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The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
THE CITY OF PONCE.
SECOND IN MONUMENTAL IMPORTANCE
IN PORTO RICO.

General Miles Troops Landed Near h City
on the South oast-Ponce Il Said to BE
h Island's Most Healthful City-Mili-
tary Defenses Arc Weak.
Ponce, where our troops landed re-
Gently, is the second city in commercial
Importance in Porto Rico. It is believed
to have been founded in 1900, but its
development was slow, and it was not
until 184s that it received the title of
villa. From that time on its growth
was rapid, and in 1877 it became a
city. At present it has a population Of
20, 900, and, being the chief town Of the
official district of the same name, its
jurisdiction extends over IS, 900 people
who live outside the city. sgJa.
Ponce is situated on q plain about
two miles from it's port, Playa, where
all the import and export trade is trans-
acted. The port has about [, 1000 inhab-
itants, and here are the custom house,
the Office Of the captain of the port and
the offices Of the various consulates.
The bay is large and will admit vessels
Of rs feet draft. A fine road leads to
the city. a
Ponce is regularly built, the build
ings in it's central part being Of brick,
while the material chiefly used for SUBJ
urban construction isgwood. It is the
home Of the military commander Of the
district and the seat Of an official cham
Der Of commerce. The city contains two
churches, one of them Protestant, said
to be the only one in the Spanish An
titles, a military and two other hos
pitfalls, a municipal public library, three
good hotels, a fire department., perfect
ly equipped with American apparatus,
q theater and a bank. The Catholic
church, which dates from the founda-
tion Of the town, was reconstructed in
1888 and finished in 1s47. 1tisa struc-
ture 1853 feet long and 1919 feet broad,
with two steepleA and contains richly
decorated affairs
The theater is the finest on the island.
It is built mostly Of iron and marble
and cost over 70, 900 pesos The interior
is handsomely decorated, and by a me-
chanical continuance may be turned
into a dancing hall.
Ponce is said to be the most lhealthful
city on the island, and yellow fever is
never known there. The climate is hot
and dry, but sea breezes by day and
land breezes BY. night keep IL from be-
coming oppressive. An ample water
supply also adds greatly to the comfort
Of the city's inhabitants
The only line Of railroad which con-
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The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
Sacrificed to
] Blood Poison.

ThoseW who have never had Blood Poi.
soncan not know what q desperate con-
.dition It can produce. This terrible
disease which the doctors are totally.
unable to cure, is communicated from
one generation to another, inflicting it's
faint upon countless innocent ones.
Some years ago vac noculsted With poison
By : nurse who infected my bGbe with blood
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
Rouxh ON the Riders.

The news comes from Oklahoma Of
a. girls who have been organized by q
"cowboy young lady" as . company Of
rough riders It is to be hoped that
they. will prove as good soldiers as the
cowboy young gentlemen already in tho
6eld.-Boston Transcript.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
r"Cross Tree"

"The spreading mango tree" under
which it is said Generals Toral and
Miles met for the final negotiations for
the surrender of Santiago will go down
in history alongside of the Appomattox
apple tree. If now some discriminating
correspondent will kindly identify the
species of tree that General Wheeler
climbed the better ''the Spaniards for
to see," much will be added to the
horticultural chapter Of the campaign.
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24

Admiral Camara's Services to Science.
Let us give Admiral Camara his
due. He has demonstrated that the Sue1
canal is navigable; also that it is pos
sible for q Spanish fleet to get back
home. kansas CITY Journal.
..sf- -a- -sal E r. & -
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
The old and he New.

The old and the New.
Ripple Of nAgs In glory
Over the crowded way,
And an old mans deathlees story
In q new wars lurid day.
And some still marching where heroes trod.
And aoWe encamped IN the hills OF God.
Ripple OF days In glory
Over the temples gray, 4
And an old mans thrilling story
Where . new war leads the. way, !
And"Dtxie'' rings from the old sweet sod
Song Of the battle that's known Of Godl
Ripple Of flags In glory
Over the hills and glades, -.
And, oh, for the old wars story
Told By ths old4brigadesi /,
And tho gray still stands on the old sweet
sod. I
s. Z Stanton ataai il s1 Atlanta ~ s. Concentration.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
A. Afser Enscts Proved.

