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MAJOR Wont ON wisdom In war.

Major Went Of the Tenth infantry
WAS busy lodging bullets during the
advance on San Juan. He saw a news
paper man coming along the road. ''Lie
down, you id fooll' reared Went.
rWhy don't you lie down y~ourselfss'
vetorted the newspaper man. "D--n
you, I can't" roared the major, e.but
that II no reason why you also should
bs I'D fooll'-Chioa9o Tribnpar.
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His Little Joke,

In a New Orleans cafe a group Of men
were discussing the victory Of the
American feet at Santiago when q
stranger, who stood within earslot Of
the patriotic expressions, said 81 a
rather mournful tone of voice: "'Well,I
boys, you may talk as you please, bnt I
would give my right arm to see the
Spanish flag floating over New Or
leans" There was a mad rush, for the
newcomer, and for some seconds the.air
was full Of swinging arms. As HE
stranger ruefully regained his feetand
pulled his battered remains together he
attempted a smile that faded INTO q
CHASTITY grin, and he whined out: isNop
fellows r too quick. That's.mHtlt6ale
Joke. / am blind"
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-10

Catarrh.

Catarrh is one of the most obstinate
diseases, and hence the most difficult
to get rid of.
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood, and all the
sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world q have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe-
cifc cures Catarrhpermanently, foriti is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force it from the blood.
Mr.. B.. p. McAllister of Harrodsburp.
Ky, had Catarrh for years. He writes:
~ could see no Improvement Whatever.
EhOuRh i WAQ constantly treated. 18th orrev
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NEURALGIA,
4 Disease Of the Blood Resulting from some Constitutional faint
Inherited or ~Acquired-Caused by Impoverished Blood, which
is Always ShuWn by the Afflicted Ones Panor and
Emaciaion-- How it May be Cured.
From aAs 0rephse, Rusnva,s, lad

