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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
JHf psLL 1,sAr MIL.

had his foot cut off by the pro-
peller. We sent boats to the
shore for wounded and they were
met by the Spaniards on the
beach waving and calling to the
"Amerikanos y they gave them
selves right up; were very much
afraid OF falling into the Cuban's
hands. Then too, they were
thirsty for water. The Colon
surrendered about 1880 as the
shot from the Oregon were fall
ing close and thick.
One serious defect in their
ships was having wooden bulk
heads and decks. They soon
caught fire and could not be ex.
extlnguished. Explosion after
explosion occurred on the Oquen-
do and Infanta. and they were
still smouldering when ! visited
the Oquendo on the 9th. They
were burned out. Here and there
could be seen some unburnt bones
of the dead, and in the forward
11-inch turret was a man only
partly burned. The carnage must
have been terrible on their ships.
Some Of their men said that heads
verifying in all directions, and
that al3.inch shell from the In.
diana went through FIVE men.
There were 1000 shots fired
from this ship alone. Ranging
from l 5. 1o.inch Il pounder) to
13-inch shells. They we're fred
principally at the Destroyers
Torpedo boats.
Here is where the effect of tar.
get practice was shown. The
Spaniards had fine guns but lack
ed practice.
have a piece Of the flagstaff
Of the Maria Theresa that / will
bring home. The Spanish General
has requested to be allowed to
evacuate with the army and small
arms. Not granted. We began
Smelling the city this evening.
@. E. M.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29

Division on the port side of quar-
ter deck. / was standing near the
rail and heard a shot fred on our
port bow 1--WE were heading west,
and looking up I saw that the
Oregon had a signal flying and
we didn't pay any attention to it.
just supposed that they were call
ing the attention of some ship
away to the West. but no, it was
to call the whole fleets attention.
Soon some one sang out: "the
ships are coming out, followed
closely by clear ship for action
Never did the men work quicker ;
inside of one and half or two
minutes we were cleared, ready
to fire. / looked as I ran toward
my station and could see black
smoke rising above and just
aloft MORO Castle. i was look
ing towards the entrance, the
smoke approached. and a gun
was fred from Moro. Then the
black bow of a ship appeared and
Just at her foremost became visi-
BILE q white puff came, and she
1.-THE Maria Theresa) had fired her
l1.inch turret gun at US. Then
the west battery opened fire, and
as she advanced the Infanta fired
her after guns. We fired as soon
as she was out and made good
target with our s-inch guns.
After that it was bang, boom.
boom. bang for the next 10
minutes. The black ships came
out one after another. We fired
at every one, but paid particular
attention to the Oquendo, the
last one after she was out. As
we were about Southeast of the
entrance at the beginning, and
ran towards tho West we got to
fire at them all.
The captain sent word to look
out tor their torpedo boats which
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
BATTLEsHIP INDIANA,
Orr SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
T,,lx, IN 1903


Just a week ago to-day Cevera's
feet was destroyed. The four
armored cruisers, Almirante
Oquendo. lnfanta Maria Theresa
(fiagship). Christobol Colon, and
Vizcaya. were the pride of the
Spanish navy. Our force con-
sisted of the Brooklyn, Texas.
Iowa, Oregon, Indiana. and Glou-
cester. The Vixen, New York
and Ecrisson, joined in after two
crusiers and two destroyers were
sunk or beached. Each of their
cruisers were equal to the Brook
Ign, and to the Texas. / consider
that our fleet was about twice as
strong as theirs.
/ Last Sunday morning the New
York and Ecrisson went to Lib.
oney. The Massachusetts was
at Guantanamo, coaling. The
vessels here were the Brooklyn,
Texas, Iowa, Oregon, Indiana and
the converted yacht Gloucester,
allin the blockade line in the
above order around the entrance
from West to East, about 5000
yards distant on the average from
MORO Castle.
AT 9 80 a. m. our crew were
formed for quarters. The 4th
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
THE GREET NRVHL Brittle FIT
SHNTIRGO.
nm Interesting Description OF The OF cusas Fleet Written
Board The BattIcshlp Indiana.