Admiral Cervera was right in not try
ing to intercept the Oregon. The Amer
loan battleship would have fought the
whole feet and might have defeated it
single handed.-St Louis Globe. Demo-
csat
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24

is PURELY vEanTABLH, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to containno
mercury, potash. or other mineral.
ValusbleSbGoai mailed free BY Swift
epeci6c Compa1y,A Atlanta, Georgia.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24

curry md potash seemed to add fuel to the
awful lame which was devouring me. I was
advised ~. friends who had seen wonderful
cures made BY 1t, % try swift's Specific. We
got ~ bottles, and I felt hope again revive in
egsin. Improved from the start, and q COM
pIete andpeffect cure was the result. g. 6. 8.
- the only blood remedy which reaches des-
Derste cases. MRs.T. w. LEI,
Montgomery la.
OF the many blood remedies, SIS. s..
II the only one which can reach deep
seated, violent cases. It never fails to
cure perfectly and permanently the
most desperate cases which are beyond
the reach Of other remedies.
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24

unjust to the fourth state added, for no man
can tell what or whore that state would be.
FRED MATHER.
Brooklyn. July 10
{, We are not quite 10 sure AS our es.
teemed correspondent Is that within the
next 80 years ''many Of the large states
may be divided" but that is not the
point. With 48 states in the flag, in six
rowsgof eight. starr, thez-aTtistto defect
which we have already noted and which
has started this discussion would be-
come permanent, and as soan as. . for
ty.ninth state has been admitted the
stars would cease to represent anything
except q mathematical quantity con-
veniently divisible.
Mr.. John N. Hall sends from. Boston
q pen and ink sketch Of q flag with 10
large stars, upon some Of which are sn:
perimposed four little stars and upon
others two little stars, representing, ~
he explains, ''the IS original states
large, and our 80 later states small and
inside the larger stars, making 46 id.
ALL" It is easy to put little stars within
big stars in a sketohfin black on white:
paper, but how would Mr.. Hall accom-.
plish It on the flag itself? Little white
stars sewed upon big white starr or.
would MI. Hall make his little stars
colored, and OF what color would he
make them? "a.
The inadmissible idea OF inequality
In the Union ID common to this and va.
rious other schemes to discriminate be-
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eA10es Little one was
unequal 70 struggle,
and 1te LIE was yielded
mp 70 tho fearful poison.
For stx long years ! sui
3erod untold misery. I
was covered With sores
and ulcers from head to
foot, and no language
can expreRe my feelings
Of during those long
years. I had the best
medical treatment. 6ev.
eral physicians gucces.
6V0ly treated me. but all
The Dickinson press., 1898-09-24
s. @.

Nay, start not at the name-Americai
Canto x, "a.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

the wars "angels of mercy" She is young and charming, possessing unus- ual magnetism, vivacity and gift of language. Moreover, she has the blood of patriots coursing in her veins, be- Ing able to boast of three Revolutionary ancestors, the best known of whom perhaps, was General John Bull, who defended Philadelphia during our struggle for liberty. She has pursued special courses of study abroad at Cambridge, the University of Geneva and elsewhere on the Continent
 Returning to this country, she equipped herself for the sciences, and studied medicine at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. She is the daughter of Pro- lessor Simon Newcomb. the great as- tronomer, who has been more honored abroad than any other of our Ameri-
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

the army nor the navy would enlist any women nurses for the war service, the plans have just been changed, and pr. McGee is fast supplying women to take care of our brave boys in the hospitals at Key West, Atlanta and the hospital ship lately fitted out at New York. There were women nurses in the late war, but they were not enlisted in the military service, being paid from the unofficial funds of the Sanitary Com mission. They received but SIP a month in reward for their tender ser vices, whereas those who will nurse the wounded of the present war will get the full nurses pay of S30 month
 Dr. McGee impresses one as being the ideal woman to rank at the head of
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