Mis- Pearl Wood, q popular young lady Of
Arlington, Indiana. Two years ago Miss
Wood became seriously afflicted with facial
neuralgia and was not relieved Of her suf.
fering until about eight months ago.
She says, ~ had fairly good health until
two years ago when the facial neuralgia de.
yeloped. II started with occasional pains
In my jaws and I did not know what the
trouble vas. / went to q dentist, thinking
my teeth needed treating, but the dentist said
guch was notithe case q it was facial neural:
oia. Our physician said the same thing and
he rave me medicine which relieved the pain
for awhile. -
IA few weeks later I woke up one night
with a fearful pain in my head. I tried Diff:
fsrent remedies. but could not get rid Of the
awful pain. I managed to pull through, how.
ever, till morning, when the doctor was sent
for. He said Il was another attack of the
trouble and I was apt to have . serious time
Of 1t. His prophecy proved true. l suffered
severely from this disease for many weeks.
The pains. often anne in the night and were
% severe that it was impossible to sleep.
We triedn different doctor, but he did me
no good. I had read articles in the news.
papers concerning DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, and although l had never
read of q cure Of any trouble similar to mine
through them, somehow I felt that the pills
might benefit me. Some of our ~neighbors
had used them with successful results, and ]
decided to try them. I sent to Nashville fl
half q dozen boxes. I concluded iftASlkMN
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stance, Whitaker's and U~nderwood'a,
TO I'LL out the Alabama and Mississippi
quota. These three regiments contain
1, 400 men from New Orleans.
Finding what an excellent field New
Orleans was for recruiting, the Eight
zenith and Twenty-third United States
regular infantry and the Fifth cavalry
while here opened recruiting offices and
picked up $50 men without difficulty,
and now Mississippi, finding it impos-
sible to raise its third regiment, has
opened recruiting offices in New Or
leans and will fill its quota here. These
last recuits will bring the total Of New.
Orleans volunteers up to-5, 7QQon
including the nayY
may not seo1n
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g!!.!.!!
gs0bg, troublous weeks
: war was declared was secre.
'eafy to General Oongosta at Havana.
In those days Cesares had a suit Of
rooms at the military palace. He be-
1onged to the very small exclusive inner
circle at the palace who used to walk
on the Prado with their fingers on their
lips and who knew Madrid s secrets and
helped Blanco form his plans and cabi-
nets. Very different was the Cesares
who greeted me the other day, pale and
emaciated. He has been living here for
some weeks as q convalescent invalid in
such retirement and ~obscurity that he
might almost be said to be inoognito.
He led me into a corner Of the smok-
ing room. II am glad to see you here,
he said, although We are enemies
national enemies, I mean, but always
personal friends. Like almost every
spaniard, I hae, the highest regard for
American character. When do you think
this war will be over2? When shall we
go back to the friendship that has ex-
listed between ybur country and mine
800 years? I was wounded by an Amer
lean bullet when Captain Dorst tried to
land,ins Cuba: (Cesares pointed to an
ugly scar on his forehead) and had fever
afterward and am here getting we'll.
Americans must have learned one thing
by this war-that S~paniards are not
cruel, not inhuman, but quite as much
men Of honor as themselves"
"How about the Spanish sharpshoot-
ers who fired into the Red Cross hos
pitfalls near Santiago?" I asked.
"Most Of those stories are lies, - he
replied. "Spanish bullets that did fall
in American hospitals did 80 by acct
dent. Think Of Porto Rico. There the
only she'll from the American fleet that
did any damage was n that exploded
In a hospital. It looked as il it had been
fired there deliberately. The French and
German ~oonsuls so reported to their
governments, but / think they were
wrong. Americans would not fire on a
hospital No; we shall not give up
fighting yet. I don't know what my
governments plans are as well as I did
in Havana, but we want peace. # men
and newspapers In New York and Mad
rid would only stop calling names and
use a little Christian charity, IT is my
opinion that peace would speedily fol-
low. But I shall return to Cuba soon.
We may meet on some battlefield, for
Cuba is not conquered YETI. q.
Nichols in New York World.
Tne entlre area q the UnIteu states
10 placed at 1885, OF, 699 acres, Of
which 741, 700, 1876 acres are now owned
BY individuals or by corporations OF
states or have passed out OF the control
hl the general government.
III u. . -E 81 - -Dr ~s=r
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AA0 " Sn0
MUetkn just now, the city
not but miss them, and New Or
leans is missing its volunteers in many
ways.
The explanation of the large number
Of enlistments here, aside from any pa
triotic ardor, is the very strong love Of
adventure, for which the city has al
ways been noted, and the fact that sum-
mer is a dull season here, when a large
proportion of the population has little
If any work. The disposition to regard
the war as likely to be a short one has
tempted hundreds of young men to en-.
list in the belief that it will be over and
they will be back at work in the fall,
when business is brisk. Moreover, the
climate Of Cuba and yellow fever have
less terror for the average New Orleans
man than for the resident of any other
city in the United States.
The withdrawal Of the large number
of young men is having a very marked
effect in many ways in New Orleans.
There is q great scarcity Of young men.
Nor is the fact to be overlooked that it
has had its, effect on the police news
.''The police force feels the effect Of the
war very perceptibly," said the super
intendent Of the New Orleans police the
other day, and he pointed to the list Of
arrests as proof Of it. The chief did not
NEAR to reflect in any way on the Loui-
siana soldiers, who. probably include as
large q proportion Of men Of high social
rank as any war has seen called forth,
but only to point to the fact that the
withdrawal of some 6, 900 of the most
active young men Of New Orleans had
made the city a great deal quieter and
arrests far fewer. 1.-THE arrests are far
fewer, continued the chief. ."The Lou
isiana regiments took with them many
men who gave us a great deal Of trou-
BILE, and they will make good soldiers,
I have no doubt. The officers often refer
to So-and-so and wonder how he is GET
ting on in camp and whether he likes
his new quarters better than the police
station. The army discipline will act as
q genuine reformatory for many Of the
wild young fellows who have gone out
with the Louisiana troops. The train
ing, the military life, the strict obedi-
ence to orders, will make men out Of
them. I, for one, will watch the career
and record of many a member Of These
Louisiana regiments who is known to
us quite intimately, and I expect to see
them come back more orderly and.law;
abiding" ,s
The police record proves the truthsof
Chief Casters statement. There has
been no police news in New Orleans Of
any moment since the war began. There
are some who think this is due to the
fact that interest in the war has swal-
lowed up interest in everything else.
but the police say that if 6, 900 athletic
young men are taken out Of q city Of
$50, 900 people it will be far more or
derby and quiet than heretofore. New
Orleans has never been better behaved
in it's two centuries Of existence than
since this Spanish wal began.-New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-10

