'iael So cause A true record attest
Atrue eopv Of record. ATTEST - =
~ T. 0. sEAvEk- gusce-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

John Byrd was in Bethel Saturday.
Herbert Hubbard was in town Monday.
Frank Chapman was in Gaysville Satur-
day.
Henry Harsey has gone to woodsviIle.
". II.
Henry C. Martin was in Rutland last
week.
W. e. Graham was in Tyson day last
week.
Kiles stockweII was in town a day last
week.
John Trask was in Bethel last week for
day.
Glenn Tarbell was in Bethel a day re-
Gently.
Harry j. Kidder and wife we're in town
last week.
Fred Robinson has been in Ludlow the
past week.
MD. Chittenden was in Brandon day
last week.
Dura Swan spent day last week in
Gaysville.
MI. Blanden Of Bsllville, n. Y, was in
town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Rogers were in
Bethel Saturday.
Mr.. Larrabee OF Burlington was in town
a day last week.
E. II. Edgerton, wife and son were in
Randolph Friday.
Chas. II. Stoddard arrived home from
Washington, ID. e., last week.
DR.. c. W. Emerson purchased pair OF
nice black mares In Bethel last week.
G. P. Rowland OF New York city was
the guest OF 81. c. Weber Saturday and
Sunday.
DR.. VIM. NJ. Huntington and Mrs. W.
d. Huntington we're in Randolph day
recently.
Henry B.Stone has been with his broth
er and sister, Amos and Emma Stone. the
past week.
The public exercises OF the grammar
school will be held in g. A. r. hall Thurs
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Harrington OF
Bethel were here Sunday to attend the fu-
neral OF c. H. Raymond.
&C.. Hubbard received news last week
of the death OF his brother-in-law, Rich
ard WEIGH, OF Brandon W
Mrs. G. l.. Rich and her sister, Miss
Georgiana Hodgkins, returned to East
Jaffrey, n. H., Saturday.
Geo. j. Huntington has taken job Of
dressing clapboards In Canada and moved
his family there this week. -
q. g. Hubbard and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. K. II. Hoyt we're in Brandon Satur-
day to attend the funeral OF Richard
WEIGH.
Mrs. n. A. Frank and daughter, Ruth,
of Cory, Penn, are visiting her parents,
Horace Cole and wife, and other relatives
and friends.
C. r. Raymond died June 2. The funer-
al, in charge OF Rural lodge, No. %, of
which he was a member was held sunday,
Rev. T. Roscoe officiating.
DR.. and Mrs. VIM. NJ. Huntington cele-
brate the 50th anniversary of their mar
riage Monday evening, June u. An invi-
tation is extended to all.
Children's services at the Universalist
church will be postponed till June 10. The
regular morning service will be held and
the Y. r. c. U. In the evening.
Rev.T Roscoe willIattend the VIC. T. Z.
convention at Woodstock on his way to
FeIcbviIle to attend the Universaiist con-
vention, where be is to preach the sermon.
The graduating exercises OF the class OF
30 will be held in g.. A. r. hall Friday
evening. Prof. @. III. Perkins OF the YER
mont University will deliver the address
on 1.-THE Place OF Natural History in Mod
ern Education" In 8.
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south stockbrldge.