NYBoDY who thinks that diversion should ~ read the interesting reports Dingey H House Ways Committee in presenting his war X A
 He frankly admits that expenses preparations TOT made by the United States Of twenty-five million dollars per month hundred million dollars per and he adds interesting that th expenses of actual war will
 he increase of the regular from ooo men to basis of eoooo men, h the pay CT prvates from SIS $5 spending increase in the officers shows where part of the
 It estimated that it will regulars i2oooo volunteers nearly $4OOOO equpping of troops
 After the has been fought victory Will nave the right to claim indemnity whether Spain would be position anything the fact that it's cents selling stralnng She sions in In that event unless cash debt would be left existing permanent obligation of the
 Government bonds the circulation of our national banks and the rapid of the led fear that within banking tenn would need to be radically changed
 The will probably and also to recent efforts change security national banks
 yesterday put himself on by stating that should year cost between eight hundred million dollars.
 Politics into the Congressional delays matte greatly.
 up revenue bill Hale declared that the would or eight hundred millions Arkansas be spent but there necessity spending the Secretaries of War hundred million dollars and they replied of the estimates much half
 The late expensive No those involving the sending
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

These war nurses will be uniformed in white dresses, caps and aprons. Each will wear a badge in the form of red cross of enamel, surrounded by circle of blue enamel. Upon the cross will be inscribed Hospital Corps" and along the blue circle Daughters of the American Revolution Upon each apron will be neatly stenciled the wheel insignia of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution.
 Unless Spain disregards the treaty signed by her, the United States and sixteen other governments in 1864, whereby it was agreed that in all fu- ture wars the sick and wounded and their attendants would be considered as neutrals the red cross badges worn by these women will be sufficient pro- lection against the enemy. The red cross flags surmounting all of our hos pitals, whether they be general, field or floating, must be as strictly respect ed during the war as though they were flags of truce, and any attempt against the safety of any one protected thereby would be drowned upon by every en- frightened nation of the world
 No women nurses will be sent to Cuba. If any are delegated to field hospitals they will do service only in this country. Of course, none will be permitted aboard any of the naval yes sels, since the gentler sex are forbidden quarters on all ships in action. Speak ing Of naval nurses. it may be of in- terest to add that Congress must make some appropriation before any nurses, male or female, may be appointed as such. Some male nurses have been en- listed in the navy as ships cooks, that they may draw the nurses salary while performing his duties. No woman will be taken aboard the naval hospital ship Solace.
 Dr foJr corps may be the best equipped woman war nurses ever employed When the Civil War broke out there wasn't q trained nurse in the country to answer the call of the Sanitary Commission. whose nurses were mostly women who had simply practical experience in hos pitals or at home. Almost every large city, especially of the North, now boasts of several training schools for nurses.
 Twenty-Five nurses will be attached to each regiment in the field and if all of these nurses are to be graduates of training schools a great many of them must be women. Many of the women who have already volunteered are doc tors of medicine willing to perform any duties. and some are sisters of charity.
 Rev Dr. Alvah Hovey has resigned the presidency of the Newton (Mass) Theological institution (Baptist) his resignation to take effect on the 1st Of next September. For forty-nine years" says the Watchman, 'EDr Hovey has served Newton as a teach CT, and he has just completed thirty years in the presidency
 Queen Wilhelnina of Holland will come of age August 31, and then her betrothal with Prince Bernhard of Saxe-W Weimar will be published. The young Queen has not been willing to entertain the notion Of marriage. and some think it may be because the Salic law yet prevails in part in the Netherlands, and by the constitution of the kingdom she must give up the throne to her son, should she have one. when he shall be IS years old.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

N OR the first time in the history
 of the United States women are being enlisted in the military ser
 vice. Dr. Anita Newcomb Me
 Gee a patriotic Washington wo- man, has just been charged with the selection of all the war nurses for the Government during it's present con- flict. She is the Dorothea Dix of the Spanish-American war. The surgeons general of the army and navy regard her office as branch bureau of their departments, though in reality it has no official connection with the Gov fty.
 Although it was positively announced at the beginning of the war that neither
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
THE WOMHN WHO HHS JUST BEEN
 APPOINTED TO SELECT WAR NURSES

haaA@ dh hm~
 he ~
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
COST OF THE PRESENT VAR.

N1BoDY who thinks that should read the interesting reports of Chairman
 House Ways and Means Committee presenting war N A
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Second Night.