What Would They Have SDoass
It is said that the smoke interfered.
with the aim Of our gunnersAt San;
tiago. What would they have done, lfj
they had had a clear aimhs.Afantal
Constitution
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II Blanket and three.
reside poor johnson when the whis.
- ting bullet lit;)
like q V,
And a Cuban has inherited his tools Of sol.
diery-
His greasy frying skillet,
He hadn't time to will 1t,
But the heir at law was waiting crouched be-
hind a handy tree.
He's chewing Jim's tobacco and is smoking
Johnson's pipe
poor johnson fell just like the fruit that frost
finds overripe;)
he fell without a culver, with q ball in his In
side,
And this quick party had his goods almost
before he died
His summer socks-I wonder
II ever he felt under
His sole a pair Of Christian socks-or anything
but hide.
He's lolling in the shadow clad in Johnson's
extra shirt;
It has the stain Of Cuban sweat, also Of Cuban
dirt.
Jim chucked it with the other things that
weighted down his pack
When we were getting ready for the sugar
house attack,
And Mr.. Ally saw 1t,
It tool two winks to draw 1t
Around his form; for q Of ease he ripped II
down the back.
He's chewing Jim's tobacco and he's INDECENT
~ gay;
He's boiling down subsistence that came here
marked "U. 8. A." =-
He'll pretty soon sink into rest upon al easy
bed
Made out Of blankets lately owned by gentle.
men now dead. u
He's got enough Of victuals
And pots and pans and kttles
To last him for whatever life remains for him
ahead.
Oh, Cuba! Cuba Librel How my heart in
rapture swells
In contemplation Of your men, their habits
and their smellsl
It fills my inmost being with 3 sort Of holy
To gaze upon our allies, which the Likes neves
saw.
Doing among their plumber
Each one commands my wonder,
But chiefest do I marvel at Jim Johnson's heiI
at law. ~
i. Chicago Record.
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worth trying, they were worth 0 thorough
trial; but all the medicine was never used.
by the time l had finished the second
box l found ! was growing better. 1 don't
think l was ever more happy in my life than
over the fact ! was getting we'll. After taking
the third box, the pain which had made life 3
. misery, had left me and when I had finished
the fifth box / was WE'LL"
Neuralgia is the result of some constitu.
tional faint which has been inherited or
acquired. 1t is the direct result of an i'm.
poverished condition of the blood which II
always shown by the afflicted ones pallor and
emaciation. Any part of the body which has
sensitive nerves may become affected.
Among the many forms of this disease are
headache, nervousness, paralysis, apoplexy
and locomotor ataxia. Some of these were
considered incurable until DR.. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People were formulated. To-
day thousands testify to having been cured Of
such diseases by these pills.
No discovery Of moderp times has proved
Pills for Pale People. Acting directly on the
regulating the functions, they restore tie
strength and health to the exhausted woman
when every effort of the physician proves un.
awaiting.
For the growing girl they are Of
most benefit, for the motheE
g , ~ \ = : ; : :
for every woman invalAn
Pink Pills are
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
An Their Members Not Proc
Against Yellow Fever.
RUSH N NEW ORLEANS TO ENLIST.

Colo.sl Rfehs snd Colonel Hood VIII
Command Inc Immuns Reslmsnts "a
0aE1ison Sansiago-Dfmsultles In Carry.
Ing Out the Law Tor Their Orgsniss-
ton -veluntsen 1sr.ished 70 Other
stasss-Greae Scarcity Of Young Men.
The City Of Berlin, the big transport
Of the International Navigation com
pany, will carry the First and Second
United States immune regiments, COM
manded respectively BY Colonel Richie
and Colonel Hood, TO Santiago to act az
the garrison OF that town.
These regiments are wholly white
and r sent to Santiago first because
they have been the longest organized
and are in the most efficient condition;
but, while efficient, they are not i'm
mune, according TO the popular accept
ance Of the term. As a matter of fact,
it is doubtful il 8 per cent Of the men,
bers Of the First immune regiment are
proof against yellow fever. and probably
not more than 80 per cent Of the Second
have seen or been near that disease. TIL
act creating these regiments
immune against Xa2
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lTrom Our Special oosrsspsndsnAl