had not yet come out. Directly
the small black snake.like craft
came stealing out. The Indiana
and Gloucester took care of them.
and it just rained shell about
them. The little Gloucester was
plucky she staid very near
them all the time and firing very
rapidly. remember one Of them
in a final effort turned towards
her. probably to fire torpedo.
but she had to go back.
Up goes a shout from our crew
and we see the Maria Theresa
burning and smoking heading
for the beach. Then the first
destroyer does the same, then
the second turns in and next the
Oquendo goes. 1t was amazing.
In As minutes they were out of
the fight and we ceased firing.
Away ahead we could see the
vizcaya making for the shore.
Still farther ahead we could see
smoke from the Colon trying to
escape, with the Brooklyn, Ore.
gon and Texas in chase. The
Colon was the third to come out
and she slipped by the Infanta
and vizcsya, the second. She
was the fastest and best one of
their vessels.
That afternoon 1--WE had return.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
I I1f1 LRND OF SUNSHINE, FRUIT RND
FLOWERS"
description Of Journu eross The Continent Told bu eksburu
ed crags grow higher, the river
madly foams along its rocky bed.

ed crags grow higher, the river
madly foams along its rocky bed.
anon the way becomes a mere
assure through the heights. Far
above the road the sky forms a
deep blue arch of light, but in
the Gorge hang dark and sombre
shades which the suns rays have
never penetrated. The place is
a measureless gulf of air with
solid walls on either side.
Here the granite cliffs are one
thousand feet high, smooth and
unbroken by tree or shrub, and
there a pinnacle scars sky ward
far thrice that distance. No
flowers grow and the birds care
not to penetrate the solitude. the
river, sombre and swift, breaks
the awful stiffness with its roar.
Soon the cleft becomes still more
narrow, the treeless cliffs higher,
the river closer confined, and,
where a long iron bridge hangs
suspended from the smooth walls,
the grandest portion of the Can.
on is reached. Man becomes
dwarfed and dumb in the sublime
scene and Nature exhibits the
power she possesses. The crags
menacingly rear their heads
above the daring intruders and
the place is like the entrance to
some internal region. Escaping
from the Gorge the narrow val
ley of the upper Arkansas is
traversed with the striking SER
rated peaks of the Saugre de
Cristo close at hand on the west,
until Salida is reached, where we
find enough snow to make few
July snow balls" Aud then,
on up the river to Buena Vista
where we see college groups OF
Harvard, Princeton and Yale
towering over $4,000 feet high.
Princeton is an extinct volcano
with a lake in its orator.
Our next stop is Leadville,
where we are above the clouds,
1928 feet high. This is the
third city in size in Colorado and
the greatest and most unique
carbonate mining camp in the
world. The visitor to Leadville
is irresistibly reminded of the
words of Joaquin Miller: Col
orado, rare Colorado /! Yondei
she rests, her head of gold pill
lowed on the Rocky Mountains
her feet in the brown grass; the
boundless plains for a play
ground; she is set on a hill be-
fore the world and the air is very
clear SO that al may see her
WE'LL Stopping here for lunch
we find the typical western sa'
loon keeper, who being quite
laxative tells US that they have
no rats or bugs, and that the
residents who persist in the use Of
..Rocky Mountain tangle-foo
soon have permanent positions
assigned them over the hill in
the grave yard. The lightness
of the air is very perceptible by
the increase in the pulse and ra-
Did breathing, also by q very
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
DID You Take
SCOTS
Emulsion

are sure it quoted 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 mas
come back again, or you are get
ting a little thin and pale.
Then, why not continue the
same helpful remedy right
through the summer? twill 90
YOU as much good as when the
weather is cold.
It's persistent use will certainly
give YOU a better appetite ana 9
stronger digestion. "a
II will cure your AS
weak throat and heal MR
YOUR inflamed lungs. ~
II will cure every case
Of consumption, when
a cure is possible. ~
Don't be persuaded !: 10,
10 take something they say IS lus'
as good.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29

