The Republican journal., 1898-05-19

| 5 Vert Esq of No 6I5 Galloway Ave. Colum-
| bus, Ohio. f." 1 took DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
! Discovery and Pleasant Pellets and was cured"
Constipation is the commonest beginning
| and first cause of7fnany serious diseases and
| II should always be treated with Dr. Pierce's
| Pleasant Pellets used in connection with the
| Discovery These are the most perfect
| natural laXatlves and permanently cure.
and its chief was Antonio Lopez Coloma
In February of 95, while his party were
hiding in the woods near the Ignaca sugar
mill, his fiance-Senorita Ampara Obre,
ran away from home and joined him, de-
termined to share his fortunes, whatever
they might be. The party We're soon cap
tured and the lovers shut up in the old
San Severno castle, at Matanzas--but at
opposite ends of the fortress. The girl
was soon released but Coloma remained
some months in durance vile, and was then
transferred to the Moro in Havana Miss
Obre followed, and they were married in
prison,
| Before Neguitas village was garrisoned
some arms belonging to local company
of volunteers We're gathered in certain
| house. The rebel chief. Esteban Tamayo.
hearing OF this, went with fifty followers
to the residence of the captain OF the
Spanish volunteers and demanded that
the arms be given up to him. No resist
ance was made, and Tonnage and his men
We're soon provided with guns and cart
ridges-only to discover that they had
been rendered useless Disappointment
made the rebels furious. The Spanish
captain was quickly court marshaed
ordered to be shot forthwith, and the
customary number of men were detailed
TO carry out the sentence. At the critical
moment when the victim stood looking
into the muzzles of the rifles aimed at his
| breast, young woman sprang between
and facing the rebels cried ''IIe will not
die before you have killed Cuban wo-
man This brave act of devotion so
! pleased the executioners that they lower
ed their guns and left without carrying
out the sentence.
Among the the early dramatic incidents
of the war was d marriage ceremony per-
formed at dawn in the mountains OF Puerto
Principe. Don kobeau, a handsome, well
educated young man, heir to a large
estate, was one of the first to enlist with
Gomez, as a private. He has fought
bravely and been advanced step by step,
till he is now mayor of a regiment re-
cruited by himself from his own neighbour
hood, composed entirely of his personal
friends, who are all finely bred young
men. Robeau was in love with a young
girl who lived in a small village near his
fathers estate. She was in humber
circumstances than he, and the rigid
rules of Cuban etiquette kept them apart
But when the young Major first marched
through the town with his splendid COM
pany of men their horses brides were
braided with ribbons and they wore palm
wreaths twined around their hats in her
honor. They passed the girl shomeand sa-
| luted her as she stood on the balcony with
her mother. Robeau went in and asked the
parents if he might marry their daughter,
and take her with him, as he feared some
harm might befall her in his absence. But
the old folks would not consent, and final
ly the young lover yielded to their wishes
and marched sadly away Two days later
when he had gone many miles, the girl
dashed to his side mounted on a horse.
She had run away from home to join her
cuaat. haart That piUbt Rohaau copt
guard Of two men, with an extra horse
and empty saddle, to the house of the
nearest priest. The terrified Padre, ex-
pecting to be killed despite the assurance
of his escort, mounted and rode with them
muttering ave marias all the way They
reached the hills where the regiment was
halted just before daylight; and as dawn
broke from the east the young people were
married. They are now at Santa Clara,
where Major Robeau has command of 400
men, operating with Seraphine Sanchez
and his band of !, ZOO.
When Damian Hernandez was sent,
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 engag-
ed the guard, with whom she had previous
| ly made herself familiar, in friendly con-
versation. Taking his gun, ON pretense
of examining it, she suddenly leaped
backwards and pointing it at his head,
threatened him with instant death if he
moved. Then her husband and his COM
rades tied the unfortunate 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 revo-
lutionary forces, where Mrs. Hernandez
acts as nurse.
Another notable woman is the wife of
DR.. Hernandez of San Cristobal. She is