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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-04
OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
General shafter Sends "A Partial List of
tho Fallen Heroes.

Washington, July 3.-The following
dispatch from General Shafter was re-
ceived at the war department to-night:
Playa del Este, July $40 the Ad-
jutant General of the United States,
Washington: At the camp near San
tiago. July 3.-The following is a partial
list of officers killed:
COL. CHARLES a. WIKOFF, 22nd
infantry.
LIEUT.. COL. JOHN NJ. HAMILTON,
9th cavalry.
LIEUT.. w. II. SMITH. 10th cavalry.
MAJOR FORT, LIST cavalry.
CAPTAIN O'NEILL. LIST volunteer
cavalry.
LIEUT.. FRANK NICHE. son of Pro-
fessor Niche.
LIEUT.. JULES q. ORD. 9Th infantry.
LIEUT.. WILLIAM +. SHIP 10th cav
airy.
The following is a partial list of off,
GERS wounded:
LIEUT. col. JOHN PATTERSON,
22nd infantry.
LIEUT.. COL. HENRY CARROLL.
commanding First brigade. cavalry di-
vision.
MAJOR HENRY w. VESSELS. Sd
cavalry.
CAPT. AUGUSTUS p. BLoCKsoM.
Sth cavalry.
CAPT. JOHN Il. KERR. 9Th cavalry.
CAPT. GEORGE X. HUNTER, Sd
cavalry.
CAPT. GEORGE A. DODD, Sd cav
airy.
CAPT. CHARLES w. TAYLOR, 9th
cavalry.
LIEUT.. FRANK NJ. MCCOY. 10th cav
airy.
LIEUT.. WINTHROP S. WOOD, adju-
tant. 9Th cavalry.
LIEUTENANT HASKELL. LIST volun-
teer cavalry.
LIEUT.. A. l.. MILLS. LIST cavalry.
LIEUT.. OREN Il. MEYER, Sd cav
airy.
LIEUT.. ARTHUR THAYER, Sd cav-
airy.
LIEUT.. WALTER c. SHORT. 9th
cavalry.
CAPT. JOHN b. RoDMAN, Goth in
fantry.
(Signed) SKATER.
Major General.
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IT PAYS TO BE EXACT
oks Enjoyed by Two Fun-Loving Girls
In Duluth.

Every business man knows the value
of being exact If success in life is to
be attained. As a general rule ii is not
so in society, though under some cir
cumstances a due appreciation of the
business mans leading virtue comes in
handy. Two young Minneapolis swells
who were on a visit to Duluth recently
are firmly convinced hat exactness is
necessary, at least in the matter of
making engagements. During their Wis
IL to the head of the lakes they made
merous charming acquaintance among
the air sex-two in particular. The
four young people frequently met at
social gatherings, attracted to each
other by general community of feeling,
all being full of fun and fond of a joke.
One evening the young men invited the
girls to go for a ride. As they CHANGED
to be in wheeling cosetume at the time
the invitation was given, and as the
girls were bicyclers also, they never
thought 1t necessary to say what kind
of a ride, though a spin on a wheel was
what they had in mind when they ex-
tended the courtesy. When they and
the girls parted the latter determined
that this was a good time to have a
joke at the expense of the u men.
The latter appeared at the appointed
hour next afternoon and were dumb
founded to find the young women hand
somely dressed-to 90 carriage riding.
With the girls all dressed up it was of
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vessels generally tell the reporters
has happened on the cruise. but
often the voyage has been too un-
%eventful. i'm which case a reporter can
get fake particulars from the fore
castle. The sailor is very happy when
the paper comes out with his yarn in
IL and feels fully repaid for his trouble
in inventing IL.
IL is doubtful IL a single saloon would
find 1t profitable to do business in Key
West If obliged To depend on the pat
ronage of the Cubans. Ex-Mayor Mon
salvage, who served two terms as
mayor, when the city was larger than
IL is now. having then "a 1000 inhabi-
tants. says that during one year only
n Cuban was brought before him as
police magistrate to answer for drunk
nnnes In the parts of the city in
habited entirely by Cubans, there are
no saloons at all, n nc policemen are
needed In these parts of the town. The
Key West Cuban is the most peaceful,
law-abiding person imaginable.
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LONDON PRESS Comment
The Bravery Displayed on Both
Sides Highly Commended.
THE TIMES WANTS PEACE
IL Says the S~paniards Have indicated
Their Honor and Should Ask for
Terms-The Graphic Think
We Have Made a Blunder.