Ella Congdon spent Sunday at home.
Alonzo Keyes was in Royalton Saturday.
John Hathorn Of Barnard was at A.
Newell's last Sunday.
Mrs. 8. S. Longiey and her daughter,
Bessie, have gone to Mendon for a two
weeks visit.
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Fred sanborn OF Randolph was in town
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Gould spent Sunday
In Bethel.
Geo. Adams is moving his goods into Ed
Mills house.
Mrs. Nye and Miss Nora Cutler were in
Bethel Saturday.
J.K. Edgerton OF Mortified is visiting
friends in town.
Harley Hassam Of Rutland was at F. v.
Hassam's Sunday.
Mrs. Ziba Wheeler was in Woodstock a
few days last week.
Earl Huse mas moved into tenement OF
S. c. Harrlngton's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ballard have been
visiting in Roxbury.
WiIfred Hassam has sold his large dog
to parties in Rutland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Gay OF Burlington
were in town last week.
The Bible meeting will be at Mrs. Lucy
Durkee's Friday evening.
Chas. Lowell went to Walpole, Mass,
last week with some cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. c. Harrington attended
funeral in Rochester Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pinney OF Bridgewater are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Waldo Per-
kins.
Mrs. Otis Culver and children of Roche
Harbor, Wash, are visiting at DR.. c. c.
Smiths.
Mr. and Mrs. John Leonard OF Stock
bridge we're at Mrs. Charlotte Leonard's
Saturday.
Mrs. A. A. Brooks of Bethel spent sew
eral days last week with her daugh Mrs.
J. A. Chedel.
Warren Atwood OF South birmingham,
Mass, spent last week with his sister, Mrs.
Hiram Dean.
Mrs. Ella Page and Miss Carrie Young
attended the G. Z. convention in Wood
stock last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Blanchard and
daughter OF Rutland visited his sister, Mrs.
Lucy Durkee, last week.
Mrs. Hines OF New Hampshire and Mrs.
Andres of Mortified visited their mother,
Mrs. Aldrich, last week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Henry Fullam is home for a vacation.
The maple tree worms do not pass Us
by this year.
Nellie j. Nichols has been granted a
widows pension.
Warren French is making quite extern
siye repairs on his house.
Miss Ellen Smith remains very III at Mr..
Chase's and cannot be moved.
| Henry Coli latelv visited his son and
other relatives in Connecticut
| Marcus Peck and wife were in Barre
city last week Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perham visited their
daughter, Mrs. benedict, in Royalron last
week.
Will Kiobee and wife and little Myrtle
Dow of Williamstown were with his par
ents Sunday.
Geneva Battles of Randolph Center re-
Gently visited her old neighbors and
friends here.
Pearl Gaylord and family of waitsheld
spent the past week with relatives at the
Gaylord home.
Several couples attended the Pomona
grange at Randolph Wednesday. A. l..
Foliansbee and wife were the delegates
Mrs. SayiIlz Green and son returned last
week from visit to friends in Pittsfield
and this week have taken trip to Con-
cord, y. II.
n. WheatIey. DO has taken milk to the
East Randolph creamery for several years,
has recently changed his route and is
bringing II here.
Delegates from each Of the churches in
town report a very interesting and help
iul nesting at the county conferences In
Tunbridge last week.
Florence Kibbee Clark OF Craftsbury
a.at 80
is TO remain for the present, her husband
having enlisted in the army.
Dea. VIM. s. Graves has been appointed
delegate from the Second church 70 at
tend the state convention of Congl
churches at Morrisville next week.
Rev. c. H. Morse is spending a few days
with his parents in St. Jobnsbury. Last
sunday he preached at the North Cong'l
church for the pastor, Rev. A. II. Heath,
ID. ID.
Rev. C. II. Morse and son, Charlie, gave
the people here flying visit this week-He
mas completed his term of study at Hart
ford, Conn. He is al present in St.Johns-
bury.
Rev. Mr.. Elliot gave statistics in his SER
mon Sunday in regard TO our own town,
that were more commendabIe than some
towns in the county as regards church at
tendance.
Rev. Mr. Morrow OF Randolph per-
formed the marriage ceremony OF Carroll
Crane and Nellie Fullam Wednesday even
ing, June l. Only the immediate friends
werespresent.
ChildreB's day exercises will take the
time OF the regular services ct the First
and Second churches next Sunday. Sun
day School Superintendent Bigelow wish
Is TO meet all who are to take part in the
exercises Saturday at D. m. at the North
church for rehearsal.
While Mrs. A. Churchill and daughter
were driving Saturday the horse took
fright and became manageable, throw
ing the occupants from the carriage. Mrs.
Churchill received an ugly cash on Der
face that necessitsted the taking of sew
efal stitches to close the wound.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
East IsrookHeId.

