The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

command of four hundred men, opera ting with Seraphine Sanchez and his band of four thousand.
 When Damian Hernandez was sent a political exile, to the Isle of Pines, his wife accompanied him, that she might liberate him at the first opportunity One day, when he was working with the other prisoners cutting wood, she engaged the guard, with whom she had previously made herself familiar in friendly conversation. Taking his gun, on pretense of examining it, she sud- denly leaped backwards and pointing 1t at his head, threatened him with in stant death if he moved. Then her husband and his comrads tied the un- fortunate man and fled to the coast. There they compelled the captain of the schooner Margrita to sail for Zapata, which they reached in safety, and later they made their way to the revolu- tionary forces, where Mrs. Hernandez acts as nurse.
 Another notable woman Is the wife of Dr. Hernandez, of San Cristobal She is young and beautiful, and now in the field with her husband, taking an active part in the fighting. She had only been married a year when her husband was called upon to organize a band of men. He came to his young wife, who was about to become moth CT, and told her that he would do just as she willed, for he felt that his life belonged to her. She answered that she wished him to go to the war. In d week he had raised a band of five hun- dred men and as they marched out of town they saluted Mrs. Hernandez, passing her house and shouting "Viva the Queen of Cubal" When the baby was few weeks old the Spaniards took possession of the town. One of the lieutenants rode into the Hernandez parlor on horseback and subjected the young mother to threats and insults. That night she got horse and with the child in her arms went to join her hus- band, riding many miles through the Cuban hills until she found him.
 k Perhaps the women of San Juan Mar tinez bear off the palm for courage. When the Spanish troops, under Cor nell, made their way to the city, the people met and took vote as to what course they should persue, women cast ing ballots with the men. Almost without dissenting vote, they decided to burn their city rather than have the 1 hated Spanish soldiers destroy it. The men mounted all the horses and went to join the Cuban army while the women set their homes on fire, took their children in their arms and began the weary march to Guane, a town l several leagues away. The Spaniards reaching San Juan Martinez at night 1 fall found the deserted city in flames The footsore women had hardly arrived at Guane before they learned that the baff1ed soldiers were on their tracks; so they burned that city, as they had their own, and again took to the road Af- | rewards they burned Monlezula and several other villages, effectually cut ting off the Spaniards until they reached the protection of the Cuban army.
 | Among the women of Gomez forces, all of whom are the wives of his off, cers, one is an American. They dress
 in masculine attire, as pair of bloom CTS has not yet arrived in Cuba. They
 ride on fine horses with Gomez staff
 and carry Mauser rifles and ammuni- tion; and though they have taken part