London. July 4.-The Daily Graphic, in
it's editorial, observes: THE signal gal
lantry and devotion displayed by both
Spaniards and Americans sends a thrill
OF pride Throughout the Anglo-Saxon
world. The story of the splendid man.
ner In which the rough riders carried
San Juan is instinct with the spirit of
Balaklave.' The Daily Graphic says,
however. that 1.-THE blunder lies deeper
than any mere temporary miscalcula-
tion," adding hat Americans cast their
net too widely. and it might have been
better to la left Santiago and Ma
Mia alone, and to have concerted their
efforts upon Havana"
The Times. this morning, discussing
the fighting at Ell Caney. says: THE
Spanish have shown courage of a very
high degree, and it is hard to say
whether the splendid dash and bravery
of the Americans in the teeth of a gall
ing fire or the stubborn %tenacity of the
Spanish defense is the more admirable.
Both AVE earned to appreciate the
splendid military qualities of their ad-
versaries.
1T is a pity tina enemies who have
= 5oNi w 4
in the field cannot see their way to save
bloodshed by coming Immediately to an
arrangement on a peaceful basis. The
Spaniards have indicated their honor,
and If they were wise they would now
prove their common sense by offering
terms to their opponents, terms. which,
If they were reasonable. would almost
certainly be discussed in a generous
spirit"
The editorials in the Daily Graphic
and Times fairly represent the opinions
or the London newspapers. There is no
word OF blame, but rather unstinted adj
miration for General Skaters bravery;
yet America finds Santiago a tougher
task than she anticipated.
Spain, 1t is suggested, might now sue
for peace on honorable terms, but it is
not thought she is likely to do so.
The Standar says: ION the whole,
while we cannot express too highly our
admiration of the bearing of the Ameri-
can troops, il appears that the prospect
before the United States is one suffi-
GENTLY onerous to make this a moment
when "A wise approach on the part Of
Spain toward peace upon reasonable
terms ought to be received with much
alacrity by President Mckinley. Why
wait till suffering has hardened the
hearts of the Americans and strengthen
ed the nations resolve?"
HI Daily News remarks: THE pres
ent our of July will be memorable.
Even this seems to be tending to a full
hllment Of the remarkable prophecy
Captain Mahan made in 1890. that when
the United States once began to busy
itself with the affairs of the world il
would stretch out its hands to Great
Britain"
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Keeping the Hair In Curl.

Every woman knows how hard II is to
keep her hair in curl during the summer-
time. 1t will get stringy and sticky unless
some special treatment be devised to ward
of such untoward condition. a North side
girl has discovered "A method of avoiding
all that difficulty and impaired IL as fol-
lows to n friend:
"ln tell you a secret" said the girl.
land il is one that is worth while. 1t is a
discovery I made myself. and is really
worth knowing. You can give your head
a thorough shampoo too often. for that
ruins the hair. besides making il unman-
ageable. Still, you must have the hair
around your face funny. Well, this Is
what do. l do my hair in curl papers. 1
don't like to. but that is the best way. 1
find, and the quickest. Well. when l put
my hair up at night l just dissolve a lit
tie boraN in the water, wet the hair that
l am going TO put up. taking care not to
haveit too wet. and the result is light, dry
fiuffiness that viii warrant the curl stay
ing in longer than by any other method.
Just try 1t and see II you don't him
So"
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RATS ENDED tn STRIKE.
Devoured Their Food and Caused a Re.
turn to Work.

