Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-21
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

killed at Guasimas, his father, the late
captain Of artillery, lifted the hat that COW
cred the dead mans face, looked for a
moment and said, wen done, my boy!"
He then replaced the hat, turned on his heel
and resumedh his milit s5y duties duties
writing Of the death IL Hamilton Fish.
Colonel Roosevelt says: Fish and myself
stood by the same Are drying our clothes
after a heavy tropic 'rainstorm the night
before he was killed. and I remember then
as we talked over the morrow's fight 1
said, We'll, Fish, we have all got to die
some time; and, after all, we cannot die
in a better way and he nodded and said,
That Is Just how I feel, Colonel, and 1t
Is one Of the reasons that made me come"
A correspondent of the Chicago Record re-
lates that General Garcia had an aged
colored servant who was born a slave upon
his fathers plantation and was brought up
with him from childhood. The old negro
had followed him in all his wars, and had
shared his prison cells, and sat beside his
bed when the general breathed his last.
Every time his master groaned he would
groan also, and the death which came to
one will not let the other linger much
longer. The faithful servant does not care
to live now. His interest in life Is gone,
and no one would be surprised II he died of
grief within a short time.
The osculatOry performance Of Osborne
| Deignan Of Merrimac fame at Stuart has
been classed as an unapproachable record.
Compared with the sustained effort OF Hob
son at Chicago it is not to be mentioned on
the same day. The lieutenant made a rec
ord of 1853 women kissed, giving two smacks
20 A,,ar h1Dnrtro buds nooVnfo 0rn
that Hobson did not dispense his osculatory
favors promiscuously. He showed consid-
cradle discrimination and was materially
aided by a guard Of marines, which rigor-
ously excluded from the line a class Of the
fair sex known as "battleaxes." The
designation Is a mystery beyond Chicago
The battleaxes were sufficiently numerous,
however, to give the marines a hot job,
which they performed with distinguished
success. when Hobson reached the cen
fury mark" reports the Chronicle. "a beau
tiful young girl. accompanied by her father,
came along in the line. She may have been
IT. She was tall, willowy, fair and shy.
| Her father wore Side whiskers with bear
grease in them.
This is my daughter, who wants to kiss
you," said the father.
"Why certainly" said Hobson, as he put
the strange nOlu on the girl.
"She was wiry as we'll as willowy. and she
broke his hold. he tried the half-Nel-
son hold on her. 1t looked as II she would
lose the bout and the jack tars yelled to her
to keep up her courage.
"'Ain't she putting up a dead game
fight?'" cried one enthusiastic tar.
1.-TWO to one she wins cried another, as
she threw her right elbow under Hobson's
chin and got free from his half-Nelson hold.
Thine cried another sailor boy.
For a m the girl and the kisser
| stood facing each other and both We're SPAR
ring for wind. Hobson led for a waist
hold. She threw out her right elbow and
caught him on his wide, white shirt front.
At the same time she ducked, but Hobson
was too quick and his reach too long. He
got a waist hold on her with his left, tried
first the ~strangle hold and then a half-Nel-
son and failed. Then he tried a hammer
lock; she tipped over to the right and quick,
a smack and the contest was ended in his
favor.
"'well.' she said. tartly, as she read
justed her hat and sailed away, as II she
was anxious to hide her flushed face.
During rush minutes he kissed as high
as ten pairs Of lips. making up for the
earlier minutes when modesty held him
back from making a demonstration of his
abilities. In the last ten minutes he le-
WED tribute, allowing no girl or woman 10
pass free. In some instances 1t was like q
confscation of sweets.
THE lieutenant. however, would not be
vanquished, and when lips were not prof
fered he searched for them. Throwing his
arms around waist and shoulders he held
the apparently defiant victims until he
could lay his face against their cheeks and
find their lips with his mustache. His ac-
lions caused bushes In plenty. but never
an outcry.'