TO get rid Of . pack that must have
weighed fully 80 pounds, for ct this
season the trail q dmply awful and
we'll nigh impasAble With a heavy
pack. There are Two rival trails for
four or five miles, the owner Of each
1eaping rich returns from their ferry.
franchises at different pointsL I take
the left fork up and over theskill. a two
mile walk brings, me to tbs Nondike
river itbank, whence I am taken ACROSS
ms boatsfastenedN TO a suspension wire
rope, the motive power beiHk the swift
current, manipulated BY pdileys. Ono
hundred,dollars day is not 4 bad in
oomeswhen:one considers thSe small out
lay Of these ferries, but Il is BY no
means unusual.
A Meeting With joaquin miller.
Here the trail leads into the woods
and through marshy ground, where the
pedestrian sometimes einks'tohis knees.
In a little clearing just as: strike the
famous Bonanza creek I meet joaquin
Miller, who against his willard efforts
has been shut up in the oe6ntry since
last summer. Il IS 10 o'cldo& at. night,
and the sunlight strikes tie hilltops
only. Soon the air gets chilli but 90 in
MIGRATING that walking would be q
positive pleasure. were the trail not 60
wet, rough and precipitouL Finally !
overtake two prospectors who are bend
ing under the weight Of pick. shovel,
gold pan, blankets and O. two week1'
supply Of provisions. Occasionally q
party Of miners IL mets Bome carry
plethoric sacks Of goiddHSs which they
will carry to town and perhaps have
shipped out by the first steamer.
At times the trail closely skirts the
creek, but It usually winds along the
rough hillside and at n place the way
is 80 steep that a single misstep would
throw the pedestrian Into the sluice
boxes $50 or more feet below. Justbe-
fore 1,reach the point Of discovety1
build q FIRE beside q little creek where
the water 10 yellow n saffron from IL
straining through moss and other yeee-
table matter above. A IRE Il quickly
built and coffee made In the baking
powder can. Then bread, stewed fruit
and driedbeefsa all tasting eve 20 good.
make what Iaoall my supper. although
1t is 6 O'Clock In the morninR. Four
stioksaabbut three feet long are'stuok in
the ground four feet apart to form 3
square. Over thisI have nv moeuuito
netting and then crawl under andsenjoy
six hours of refreshing sleep withlmy
feet pointed towardthe smoldering IRE.
AT 10 O'Clock the sun is shining as hot
as I have eyer e it anvwhere At this
season and a two hours' rest in tha
shaae follows
NJ IN. n-..,<,... .,xo.
hn..t...+ ~ tha ro.l. ~. 49,.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80 800. - a.
so;nsd - i III, na~.aa '1 100. $3.50 msea .n'
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savages on the whole, Iva Longer
than civilized people.
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works on armored shoots Carrying Il would be
An impossibihty as some Of the charges weigh
gfjO pounds Tanks containing fresh water and
drinking cups fixed in the handling room for
the use OF the men. and all the floors are
sprnkled with water before work begins
Speaking tubes lead from outside the maya
zines (Which by the way are usually below the
water-line) 20 the gun decks. the bridge and
the coming tower.
There liz quarterly examination or the dry
gun cotton to ascertain whether acid Is accunu-
lating. II IL U.s. the explosive is AZ once satu-
rated with water Wet gun-cotton, being .
very safe material is kept in an ordinary store
room. and is weighed periodically 10 detect de-
terioration a plug being at the same time re-
moved in order that gas may escape. The war
heads Of the Whitehead torpedoes. being flled
with wet gun-Cotton, are slowed 10y themselves
and tested in the manner Just described But
the pistols" which contain dry gun-coiton. and
the detonatOrs for igniting the Wet Sun-cotton
In the torpcdocs are placed together IN COM
partmcnt that can hc flooded II necessary.
The only other dangerous explosives carried
by our warshps are the filled shells, which are
given a place to themselves. None hut he most
stubborn fuses fitted to these unless they
al the gun and ready to be fired Their dan
gerous nature is Indicated 10y their red-painted
heads and the broad red band around them
Seamen are trained 10 handle them with the Ut
most care Even signal lights and rockets are
kept carefully out OF the way Of irresponsible
persons. In fat every possible prccaution IS
taken to prevent accident with explosives oc-
curing on any OF our wdrshps.
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STORING Explosives on A SHIP
THE METHODS IN VOGUE IN THE BRITiSH
NAVY.

