The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-15

want soldering. the government Is hiring
men to drive teams. They are not en-
listed and can quit at any time, ana you
could surely ride a mule"
Mister, you think you're dunn smart
don't you? Ridin' one O them mules Is
work. an as long as theirs room to sleep
out O. doors an wimmen ter give Teller
some cloze an some cold vittles, they hain't
goin' to be no work in NINE"
And finding that was working him
for story, he slouched away and disap-
peared among the shrubbery.
Spanish Prisoners
From a private letter 1 get the following
concerning some of the Spanish prisoners
at Fort Mcpherson, near Atlanta. Ga:
When they were sent there. there being
no person at the post who could speak
their language, every communication had
to be reduced to writing and sent into At
lanta to be translated. Among them was
a letter from the colonel who was one OF
the prisoners, and who complained to MS
wife that some journalist had started the
story that he was a brother-in-law OF Gen.
Weyler's, who was ardently hated in this
country, and then went on to say that GOD
would reward that journalist" Rather
rough on Weyler, whatever may become OF
the Journalist.
Trying to find news here just at present.
such as the censor will not cut out. is not
making bricks without straw only. but
making them without even clay.
A new censor. Capt. ]. B. Brady of the
signal corps, has been assigned to duty.
and what gets past him has all squeezed
out which could possibly give information
to the enemy. 1t is right, though annoying
to the man who wishes his readers to know
about what is going on. The situation was
expressed about as follows:
Correspondent No. 1-Captain, can I say
anything about any preparations for, ETC..
etc.?
mo"
Correspondent No 2-Captain, can say
that such and such an expedition has been
successful?
mo"
Correspondent No. 4-Captain, can say
anything about the volunteer regiments
being ordered so and SO?
mo"
Correspondent No 4-Captain, what can
send?
"You can send gossip. but you are not to
say anything about the preparations. or
contrary, of troops, their health or sickness,
movements. or anything that can give in
formation"
One of the army of correspondents made
his appearance at breakfast the other
morning looking very much the worse for
wear. He was not in very good huInor.
Rallied about it, he said he was fool enough
to go to the cock fight at Ybor City the day
before, and had bet on the wrong chicken
twice. and then had accepted an invitation
to a Cuban dinner; the two dissipations be-
ing enough to ruin an American.
Cock fighting is forbidden by law In the
state, but in the outlying towns here one
Is not in the United States, they resem-
bling in that respect that portion of New
Orleans below Canal street.
Dorst's Expedition
June lon a, bulletin board in the office of
the Tampa Bay Hotel tonight. is placarded.
for the information of the public, an ac-
count of the successful outcome of the
expedition of Captain Dorst, Fourth cav
airy, on the steamer Florida, which left
Port Tampa some weeks since with about
$50 recruits (Cubans) for the insurgent
army, fully equipped for field service, and
who had been partially drilled.
He made three landings on the! north
coast of the island, the principal one
being at Port Banes, toward the eastern
end and directly north Of, and not more
than seventy-f1ve miles from Santiago de
Cuba. He landed in all 10000 rounds Of
ammunition, 5000 rifles and about $50 horses
and mules.
There was less said about the vessel get
ting of than was said about the trip Of the