Not one of the biggest. but one of
the most stubborn strikes that ever &C.
Cured in the Pennsylvania coal region
was ended by rats" said a former min
ing engineer to a correspondent of the
New York Sun the other day.
The rats that infest coal mines are
of enormous size and as ravenous as
they are big. The miners not only toll
crate them, but stand in awe of then,
for 1t is a firm belief with the coal
miner that these rats can ~foretell dis
aster and give warning to the miners
of their danger by scurrying out of the
threatened mine in droves in ample
time 10 nab the miners to make their
escape also. So careful are the work
men of these great. hungry rats that
II is not an uncommon sight to see "A
miner feeding half a dozen or more
from his Dime pail. They sometimes
become so tame that they Will climb on
a miners lap as he sits at his under
ground meal and crowd around him TO
receive lei portions of his meal as he
cares to toss TO them.
'These rats never leave the mines SO
long as work is going on. The food
of the mine mules is kept in the mines.
and on this the rats largely subsist.
They swarm about when the mule are
eating. and sometimes the mules have
to fight the rats to save their meal.
The strike / refer to was caused by
the refusal of a mine boss to reinstate
a miner he had discharged. The men
quit work. The mine owners declared
they would let grass grow and choke
the mouth of the slope before they
would give i'm to the men, n the men
swore that they woul cut the grass
and eat it, IL necessary. before they
would yield their point. The mules
were taken from the mine and turned
out to pasture. The rats. being thus
deprived of their sustenance. aban-
doned the mine and took up their quar-
tiers about the miners shanties. where
they o became a terror to the fam
lilies.
-Four different loads Of provisions
were contributed by the sympathetic
working miners. but il was impossible
to a V more han one-third of them
from the rats. Some of the miners
kept COWS. there being plenty of free
p~asturage, but soon after the strike
began the cows began to fall short in
their yield of milk. This was a mys-
terry until one morning a miner dis
covered half a dozen big rats sucking
the milk from his COW as she lay on
the ground complacently chewing her
cud. These combinations against them
at last forced the miners to weaken,
and they were compelled by and by
TO resume work on such terms as they
could obtain. absolutely beaten by the
~devouring rats"
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"a
BROOKE HAS HIS ORDERS
Twenty Thousand Men to Move
South Immediately.
TROOPS THAT R GOING
The Regiments Were Inspected Last
Night and Are All Ready to Start.
There Are 30 Trains of 20 Cars
Each on the Tracks.
Twenty Thousand Men to Move
South Immediately.
TROOPS THAT ARE GOING

Chickamauga Military Park, July B.
from the war department to General
Brooke. directing him to designate
about 20. 900 men for immediate depar-
ture to the South. and at once there
was great excitement and hustle in the
camp.
public the order, but it is understood
that he has selected the First division
of the First corps and two brigadss
of the Second division, to be moved at
once.
The First division is composed of the
following regiments:
First brigade-1st Kentucky. Sd Wis
consin, 5th Illinois.
Second brigade-4th Ohio, Sd Illinois,
4th Pennsylvania.
Third b~rigade-16th Pennsylvania,
I'd Wisconsin, Sd Kentucky.
The First and Second brigades of the
Second division are composed of the
following regiments:
First brigade-31st Michigan, 160th
Indiana, LIST Georgia.
Second brigade-6th Ohio, 15Sth Indi-
ana, LIST West Virginia.
The regiments of the First division
were inspected this evening and are
ready to move. They have been kept
busy since the order to prepare for the
field came a week ago, getting rid OF
their excess of equipment and cloth
ing, and it will require very little time
to break amp n depart.
In anticipation of this order the rail-
roads a v been accommodating cars ut
this point for a week. The Western x
Atlantic railroad is crowded with Pull
man cars.
1t is stated tonight that there are 80
rains of 20 cars eacn on the tracks
here ready to transport troops. The
regiments will embark at Rossville and
Ringgold to insure speedy transporta-
ton, as was done with the regulars
when they were moved South, and it is
thought by the railroad authorities that
they can a the 20, 1000 men in Tampa
in two days. 1t is understood at this
hour hat three regiments will move
tomorrow morning.
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course impossible to ask them to change