To Cure n cold In One Day, take Laxa-
tive Bromo QuinIne Tablets. Cunningham
Bros. a Co. Refund money II IL falls 70 cure
% eents: H-em.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
Ayers
Pills = Z: : !: g; =:

Or. ]. C. Ayers Pills are . specific for
all diseases Of the liver, stomach, and
bowels. |
al suffered from constipation which -.
,umod such an obstinate form that feared
II would cause . stoppage OF the bowels.
After vainly trying various remedies, %.
gan to take Ayers Pills. Two boxes ELECTED
D. BURKE, saeo, Ne.
"For eight years was AFFLICTED with
constipation, which became 10 bad that the
doctors could do no more for me. Then
began TO take Ayers Pills and soon the
bowels recovered their natural action. :
WIN. H. Drl.AUCErT, Dorset ona
INF p.sl MAR WILL. 1
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]. W. Odell & Co. can please
you inturniture- also repairing
priceslow. West End. 27-tf
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27

field the dead and wounded almost
touch each other, and as the sun goes
down and night comes on the groans
and walls of the wounded are a sound
to make one shiver. An hour goes by
-two-three hours. Then one of the
wounded men-one who has been lying
as if dead-struggles up and braces his
back against dead man. He pants
and groans with the exertion, and
present purses his dry lips and sends
forth signal call. 1t is shrill, qua
vering whistle, and many another
wounded man listens and wonders.
nce-twice-thrice. And then the
signal is answered. From where he is
lying, forty rods away, slowly bleeding
to death from a gaping wound, the
black horse gathers his feet under him
and utters shrill neigh. Again the
whistle, and now the stricken animal
picks his way among the dead and
wounded. moving at snails pace and
grooming as he moves, and by and by
he halts and sinks down in his tracks
and thrusts his muzzle against the
breast of the man who called him.
tits you, Harry" whispers the man
as he puts out his hand. Il knew you
were hit. but l hoped you had not left
me. Got your death. Ell, Well, same
here. But wasn't it a glorious charge,
though! How we Numbered down!
How we crashed into 'em. How we
slashed right and left and drove them
before us! Men mad to die, Harry
men and horses. Back there at the old
home there'll be weeping and grieving,
but they'll be proud to know we died
with our faces to the foe."
Dear old Harry" said the trooper.
as he stroked the soft muzzle with stiff-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
like to think that other people have
noticed them.

like to think that other people have
noticed them.
Should your best friend possess a
fault that is really bad, and you feel
that you must call attention to it, do
so in the incest manner possible. You
might mention the fault as belonging
to some one else and speak about it in
some such fashion as this:
"So-and-So never seems to have any
subject of conversation but dress, does
she? If | were she, | think l would
try to find new topic occasionally.
One gets rather tired of hearing about
her new dresses and hats" If your
friend have any wits at all, she will
take the hint to herself and profit by it.
Or, again, we will suppose the person
at fault is man, and you say to him.
II do like to see a man keep his hands
and nails trim and clean" Unless he
is very sensitive, he will not think
that you are reproving him actually,
but will probably endeavor in the flu
ture to live up to your expectations.
Another occasion upon which we
long TO correct the mistakes of our
friends is when they pronounce words
or names wrongly. Don't bluntly re-
peat the word in its correct form and
make the culprit feel hot and uncom-
Portable, but little later use a SEN
tence into which you can introduce the
word, giving it the right pronunciation,
and the corrected form will most likely
be taken to heart.
Never repeat and make fun of the
mistakes of one friend to another.
They may come round again to her
ears, and it will be sure to cause pain
when she knows that you, whom she
took to be her friend, have been laugh
ing with others over her mistakes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
IIE * HORSE Y ia Z
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS.