DR.. L. C.. Wakefield of Montpelier was
The guest OF G. w. Clark last Sunday.
The Ladies' society meets with Mrs. L.
b. Kibby this Thursday p. m.
william Shepard returned last week
from two weeks visit at his old home in
st. Johnsbury.
Miss Mabel Wheatley OF williamstown
and Mrs. Susan Wight and children of
Greenfield, Mass, were guests at w. II.
Richardson's the first OF the week.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

F.
George Bacon and family visited friends
in Braintree last week.
Ford & Perkins are building a lumber
shed at West Braintree.
Prayer meeting will be held at s. H.
Buells next Sunday at 5p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. J. Boyden and daugh-
ter were in Randolph Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. B. Farr attended the funeral
OF Mrs. A. Lamb at Mortified Friday.
A. d. Martin has moved his barn nearer
his house, making decided improvement.
Ford q Perkins are shipping clapboards
every day. Geo. Farr has the contract to
draw them to Braintree.
yhildreu's day will be observed at the
NJ. E. church next Sunday. Bring your
singing canaries and flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. LII. Rhodes are in Wood :
stock this week to attend the Sunday
school and w. c. 7. U. conventions.
Enoch Rhodes, who has been visiting
his old home here, has returned to st. Al
bans. Mr.. Rhodes is a conductor on the
c. V. r. X.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Mrs. Rosilla Cuts, with her son and
daughter, OF Lebanon, n. a., Is visiting
her niece, Mrs. Newton Sumner.
The neighbors and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Jerd met at their home last
Tuesday afternoon and evening to help
them celebrate their twentieth wedding
anniversary.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

sf<Pro ~ Moisture intense itching and sing
lngs most A. night, woree By scratching II al
lowed 70 c cntiuue tumors form. which offer bleed
and ulcer ate. becoming very sore. SWATNE's
olETMESI stops he itching and Bleeding. heals
liberation. and IN most cases removes the tnmors-
Al aruggtsts7 or b. mail. for s. cents. DR.. Swarne
& Sen. Phi i4teiphta- Arofd Substitutes.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Three-base hit, Smith; home run, Ken
dali; double plays, Whitcomb- Newton,
Newton Abbott; hit by pitched ball, Kell.
hofer; struck out, by Dutton 8, by Lewis
/; base on balls, by Dutton 3, by Lewis 4:
wild pitch. Dutton L; passed ball, McIn-
tire 1; umpire, L. A. Masury.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Ladies, Take the Best, II you are troubled with
Constipation, sallow skin, Tired Feeling, take
karls Clover Tea II is pleasant 70 take. Sold By
Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

shuoh,s Consumption Cure cures where others
al It's Ia leading Cough Cura. and no home
should be wttto1t Il. Pleasant g take and goes
right 60 she SPOT sold bye. E Back. Ssnth Roy
zitons Drew 3 Leonard. Randolph
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Care that COACH with shfloh's Care Reiieves
Cfoap prom ply One mlllon bottles sold last year
- doses FOR SC. sold By c. e. Black a Co. South
RoyAltoni Drew q Leonard Randolph
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD.