THE METHODS IN VOGUE IN THE BRITISH
From Invention.
The British Navy has not been without its
Maine disasters. though. fortunately, these have
been unattended by any questions Of foul play
and they have taught n lesson The last
such catastrophe was in lSS2. when the gun
boat Dottcrel sunk and l4J lives lost
through an explosion in one Of her magazines.
Since that time great attention has been paid
to the storing Of high explosives on board all
the ships OF our navy. The magazines are now
huge iron tanks built separately into the ship
The sides, bottom and crown Of these are made
of thick stee! plates weighing ten pounds to the
square foot These plates lap jointed and
strongly rivetcd.
Should any side Of the back Of a coal bunker
be exposed, that side IS built of plates that
weigh twelve and a half pounds to the square
foot. This additional strength is in order to
prevent any explosive of coal gas that may
cur in the bunker from tearing open the maya
zine. Further. the plating is stlfcned with
heavy bars that make all parts Of the surface Of
equal strength. Should the magazine be placed
rear the engines. or In any other place where
there is a high temperature it is coated with
asbestos. Electricity is used for lighting pur-
poses.
All the lights in what are called light
boxes" placed outside, the light penetrating
into the magazine itself through thick glass
tlluminators. which are protected by gratngs OF
brass wire The keys Of these boxes are kept by
the gunner Of the ship. Near them IL a stock Of
candles ready for use in case the electric cur
rent should fail Entrance to the magazine IL
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paiSn hat pulled down on his head and cigar
either between his lips or clutched between his
Fingers. invariably said: How much he looks
like his father General Grant"
Once in the camp many of the visitors thought
that the whole space was open for their inspec-
ton, but they learned the contrary when they
attempted to cross from one rcSmental camp to
the other Many a party Of Interested V.9itors
scowlcd and talked back" when told by a
sentry that they could not pass unless by way or
the guard house. and some of the men who
were taking their first degree in The art of war
were tempted to forget their duties when told
by pretty girls that they were neither spies nor
deserters, and that there would surely be no
harm in allowing them to pass. But there was
probably little deviation from The military rule,
and visitors had 10 abide by the regulations.
AT General Butts part Of the camp the rush be-
came so great at one time, despite the bad
weather that visitors were excluded. and even
o visit to the officer of the guard would not Sc
cure pass.
Wives mothers and swcethearts who had
sosn their dear ones at Pcckskiil in the days Of
the camp Of instruction had many opportunities
t. see how that place differed from a real camp.
such as the men will find when they so to the
front They knew that the men would not come
BACK In a. few days, as they dld from former
camps, and anxious inquiries were made as to
tie condition Of wardrobes Then impromptu
sewing circles were formed in and near tents
buttons were replaced good and hard" socks
daTned and general repairs made. and instruc-
tons given as TO how TO make them last long
They wondered at the primitive BARRIERS shops
and stood aghast when they saw letters nailed
10 post in company street SO that the ones
to whom they addressed might AID
claim them.
There serious features at Camp Black
which the visitor did not see in his trip through
Ats streets Men who had gone to camp deter
mined to follow their regiment wherever II
might be ordered were rejected in great numbers
by the examining surgeons and their departure
for home a source Of grief to them and TO
preston to their feelings except by visiting their
wrath upon the other members. who, despite Of
their physical soundncss, refused to be mus
tered into the service Of the United States
That there should have been any mock SOL
diers at the camp is the only shady side to the
picture. and in years to come, when the Ma
iiOnal Guard will receive full praise for its
promptness in the present emergency, the one
discOrdant note will be the story Of the ROgue's
March to the strains Of which the faint hearted
were marched out Of Camp Black.
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THE SPANISH AID AMERICAN DEBTS.

From Gunton's Magazine for May
Some idea Of the magnitude Of the burden
resting upon the Spanish people can be gained
by II comparison with our own situation. Their
national debt per capita is about iNG pcsctas. or
S.H in American money. Mulhall few years
ago. estimated the wealth Of Spain at about
S455 per capita. perhaps 10y this time II could
be placed at $500. The per capita debt Of the
Spanish Government. therefore. Is more than
20 per cent OF che per capita wealth OF the en-
tire nation.
Tn" debt ~ the United States Government,
which in 1866 amounted 10 S2.IJO.NOWn. stood
in January, lS.lS. at ncU SlOl |. 10l .3,S O. in
Guiding the gr,cnhaCks. This would be per
capita Indebtedness Of about Sll. The per
capita wealth Of the United States was IN
1890 81 HG, now il is, OF course greater but.
even on the 1880 basis. the per capita indebted
ness of the Government to-day amounts 10 only
liz per cent OF the per capita wealth Of the Ma
tiOn. The per capita interest charge on THIS
debt amounted in lS.G-91 IL about j3 cents;
in Spain the annual cost Of the public debt IS
nearly 81 per capita.