course impossible to ask them to change
their costumes. So one of the young
men. leverer of wit than his compan-
ion. apologized for appearing in bicycle
costume, laying the blame on a faulty
tandem which they had been riding.
Begging the girls to excuse them for
half an hour they hurried away to their
hotel. changed their clothes and ere
long returned with a handsome rig. All
enjoyed the drive, especially the girls,
who on their return mischievously in
formed the young men of the joke that
had been played on them. The latter
took it in good part, but la deter
mined, as said above, that in future
when making engagements they will
leave nothing TO be understood.
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transports. Six vessels have been re-
Gently loaded with men, ammunition,
arms, supplies, etc, and are now either
at Key West or on their wa to REIN
force Skaters army. Included in this
expedition are some batteries of artil-
lery. In all. these forces constitute
about $500 or 5000 men.
General Miles, in the course of a brief
talk. said to-day that General Shafter
might contemplate the withdrawal Of
his forces to the highlands in the di-
rection of Siboney. where they could
be near the sea. This. however, would
be a temporary e~xpedient. enabling the
soldiers to rest and prepare for the
work ahead.
The Reinforcements.
The officials hope to rush the REIN
forcements to General Shafter. so that
there will be 81, 900 to 81, 900 men under
his command within the next 10 days.
and ooner If his can be arranged.
There are about Is, 100 men and Off
GERS in the expedition that set out from
Tampa less han a month ago. These
have been reinforced by the troops IT
Brigadier General Dufield's command.
amounting to 5000 men, and consisting
of the Sd n 4th Michigan and the 9th
Massachusetts regiments. The first L.
400 of General Duffield's brigade have
been with Shafter for a week, while the
remainder have just debarked. During
the past week a second expedition OF
large proportions was scheduled 20
leave Tampa, carrying a good portion
of General Snyder's division of the
Fourth corps as achievements for
General Shafter. Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn said to-day tina IL trans
ports were available to carry Snyder's
troops, and while without official in
formation on the subject he assumed
hat 5000 of them were on their way
to join Shafter I'm the province of San
tiago. The other troops To be sent to
the aid of General Shafter will. accord
ing to the understanding here, be the
remaining portion of General Snyder's
division and such other regiments now
at Tampa being equipped and ready for
active work. Genera Brooke, com
handing at Chickamauga, has already
received instructions to have is regl-
ments prepared for immediate o
ment.
snyder's Division.
General Snyder's division. which was
under orders for Santiag o included the
following regiments: 18th and 9TH Dis
trict of Columbia. I'd New York. 9Th
Maryland, Sd Pennsylvania, 18th Indi-
ana n the LIST Ohio. General Garrett
sons brigade. now at Camp Alger, Vir-
ginia. is understood to be bound for
Tampa. General Garrettson's brigade
is composed of the 9th Illinois, 5th
Massachusetts and the Sth Ohio regi-
ments. The army officials, feeling that
they have profted by the experience in
preparing the first expedition, say bet
ter time will be made with those 10
follow.
The Mohawk and the Mississippi,
two vessels of the American transport
line just acquired by the government.
have facilities for a little more than
800 men and animals, n will be
utilized i'm sending aid To Shafter. They
are now at New York under orders for
Tampa.
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Reason for Rejoicing.

There is no country which has mere
reason than our own to cele j-tte the
anniversary of the birthday If cur
country Those IL colonies, numbering
not 5000, 900 people. are now So. 900. SEQ,
as free and enlightened as any upon
Gods footstool.
We little realize to-day the privations
OF Valley Forge or the sufferings of our
pilgrim fathers and mothers. The ccr-
nation period of our government was
critical. They had the same errors
and differences to fight against that we
have now. We can render no higher
homage to the memory of our fathers
than to baptize our souls afresh with
patriotism. 1t is more than an at
tachment to the soil-it is devotion 20
a political idea.
Lucifer matches were first made nearly
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Lucifer matches were first made nearly
20 years ago.
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Through a Glass, DarkIy.

From Truth.
Mistress-Why, Bridget. you surely don't
consider these windows washed?
Bridget-Sure. / washed EN- nicely on
the inside. mum. so We can look out: but
i Intentionally lift thin a little dhirty on
the outside SO thin aignorant Jones chill
dren mkt door couldn't look in.
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Glass bricks are gradually coming into
use. and 1t is said that glass will soon be
used for making statues for public
squares. as II resists the corroding effect
of the weather much better than marble
or granite.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-10-22