I cannot say that I looked forward to
the night with any very cheerful antici-
pations The locksmith having failed to
keep his appointment. l was likely to
have no more protection against intru-
sion than 1 had had the night before
and while I cannot say that I especially
feared any unWe,c me entrance into my
apartment, 1 would have gone to my
rest with a greater sense of satisfac-
ton if a key had been in the lock and
that key had been turned by my own
hand on my own side of the door.
The atmosphere of gloom which set
tied down over the household after the
evening meal seemed like the warning
note of something strange and evil
awaiting us. SO marked was this that
many in my situation would have fur
Their disturbed these girls by some allu-
sion to the fact. But that was not the
role I had set myself to play at this
crisis. I remembered what Mr. Gryce
had said about winning their confidence
and though the turmoil evident in Lu-
cetta's mind and the distraction visible
even in the careful Miss Knollys led me
to expect a elimination of some kind
before the night was over I not onlv
hid my recognition Of the fact, but sue
ceeded in sufficiently impressing them
with the contentment which my petty
employments afforded me Ct am never
idle even in other persons houses) or
them to spare me the harassment of
their alter ate and forced visits which
in their present mood and mine nron,-
lsed little in the way of increased
knowledge of their purposes and much
in the way of distraction and the loss
OF that nerve upon which I calcule r. q
Tor successful issue out of the possible
difficulties of this night.
Had l been like most women I would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

the door leading into the hall, found it
still shut and everything quiet b4hir d
it. Then | took look into the shrubs
and bushes of the yard outside and
observing nothing to disturb me, strip
ped off d bit from one of the outside
edges of the Stats and then careful y
reclosed the blinds and the window
L was crossing the threshold when
heard a rapid footstep in the hallway
Miss Knoliys was Fastening down the
hall to my side.
ooh, Miss Butterworth,' she ex-
claimed, with one quick look into the
room L was leaving, this is William
den, the one spot he never allows any
of us to enter. l don't know how the
key came to be upon the string. 1t
never was before, and 1 am afraid he
never will forgive me.
He need never kIlow that 1 have
been the victim of such a mistake -
said 1. My feet leave no trail, and as
l use no perfumes he Will never suspect
that L have enjoyed a glimpse of these
old-fashioned walls and ancient cabi-
nets
1.-THE blinds are a little OPEN" she
remarked, her eyes searching my faca
for some sign that 1 am sure she did
not find there. Were they SO when
you came in?"
Some, but not so much as now
IoildiI L put lHSiil L IOQuu lHGUn
mo. He will not notice." And she
hurried me out still cycling me breath
lessly as if she half distrusted my
compoSure.
Come, Amelia" I now whispered in
self-admonition, 1.-The time for eXertiOn
has come. Show this young woman
who is not much behind you in self
control, some of the lighter phases of
your character. Charm her, Amelia
charm her, or you may live to rue this
invasion into their secrets more than
you may like to acknowledge at the
present moment"
A task Of some difficulty, but I re-
joice in difficult tasks, and before an
other half-hour had passed l had the
satisfaction of seeing Miss Knollys en-
tirely restored to that state of placid
melancholy which was the natural eX-
preston Of her calm, but unhappy ma
ture.
We visited the shell cabinet, the blue
parlor and another ROOM the peculiar
tiles of which have forgotten. Fright
ened by the result of leaving me to
my own devices, she did not quit me
for an instant, and when, my curiosity
quite satisfied, I limited that a short
nap in my own room would rest me
for the evening she proceeded with me
to the very door of my apartment.
The locksmith whom I saw this
morning has not kept his word,'' I re-
marked as she was turning away.
"None of the tradesmen here do
that" was her cold answer. Il have
given up expecting having any atten-
ton paid to my wants.
"Humph," thought I. Another pleas
ant admission. Amelia Butterworth,
this has not been a cheerful day."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