into his hand. Say. now. you fellers.
say-say
What the devil is the matter with
you, Sam Johnson?" shouted the SER
gean in charge Of the remounting.
why. I'll be tetotally busted If this
amt 'Harry'-my own pet colt, straight
from the old farm. It's him as sure's
you're born. Hey. Harry boy-don't
you know me?"
And the horse stood with out
stretched halter, ears cooked up and
eyes wildly glancing about, the trooper
uttered a peculiar whistle. The animal
walked straight up to him and rubbed
his soft nose against the sun-burned
cheek and whimpered and kissed and
showed his delight. 1t was the
strangest kind Of luck. The father had
said be would write to his soldier boy
that he had been obliged to sell liar
ry;" but he had not done so. His heart
was too sore over the parting. Sans
joy was great; it was like coming
across brother. His own hands had
first bridled and saddled him-had first
broken him to harness. Every imam
try man had his chum. Every trooper
two Of them-his horse and comrade
his horse first His father had
pleadingly said to the mother, hoping
to tighten her sorrow, that Sam and
Harry might find each other down at
the front, and chance had brought it
about. A hundred envious men crowd
ed around the black and looked him
over and growled at chance. He was
game horse, they said-one to thunder
down into battle with eyes blazing and
foam flying and his heart set on vic
tory.
A thousand troopers have formed for
charge. The men are pale-faced and
gritting their teeth-the horses lifting
their feet and working their ears nerv-
ously. There is the bugle! Walk
rOt-gallop-charge! They sweep up
the hill in a solid mass, every trooper
cheering saber glinting and
glistening in the sunlight. Beyond the
crest of the hill-over the cotton field
and then they strike the foe. 1t Is
crash as if a thousand feet of stone
wall had been toppled down. There
are cheers, curses, shouts, shots and
the clash of steel. The black horse
and his rider were in the front rank.
With the bit in his teeth and his ears
laid back the black horse dashed at
the foe, and with saber whirling about
his head the rider cheered and exulted.
The thousand break through and scat
ter the foe, but when they draw off
there are only seven hundred to ride
away. Down there on two acres of
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wouldn't it be funny if our Sam should
come to get him way down at the
front? Sam would know him on sight,
and if he jest whistled once, Harry
would jump fence to find him. Say,
ma, don't take on about it. Let's
chirk up and believe it is all for the
best"
The woman rose up and entered the
house without a reply, and the man
presently got up, looked about in an
absent way, and then took a corn-cut
ter from it's nail in the wood-shed and
went out to the grindstone under the
Bartlett pear tree to sharpen it for the
days work in the corn-field Half an
hour later when the implement had
been edged to his satisfaction, he
looked into the kitchen to say to the
woman who was YEARLY washing the
last of the breakfast dishes:
SAY, Martha, I'll write to Sam to-
night to keep an eye out for Harry
and l shouldn't bit wonder if they'd
run across each other down there
Sam would feel most as tickled as if
he'd seen one O. u.s."
TWO weeks later drove of five hun
dred horses were turned in at the re-
mount camp at Pleasant Valley. There
were five hundred dismounted troopers
there waiting for them. Sheridan was
pushing Early up the Shenandoah, and
there was no time to sort the bays and
blacks and greys and assign them to
companies. So many horses to SO many
men, and on the morrow they must be
eff to overtake Custer and fall into the
ranks.
by the living jingo!" shouted a
trooper, as horse was trotted out of
the enclosure and the halter passed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27

Y z 7 b "a = ( 81 ! Z M = =
Hi b dls, lsl 4 Il - y 4 i - wi III
others? All TT bow STRONG ron were
under me = ~ swept - no hill. -
was your first battle your first and
your last-bnt You had ! heart Of oak.
and we struck tho enemy first Of all
our regiment. How strange and queer
that you came down to me! Poor old
dad-poor old mam-it must have
wrenched their hearts to part with
you! Are you here. Harry-are you
talking to me? Poor old chap! That
was terrible volley they gave us. but
that's the way for soldier to die.
Dead are you, Harry-dead with your
head on my knees!"
door-steps with her hands under her
apron. She leaned her head on the
decreasing, and her eyes were fixed
on a man coming slowly across the
barn-yard. He had been to town, and
he had a letter in his hand. He did not
wave it and shout; he looked this way
and that-any way but towards the
woman. She grew white as death as
he came nearer, but she neither moved
nor spoke. At last he sat down beside
her with a groan. He still held the let
ter in his hand. and she saw that it
had been opened. She heard him
breathing like one who strangles in his
sleep, and he could hear the furious
beating of her heart. By and by he
huskily said:
cts from one Of the Reynolds boys.
God help us, mai"
"Our Sam is dead!" she whispered
between her white lips.
yves, ma; but Harry found him
before he died, just as l told you he
might"
"And they died together"
"Died together, ma-died together!"
he answered, as he reached out and
took one of her hands and sobbed in
his throat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-27
TROUBLE NEVER COMES ALONE.