Corrected to January ., 1925.
GOING SOUTH
Trains leave Randolph IS follows
l:00A. N.
Night Express from 0gdensburg; Me-
trsal and the West. for Boston, Love.
and all New England points; SleePl.
cars for Boston, via Lowell, sls@ y
Springfield, run daily. Sundays Ineiaa'1'
l0:l1 A. N. !. :,
Mail from st. AIbans and Burlington y
Worcester and Boston, via LoEeA ~
Fitchburg, and New York, via Spr,n4e las..
and all points in New England.
parlor car to Boston without change
:a5P. n, So. Can.
bridgeJunction, Richford. Montreal ana y
West, tor Concord, Manchester Nssh :.
Lowell and Boston. and for New f0rk,'.
Springfield or New London M~sD''
Buffet parlor car to Boston.
f:22 P. N. -,
Passenger for White River Junction. cor
Meeting with mixed train for Windsor
GOING NORTH.
,.00A.M. :, y.
York. for Montreal. Ogdensburg ,hiehiA.. !,
Ottawa and the West. Sleeping 60
Montreal runs daily, Sundays me sa.:s-.
from Boston via Lowell, and iron ei''-s
Geld.
3:16A. N. 49,. s..
AIbans. Richrord and Rouses foia - -.
nectinr at Essex junction With AiP''
for Troy. Albany and New YORK.
2:45 M. 49,. B,..s.,
Worcestsr. Springfield. New Lcnden =.
New York. for Burlington. RutiA1au .--
Adams. Norwood. 0gdensburg AZ 49,
treal. Wagner ParlOr car 70 A0"-
without change.
sos P. N. vo,k sr
Exprsss iron Bosron and New ias o.1
BurIinrton. i. Aibsns and -
Wagner Parlor Ca. TO $500
Pulimnn Sleepsae Car from n.'IT ~.
10 Chirseo without change. Das
$50 A. $40 o clock next night AT
4. W. CUMMINGS. t4e1i rssssl lst5.s11f.
y. ". BALDWIN. sen'i7D
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09
Did You Take
SCOTS
Emulsion

through the winter? II so, we
are sure it quieted your cough,
healed the rawness in your
throat, increased your weight,
gave you more color, and made
you feel better in every way.
But perhaps your cough has
come back again, or you are get
ting little thin and pale.
Then, why not continue the
same helpful remedy right
through the summer? Ii will do
you as much good as when the
weather is cold.
Its persistent use will certainly
give you a better appetite and a
stronger digestion. a
Ii will cure your A
weak throat and heal Ah
your inflamed lungs. qRF
Il will cure every case tlIn
OF consumption, when All
a cure is possible. NA
Don't be persuaded ~
to take something they say is just
as good.
Al Druggists+soc. and S.
cl44t z BOVINE, Chemists. n "
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-09

Dewltt's witch Hazel SAVE
cures pies. Soslss. bsfns'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
CAN THEY KEEP HIM DOWNf
that Ii Hung Chang Can
not he Suppressed.

Washington Post.
Ii Hung Chang has been deposed again.
The yellow jacket is once more taken off
and hung upon peg. The peacock's
feather mouths within it's case. He is still
Lii Hung Chang. but he is no longer the
boss of the Celestial empire He is no longer
the grand panjandrum Of the Flowery
kingdom. This time, we are assured, his
downfall is complete. The cinch on the old
man may have slipped on three or four oc-
casions in the past, but it will not slip again
they say. They have got him, and his name
is Mudd foreVermore.
was once stated upon very high and very
melodious authority, the heather Chinee is
peculiar" You can throw him. but you
cannot always hold him down. He wriggles.
He is slippery and elusive. The Nelson lock
is mere child's play for him. 1t is all very
we'll to jubilate over the now PROSTATE form
of Lii Hung Chang and to issue joyous proc
lamatons to the effect that he will never
rise again. But the old man is ''monstrous
onsartin,' and he and the dowager Empress
make a powerful combination. OF course,
if our British cousins see any point in
breaking LIS grip on things and cutting the
dowager's claws ''close up we hope it will
turn out as they are now predicting. For
our own part we took a famous shine to
Lii when he visited this country. He put
US under everlasting Obligations by asking
certain ladies how old they were and by
tocracy how they had made their money.
We shall never forget that inc1dent-neVer
permit our gratitude to wither, Ii 1t were
possible, we should like to do the good old
man a favor We don't care how long or
how jauntily he wears. his yellow jacket.
We should not object if he sewed on to it
a sky-blue tail. Neither do we begrudge
him the peacOck's feather or any other
gaudy gimcrack ne may choose to wear.
In truth, there are tentacles connected with
our emotions which reach for Lii and fam
would get a hold on him.
Still, as we have said, if our British
cousins consider the yellow jacket, the. pea
cock feather, the pigtail and the scalp or
Ii as being important in their business, we
Shall not say them nay We content our
selves with reminding them that it is not
safe to bet on keeping those articles Of
beauty away from Ii for any given length
of time We ourselves have been the victim
of just such overconfdence. And there are
others During how long a period did we,
year after year, pay So to receive PATHS
positively last farewell? How often and
how patiently have we helped to swell the
yawning wallet of that venerable cantatrice
and received in return nothing but &. view
of interesting ruins and sad reminders of
vanished grace? Who shall say?
But do not count upon Ii Hung Changes
defeat A nation that could be fooled by
Patti should not venture to prophesy in the
matter of the very foxiest Chinaman that
ever lived
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.