through it's pages I put it back, shud-
dering. If any doubt remained in my
breast that William was one of those
monsters who feed their morbid crav
ings by experiments upon the weak and
defenseiess, it had been dispelled by
what l had just seen in this book.
l did not leave the room, however,
Immediately. AS it was OF the great
est Importance that I should be able
to locate in which of the many apart
ments on the floor above the supposed
prisoner was lodged, / cast about me
for the means Of doing this through
the location of the room in which |
then was. AS this could only be done
by affiXing some token to the window
which could be recognized from with
out l thought, first, of thrusting the
end of my handkerchief through one
of the Stats of the outside blinds; sec
ondly, of simply leaving one of these
blinds ajar, and finally of chipping off
a piece with the penknife l always car
ry, with innumerable other small
things. in the bag ! invariably carry at
my side. (Fashion, 1 hold, counts for
nothing against convenience
This last seemed by much the best
device. A handkerchief could be dis
overed and pulled out, a blind could
be shut, but a silver once separated
from the wood nothing could replace
it or even cover it up without itself
attracting attention.
Taking out my knife. I glanced at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

have sounded three premonitory notes
upon my whistle before blowing out my
candle, but while l am not lacking, I
hope, in many of the finer feminine
qualities which link me to my sex 1
have but few of its weaknesses and
none OF its instructive reliance upon
others which leads it so often to ne
eject its own resources. Till 1 saw
good reason to summon the police
should not summon them, a premature
alarm being in their eyes, as l knew
from my many talks with Mr.. Gryce
the one thing suggestive of a timid and
inexperienced mind
Hannah had brought me delicious
cup OF tea at 10, the influence of which
was to make me very droWsy at Il,
but L shook the weakness off and be-
gan my nights watch in state of
stern composure which I verify believe
would have awakened Mr.. Gryce's ad-
miratlon had it been consonant with
the proprieties for him to have seen
1t. indeed the very seriousness of the
occasion was such that | could not
have trembled if 1 would, every nerve
and faculty being strained to its ut
most to make the most Of every sound
which might arise in the now silent
ana dlscreetly darkened house.
the precaution which l took the
night before of pushing my bed against
the door of my room I omitted being
anxious to find myself in position to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

1T and turned my whole attention to
the other objects I have named. poor
array, but out of them 1 hoped to find
the means of fishing up my lost whls-
tie
My intention was to lower first
lighted candle into the hole by means
Of a string tied about it's middle, then
to drop line on the whistle thus dis
covered and draw it UP with the point
OF bent halrpin, which l fOndly hoped
| could make do the service Of a. hook
To think was to try. The candle was
soon down in the hole, and by it's light
the whistle was easily seen. The string
and bent hairpin went down next I
was successful in hooking the prize and
proceeded to pull it up with great care.
For an instant L realized what a TidIc-
ulous figure l was cutting, STOPPING
over a hole in the floor on both knees
a string in each hand, leading appar-
emily to nowhere and I at work eau
tiously steadying one and a carefully
pulling on the other. Having hooked
the whistle hand string over the first
finger Of the hand holding the candle
I may have become too self conscious t.
notice the slight release of weight ON
the whistle hand. Whatever the rea-
son, when the end Of the string came i'm
sight there was no whistle on it. The
charred end showed me that the candle
bad burned the cord, letting the whistIe
fall again out Of reach. Down went the
candle again. Il touched bottom, but
no whistle was to be seen. After O.
long and fruitless search, such as it
was, I concluded to abandon my whist
lie fishing excursion, and raising from
my cramped and undignified position [
proceeded to pull up the candle. To my
surprise and delight, l found the
whistle where it lay. The candle com
ing in contact with it, they adhered to
each other, and I became indebted TO
accident and not acumen for tIb restOr-
alton of the precious article.
ITO Be Contiuued)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-20

seen at first. They were many and
somewhat contradictory in their char
acter. The fioog was bare-the fl ST bare
floor L had come upon-but the shades
in the windows, the chintz-covered
lounges drawn up beside tables be-
strewn with books and other objects of
comfort if not luxury bespoke a place
in common if not everyday use.
A faint smell of tobacco told whose
use, and from the minute / recognized
that this was Williams sanctum my
curiosity grew unhounded and l neg
lected nothing which would be likely
to attract the keenest eyed de- ective in
Mr.. G1yce's force. And there were sew
eIal things there to be noted: First,
that this numbering Iout OF man read
but only on one Disqualification; Sc C.