So the Returned Soldier Learned. But. Hav-
Ing Been In Training He win survive the
shock.
The returned district volunteer had
been with the regiment at Santiago,
just before he was taken to the hos
pital. There he had been i'll for weeks.
He reached Washington with a light
heart but frail body. His strength
had been Slapped up by the hardships
Of the campaign, and he was in no
condition to endure further troubles,
but as he left the depot he summoned
all of his available strength in an en-
deavor to walk firmly and to hold his
head erect
Mary must not know how weak
am, he murmured to himself. "She
knows / have been in the hospital,
but she must not suspect that even
now l am a tit subject for the physi-
clans. will be brave and meet her
with e light heart. Under her kind,
loving care will surely recover speed
ily."
In few moments he had reached the
home which he left last April to Join
the district regiment. A pale face at
the window was hurriedly withdrawn
as he entered the yard Sturdily he
sprang up the stairs and threw open
the door. Mary" he cried, Il am
home at last-your husband"
His wife met him in the hallway, her
face pale with subdued emotion, and
her air and demeanor showing that
she had some dread news to break to
him.
do not touch me, Tom" she
cried. do not come near me. You
must know all first"
Good heavens. What do you mean?
Mary, my wife-why-" and the brave
soldier boy faltered fearing to hear
some dreadful details.
tom, dear, l love you just the
same" went on the wife hurriedly, as
though she would shorten the agony.
But things are not the same as they
were when you went away. An
other"
Another? What do you mean"
Don't misjudge me, Tom, dear,
beg of you," pleaded the wife. 1T
was not my fault. l could not help it.
L"
mot help it," broke in the hero of
Santiago firmly and harshly. mot help
1t? Do you mean to say that you have
forgotten your duty as my wife? Do
you mean to say"
by heaven, you shall hear me
through before you misjudge me like
this" cried the sobbing wife, throwing
herself upon her knees. l could not
bear to have you enter this house with
out knowing the worst, and now, since
you force me to tell you so abruptly,
you shall know all. I had planned to
break the news more gently, but it is
impossible. You make it hard for me.
Tom, l love you, but things can never
again be the same between us. My
mother is here to spend the winter
with us.
With a gurgling, almost inarticulate
cry, the man who had survived San
tiago and the camp hospitals turned
sadly away, as the mother-in-law joke
once more was resurrected for the early
fall and winter season.-Washingto
Post.
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elors which is so pleasant feature Of
society at the present time.
Now almost all bachelors who are SO
disposed invite their lady friends and
acquaintance to some sort OF enter.
tainment, to afternoon tea, to sup
per after the theatre or to luncheon.
The reason that bachelors now en-
terrain so much more than formerly Is
that it is no longer considered neces-
sary that they should be countenanced
and supported by sister, aunt or other
relative when they desire to entertain
ladies. 1t is now quite understood that
at bachelors entertainment hostess
is superhuous, which is really the case.
for from boyhood schooiboys are
trained in the duties of hosts. Proba-
bly, you have sometimes enjoyed the
hospitality of some young Yale boy
relative at luncheon on the Fourth of
July and have also been entertained at
Harvard or Princeton at luncheon or
tea in the roorars ~ I-s>UuWnu
friend, and thus you have seen for your
self what charming hosts young varsity
men make. Young subalterns In the
army entertain ladies just In the same
way, and thus at the present time.
from boyhood to middle age, bachelors
continue TO play the part OF host 20
those ladies at whose houses they re-
ceive hospitality or for whom they feel
friendship.
In fact, Mrs. Grundy's ideas have
changed with the times, and she would
not advise a wifeless man to trouble q
lady to help him entertain his guests
unless 1t should happen that that man
were widower with young grown UP
daughters.