brave, but can tell you it don't
feel SO nice to be shot,
81 knew as we'll as if he'd told me
that he had opened the Confederate
trap and let the Yankees out.
~ took the buckskin bag and put
all the gold back in it.
II won't share your money, and
wish you good day says /.
''He took the bag and turned away
without a word, and / began to
weave again.
Il was full of temper in those
days, and I was all on fire for the
South. / gave my shuttle a ire
mendous fling, aud it hit Louis in
the back as it went out the door.
OF course be thought I did it pur-
pose, but he never looked around.
Well. all kind feelings between him
and me was over, anyway. He
Joined the other side. After the
war he went to Texas
"And did you ever find out what
general it was he helped?7 I asked.
"Oh, yes; it was General Av'ril.
1t was our General Echols who was
layin' in wait up ON the mountain.
Haven't you read about it In your
school books?"
confessed that / have q bad head
for history, except when served by
Sir Walter Scott.
do you think Louis would really
have been shot?'
"a man I know saw General
Av'ril at the White Sulphur after
the war, and asked him that very
question. 'On the spot and like q
dog!' says he"
"fhat wouldn't have saved his
army. But, tell me, would you
have refused to guide him QUIT"
"Miss Nelly, said she solemnly,
"when Louis was telling his tale, /
had no other idea. That was the
soldier in me-and the Virginian,
But many time since then I've laid
awake at night thinkin' about 1t. OF
course, promises or threats wouldn't
moved me; but if I'd q stood there
lookin' around over hundreds of
men. and knowed that / could be
the means of savin 'em or destroy
ing 'em, I'm not going to say I
wouldn't ha' led 'em out. I'm wo.
man, and God put soft hearts in us
women.n
was strangely moved by the fire
Of her glance and the rugged pictur-
esqueness of her words.
She leaned over her neglected
work, and tossed the shuttle through
the warp, back and forth dozen
times. Then she gave me a side
ways look, and asked curiously.
"What would you have done Miss
Nelly?n
And /. too, have asked this ques.
tion of myself in those rare night
hours, when sleep has refused to
weigh mine eyelids down.-The
White Elephant.
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Just Enough and no More.

An old colored servant once told
General Washington the secret oil
life in few homely words. Said he,
"Gin'ral, if you want good nights
sleep, set up de night ;befo'." In
other words, if you desire keen
senses and lively enjoyment in the
commonplace acts which constitute
nine tenths of life, stint yourself.
Give every normal want reason
able qualification only. Moderation
is the golden mean between indul.
gence and asceticism. A broad
knowledge and general application
of economics constitutes the science
of living.
To illustrate: If you stint your
diet, such food as you do take will
be received gratefully by stomach
which has accumulated surplus ener
gy. Every organ in the body will
be eager and work hard for its sup
ply of psbulum. Assimilation Is
therefore improved. A satisfied
stomach means healthy liver, regu.
lar bowels, sound and resistant
nerves, dreamless and refreshing
sleep.
Just the right amount of exercise
means healthy degree of fatigue
even distribution OF blood and re-
lief OF nervous tension predisposing
to rest and recuperation. Too much
exercise causes active confessions
and undue nervous exhaustion; too
little exercise results in passive con.
jestions and accumulatiye nervous
irritability.
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PRISONERS AT o1MuTz.

When Lafayette and several Of
fcers quilted the French army, then
in insurrection, after the famous 10th
of August, they were seized by the
King Of Prussia; from him transfer
red to the custody OF Austria, and
long confined in the Castle OF Oh
mutt. Madame Lafayette desired
and obtained leave to share her hus.
bands captivity; but other wives
we're less fortunate.
M de Pusy, one Of the prisoners,
in order to secure some intercourse
with his family hit upon the follow
ing plan: He had concealed O
toothpick, and mixing his spittle
(and after his tears) with SCOT, he
contrived to write in the blank
pages and margin of some pious
works, which he hired from a book
seller in town, such information as
he desired should reach his wife.
That the bookseller had weighty
reasons for toleratiDg the mutilation
OF his books. need not be doubted.
Yet this was only part of the in.
genuity displayed by the prisoners.
Although they were kept solitary,
yet their apartments were within
hearing of each other, when stand
ing at the windows. They improv.
ed this advantage as follows
There are Tor were) at Paris num-
Der of tunes, called airs OF the Pont
Neuf, popular ballads that were
sung at corners Of the streets and
other public places. The words be.
logging to these airs were 80 we'll
known, that to strike up a few of
the notes was to recall to memory
the words that accompanied them.
The captives at Olmutz gradually
composed for themselves a vocal
vocabulary, by whistling these notes
atthoir windows; and this vocabulary
after short time, became so com.
pIete, and even rich, that two or
three notes from each air formed
their alphabet and effected their In
tercourse. By this means they
communicated news to each other
concerning their families, the pro-
gress Of the war, etc. And when by
good fortune, one Of .hem had pro.
cured newspaper, he whistled the
contents Of it to bis geighbor.
The commander OF the fortress
was constantly informed of those
unaccountable concerts. He listen.
ed, he set spies; but the whole be-
ing . language of convention, the
most practical musician would have
failed in detecting the intention and
real expression of the notes he
heard. In vain was whistling pro.
hibited. At length the Austrian,
weary OF conjecture. interposed no
more 10 prevent what be could not
comprehend.