1t looks now as if the Paris peace nego-
tiation would result in a victory for Amer
lean diplomacy in every point. The force of
this statement is not lessened by the fact
that several important points were practi-
cally settled by the protocol. The protocol
itself was victory for American diplo-
macy The brilliant victories previously
achieved by our navy and army may have
indicated the general line that peace nego-
tiation would take, but it had to do with a
broad and difficult subject, and the oppor-
tunities for failure were as numerous as
those for success. In the outcome we will
have succeeded at every point-in the pre-
lminary skirmishing that preceded the pro-
tocol, in the protocol itself and in the nego-
tiations at Paris. Nobody could have fore
seen at the beginning of the war that we
would gain as much. AT first the only OBJ
jective point of the war was the liberation
Of Cuba Very soon this was extended to
include the expulsion of the Spanlards from
the western hemisphere, and a little later
the annexation of Porto Rico and the ac-
QUESTION of an island in the Ladrones and
of the Philippines were recognized as logi-
cal sequences. At first Spain resisted every
one of these claims. but finally yielded most
of them in the protocol and will eventually
yield them all. Spanish intrigue and Chi
canery have been no match for American
firmness and ins4stence. The Spanish COM
missioners have made numerous protests
and raised great many bubbles, but the
Americans have had no difficulty in brush
ing them all aside and in presenting an ar
ray of facts and principles that made their
claims irresistible. At the end of the nego-
tiation the world will be as much astonished
at the complete success of American diplo-
macy as it was at our naval victories dur
ing the war.
At the recent opening in Washington Of a
new school of comparative Jurisprudence
and diplomacy Justice Brewer, of the SUI
prema Court delivered the principal adj
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
CAPT. FORAKER RESIGNS.
He COmmends the Discipline of Sol
diery in Cuba.



Capt. Benson Foraker. assistant adjutant
general, son of the Ohio senator, has re-
turned to Washington. Captain Foraker
went to Cuba on the staff of General Wade,
of the evacuation commission, and was
taken down with the yellow fever. He was
isolated for sixteen days, but skiilful nurs-
ing pulled him through. The war being
practically over, and believing that his
country needs his services no longer, Capt.
Foraker has resigned, and his discharge will
be issued to him to take effect Dec. 81.
Captain Foraker has some views about
the political situation in Cuba that differ
very materially from those expressed by
other officers who have come home. He be-
lieves the CubanS have shown great capac-
ity for self-government, and that, if permit
ted to set up a government for themselves.
they will readily take their place among the
sovereign states of the western hemisphere.
He says there is better discipline, in i'm
portant particulars, among the Cuban sol
diery than can be found in any army in
the world under the same circums tances.
These soldiers, whose number Is placed by
General Gomez at 5000 are quartered in
camps of a thousand or fifteen hundred in
various parts of the island. Their officers
hold them to rigid rules of good conduct,
especially in the matter of staying close TO
camps and of preserving inviOate ali pri-
waite property. dead line, is established
around the camps, outside OF which a SOL
der may not 80 upon penalty of being shot
by the guards.